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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: As part of that, is capital funding an issue for some preschool providers who might not have had the space to provide the second ECCE year following the welcome extension of the programme? Has that played a role? I am not suggesting it is a significant role but in certain geographic locations, it has played a part.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: It is welcome that it is a net figure.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Funding for the programme for peace and reconciliation has increased substantially. Any increase is always welcome. Is there a plan associated with the increase, particularly in light of everything that is going on at the moment? On the previous occasion she appeared before the committee we discussed what she did in Croke Park and what was done in Newry. Are there planned events under...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is welcome.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is very good.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: It is extra for Scouting Ireland.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Many reviews are under way, with a view to the production of reports. That costs a lot of money. Given the number of reports produced, one wonders how much of their recommendations get adopted and used. This is only a comment and not a criticism. We spend a lot of money on reports and so on and, at the same time, €1.5 million will be allocated to family resource centres. Money is...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is good to hear.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to the youth advocate programme Ireland from 2011 to 2018, by county in tabular from; the locations in which services will no longer continue to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis, under Statutory Instrument No. 84 of 2011, of the decision not to grant HAP in a case (details supplied); the elements within the statutory instrument that apply to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10444/19]

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Dooley for sharing time with me. I wish to echo what my colleagues said earlier. I hope this is not a motion that has no teeth but that it will lend itself to the broadcasting Bill. These stations cannot continue to exist without any funding. There is a serious obligation on us as legislators to ensure that we support the people who support our communities because they give...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Michael Moynihan for sharing his time. I also welcome the opportunity to speak tonight and acknowledge this is a technical Bill. I also acknowledge the hard work that the backroom team has done to prepare it to bring it to the floor this evening. I will speak to the Bill in a different vein and light because I will speak from the point of view of children. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tusla: Chairperson Designate (27 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Rabbitte for coming before us this morning. I will continue on the same theme. Like Deputy Sherlock, I have a unique connection with Mr. Rabbitte. In our case, we share the same surname. It is a very unusual one. I hope to keep the tradition of having a Rabbitte in Leinster House for another while. As I have said, I would like to pick up on Deputy Sherlock's theme. I am a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age on the physiotherapy waiting list by local health area in tabular form; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [8869/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to agricultural contractors that are SMEs and not farmers do not have a herd number that wish to purchase slurry spreading machinery which has low emissions and is environmentally friendly in line with climate action policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to agricultural contractors who are SMEs and not farmers and do not have a herd number who wish to purchase slurry spreading machinery which has low emissions and is environmentally friendly in line with climate action policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is operating its own helpline regarding retrospective abuse allegations against the organisation; and her views on whether this is appropriate. [8791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that the staff operating a helpline (details supplied) are appropriately trained; if she has set out minimum operating guidelines for the helpline; and if she is satisfied that it is providing an adequate service to potential abuse victims. [8792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a co-operation mechanism between a helpline (details supplied) and the Tusla helpline with regard to historic cases of abuse; if the helpline is mandated to share information with Tusla or another unit within her Department; and if arrangements have been put in place to that effect. [8793/19]