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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The committee may work away.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chairman and the Minister of State for his time this afternoon. I will be brief in my contribution. I did not speak on this Bill in the Chamber. However, I attended all the consultations held in Galway. I do not like to come under the shadow of anybody, and certainly not under the shadow of Cork. I would like us to have our own entity, to be out on our own and to have a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: In Galway, funding is the key issue. The budget for Galway was not passed last Monday when it was supposed to have been. This was because the council does not have the funds to pass the budget and it is not the first year but the third year it has found itself in this position. None of us is against a plebiscite but the lack of trust among all the sitting councillors in Galway is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (5 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 73. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges in hospitals in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50728/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Taoiseach outline the reason for the delay in the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015? When does he expect these Parts to be commenced?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has raised the issue of early morning greyhound racing with Bord na gCon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (29 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the welfare and well-being of children in direct provision centres following revelations that children there have been denied food while sick; and if this issue has been drawn to his attention. [45935/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Leave Data (29 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the paternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (29 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the maternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49947/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (28 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to compel a person to engage in DNA testing services if a person has reason to believe that they are a birth parent. [49667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (28 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 247. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is within Tusla’s remit and-or duties to assist a child in foster care that is seeking to identify their birth parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49689/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (28 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla or another agency within her Department offers access to DNA testing services for children within State care. [49690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Childcare Services Data (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employees that have availed of childcare as a benefit-in-kind in each year since 2005. [48865/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Childcare Services Data (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers that provide childcare either onsite or offsite as a benefit-in-kind to their employees in tabular form. [48866/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Childcare Services Data (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate at which childcare benefits under the benefit-in-kind scheme are taxed by one, two, three, four, five and six percentage points. [48869/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to his press release issued on 19 November 2018, it is his plan to increase both parents' parental benefit entitlement to seven weeks; and if he plans to provide seven weeks for parents to share. [48946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the response from the HSE as a result of reviewing counselling and talk therapy services with the view of improving access and services to an organisation (details supplied). [48999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive a broadband connection. [48922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an organisation (details supplied) will receive relevant funding to provide security for the service. [49004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (27 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 530. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the registered community crèche facilities that are operational here; and the location of each. [48944/18]