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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education and Training Provision (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I believe Deputy Flaherty is substituting for his colleague.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Conway-Walsh wishes to contribute on this question.

Messages from Select Committees (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023 and has made amendments thereto.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will move on.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of complaints made to Tusla's Tell Us complaints portal in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; what the most common complaint was; how these complaints were dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15393/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: My question is a little bit similar to what we were discussing earlier with regard to St. John Ambulance Ireland. Can the Minister confirm the number of complaints made to Tusla's Tell Us complaints portal in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023? What was the most common complaint? How were they dealt with?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: This question arises from records released under the Freedom of Information Act, which show that HIQA was quite concerned over the way in which the Child and Family Agency processed and investigated allegations and complaints. Several of these complaints received by HIQA related to Tusla's management of child protection allegations and safeguarding concerns. Concerns have also been raised...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We have an excellent Ombudsman for Children in Dr. Niall Muldoon, and the office deals very adequately with many complaints. We do not want to see a situation where it is getting to that stage, however. Barnardos also expressed concerns that if people are unhappy with the response they receive from State agencies, they would have the opportunity to register those concerns. I agree that it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will just have time for the Minister's reply.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The committee hopes to look at this and I know that some members of the committee, Deputies Sherlock and Cairns, are present. I assume there has been consultation with the survivors who have come forward and told their stories of anything that has gone on in St. John Ambulance, but I just want to make sure that has been done. It also raises the really serious question of who is in charge of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 3. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he has taken in light of a review (details supplied) into the handling of child sexual abuse allegations within an organisation; his views on assurances Tusla provided regarding the organisation's current safeguarding child protection procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15391/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: My question concerns the situation with the St. John Ambulance. In light of the handling of child sexual abuse allegations within the organisation, what are the Minister's views on the assurances Tusla is providing regarding that organisation's current safeguarding child protection procedures and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister and I welcome that update. This process is going to be key. It is worrying, though, to think that an organisation dealing with children was finalising its child protection statement up until November 2022. I think that is what the Minister said. I mention those who have come forward and told their stories. I commend them on their courage and bravery. From dealing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 1. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the interaction he has had with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health in regard to surrogacy and the recognition of parentage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15920/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: My first question is on the surrogacy legislation we are all expecting. It was great last December to see that there was really good progress on this. We are led to believe that many of the recommendations from the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy were taken on board. We are coming into April and two weeks' recess. What stage is this at, particularly for parents who are looking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I understand this technically falls to the Department of Health. I always have to reword the questions. I appreciate the Minister taking the question. The committee was very ably chaired by Deputy Whitmore and I was delighted to see that many of its recommendations will be taken on board, particularly the point about the two-step parentage recommended by Professor O'Mahony. My specific...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I appreciate the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, may not have this information as he is not the lead Minister, but is there a rough timeframe for that going to committee? There are so many people who do not have the luxury of time in relation to retrospective recognition. I understand the complexity because we dealt with it in the committee and it was very complex. However, we came up with very...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Will the Minister come back to me on that?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Birth Certificates (30 Mar 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress being made to address the backlog of applications through the tracing.ie portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15394/23]