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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is very good. In respect of the shocking numbers laid before us by the Minister earlier this morning, I have a question relating to geographic locations. Does it involve any particular area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: To be honest, nobody could be happy with that response but that is not Mr. Elliott's fault.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is not Mr. Elliott's fault that I would not be happy to hear that there were 16 referrals relating to a jamboree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What is the number of files that went to the DPP in the past ten years? How many years was Scouting Ireland without a safeguarding officer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. Can Dr. Lawlor give me a timeframe for when the secretary will have a response to that question? It is crucial for me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is something I am looking for. It is a request. The other question relates to the number of years without a safeguarding officer being in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I totally understand what Dr. Lawlor is saying. Prior to Mr. Elliot arriving, when was the last time Scouting Ireland had somebody in that role in a full-time capacity? I am not talking about somebody in an interim position or covering sick leave, maternity leave or any other sort of leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Was that in a full-time capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: So do I. I have received them as well.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 135. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [47559/18]

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I understand where Deputy Ó Snodaigh is coming from on this issue. In Galway the health forum provides an opportunity for public representatives, advocacy groups and other persons to participate. It allows everybody to contribute. I note the Minister of State's point that in the future, when the next children's hospital has been established, she will review and engage on the issue in...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the two amendments. To respond to the Minister of State on amendment No. 2, I find it difficult to understand the reason for not including the term "mental health" in the Bill given that mental health is as important as physical health and that this relates to the children's hospital. I support the amendment. I agree with the Minister of State on...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: From the Seanad (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I want to speak to the last portion of the Bill that the Minister spoke about introducing relating to the certificate of fitness. I am homing in on the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. Fianna Fáil brought forward a Gambling Control Bill and I feel this is diluting it. Listening to the Minister's statement, I understand what he is saying. At what stage are he and the Minister of State,...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleague, Deputy Thomas Byrne, for giving me the opportunity to speak to the motion. As a former chairperson of the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, GRETB, in Galway, I understand the value of the apprenticeship programme. I attended an awards ceremony for young people who had come through the crisis and whose employers had stood with them when there was a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I refer to the commitment on page 109 of the programme for Government to protect farm incomes. My question concerns hardship payments to farmers whose stock could be locked up owing to the presence of TB and who are waiting for various veterinary inspections to be carried out. The 60-day rule applies in the summer, as well as in the winter. We have had 18 months of bad weather. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for all of that information. The one question I have is on her degree of confidence that the scheme will be delivered in October 2019. To reel back through the years, the scheme was announced in budget 2016 but we realised legislative changes were required in March 2017. That meant we did not hit the targeted launch in 2017. We looked forward to 2018, but failed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister saying that the families who apply in October 2019 will receive an immediate benefit under the scheme from November 2019? It is not the families coming forward in August 2020 that will the first families to benefit. Rather, it will be the families in next year's cycle who will benefit. I pick up on the Minister's point about mygov.ie. Is it the case that when some families...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46137/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs tell us about the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme and the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services Provision (7 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County Galway and the negative impacts this will have with young persons in the County.. [46135/18]