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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [43136/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools that have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43137/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 308. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools students that have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43138/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be allocated to the area based childhood, ABC, programme in 2019. [43139/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Mr. Justice Peter Charleton summarises:...a rape allegation was conjured out of nowhere [...] When the mistake was discovered nearly a year later in 2014 when Maurice McCabe was even better known, the person who made it did all she could to rectify it. It was given continued life, notwithstanding her efforts, because of startling inefficiency [and indolence] within social services. In...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: As far back as 2013, the Government introduced the Gambling Control Bill. Earlier this year, Fianna Fáil introduced the Gambling Control Bill 2018. Yesterday, what happened in the UK regarding a £2.2 million penalty package for social responsibility and money laundering failures on its gambling exchange were widely reported. I ask the Government to imagine the number of cases in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/18]

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018 and compliment Deputy O'Callaghan on identifying the anomaly in the 2017 legislation. It is only a one-line amendment, but it has a huge, empowering impact on victims coming forward. Victims need to know their rights and what is ahead of them. They need to know the State is there to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the position regarding the treatment of booking deposits for childcare providers; the circumstances in which they must return same to parents; if the requirement to return such deposits applies to children availing of ECCE services only or also applies to children in full-time care; if there has been a change of policy in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their attendance this morning. As I served on a council for about 18 months, I know that when it comes to the passing of a local area plan it is the executive function of councillors to give their approval. Even with the best will in the world of the executive, they can decide to reject, include or remove certain aspects of the plan. That situation can leave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thoroughly agree that it is not black and white because I have seen it in operation and it is difficult. I am looking at the new infrastructure that might be put in and I return to Mr. Ryan on that. When we are looking at building roads and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, is awarding funding contracts, the delivery agent is the local county council. In respect of the delivery of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I take on board what Mr. Ryan has said about the urban areas but if we go back to the road issue that is exactly my point because in the rural areas where there are upgrades it is not happening. It is something that needs to be looked at by the Department because it was a missed opportunity in this area for the simple reason that the infrastructure was put in place for people to walk and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes, go on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I was talking about the road infrastructure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is a different issue entirely. I do not mean to have a tit-for-tat but it disappointing to hear Ms Martin confirm that Project Ireland 2040 is all about depopulating rural Ireland and putting people into cities. That is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is the opposite of what I had said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: This is an issue for another day. We could get into it and then we would be into the Pale, crossing the Shannon and on to the west. That is not something Mr. Ryan or I want to get into today.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is so dishonest.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Hear, hear.