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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (26 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the number of social workers hired in each year since 2014. [27743/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (26 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla's recruitment plan for 2018; the position regarding the targets for the additional administrative and ancillary staff planned to relieve the administrative burden on social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27744/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I want to continue from where Deputy Neville left off. Mr. McBride did not read all of his opening statement but it is important the following part of it is read into the record: "However, it is important to note that the NCCIS is an IT system developed to capture information in respect of children referred to Tusla and was not designed for the purpose of recording retrospective allegations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Has there been an allocation or a budget request made to the Department to put in that back-ended stop and to facilitate the recording of such allegations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Will that go live on 9 July?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Will that tie in with An Garda Síochána? Will the retrospective information be shared?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Excuse me now, if the witness does not mind me asking, when we talk about sharing information with An Garda Síochána, do I not see in one of the representations that there is a protocol to be signed off? It is not signed off at this moment in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I am trying to get my head around this and I am sure the general public is asking why this review was carried out. Why was there a HIQA investigation? The Minister looked for it and it came out of a retrospective allegation. That is where this all came from. I am seeing an anomaly here. An ICT system has been built but does not address retrospective cases. We do not have the protocol...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Reading between the lines, Mr. Quinlan is saying that the legislation is weak and it needs updating or strengthening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Quinlan for his response. If Tusla is to take on this role, does it have the necessary expertise to do it or, at least, the capacity to train or recruit staff to do it? I note from the report that there is a shortage of this particular skillset to enable Tusla deal with persons that would come forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Page 168 of the HIQA report contains recommendations for Tusla to address inconsistencies in practice. It states that Tusla must as a matter of urgency address seven particular issues. I do not propose to go through those seven issues. Have personnel and timelines been allocated to address of those issues? These issues were identified three months ago. What progress has been made to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Tusla proposes to produce an action plan with timelines, identified heads of departments in terms of responsibility, and dates for completion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Going forward, Tusla will have in place a bible for addressing the issues identified by HIQA. Does Mr. McBride believe that HIQA should be put on a statutory footing to ensure accountability in regard to these types of reports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Does Mr. McBride believe HIQA should have enforcement powers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Recommendation No. 4.

Cyber Security for Children and Young Adults: Motion (14 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her statement and I thank Deputy Kate O'Connell for contributing on behalf of the committee's Chairman, Deputy Alan Farrell. I attended every one of the sessions along with my colleagues. They were most informative, enjoyable and enlightening. It is a pity that they were on at 10 a.m. If they were on at 10 p.m., parents would actually have got an awful lot more...

Independent Clinical Review of Maternity Services at Portiuncula University Hospital: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleagues for sharing their time with me. I had my baby in 2005 and was fortunate. I gave birth in Portiuncula hospital and had a very good experience. It is important to put that on the record at the outset. I attended the briefing session in Ballinasloe on the night it was announced. Maybe I am cynical, but the strategic release with only 24 hours' notice to coincide with...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her statement. Everybody was horrified with the outcome of the press conference she held regarding the 13,500 files. What was astounding for most people was the falsification of birth certificates. Up to that stage, while people might have been suspicious, once it was proven and demonstrated, that brought a new focus and spotlight on this issue. Prior to that many...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the sponsors of the Bill for affording me the opportunity to speak. I did not speak on any of the previous Stages of the Bill. My two colleagues, Deputies Jim O'Callaghan and Lisa Chambers, represented us on the committee. I completely concur with everything Deputy Murphy is after saying. As spokesperson for children, one thing I do know about crèches is that they normally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services Staff: Discussion (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank everyone for their presentations. I have a few questions for Ms Mannion. "Within certain grades" was one of her comments. What grades are the HSE failing to fulfil? She then referred to black spots. Do they relate to sourcing and recruitment? Will she elaborate on that? Regarding the recruitment of non-national nurses, people who have applied to work in the country but who...