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

Anne Rabbitte: Similarly, my office has been contacted on several occasions by people who wish to return here, although that was in regard to nursing homes rather than mental healthcare, which is the focus today. The issue may be the stamp on a person's passport or the reading of his or her qualifications. Is there much of a backlog from a human resources, HR, point of view?

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister.

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the ECCE sector and its ability to deliver a universal service across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25648/18]

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs satisfied with the capacity of the sector operating the early childhood care and education scheme and its availability to deliver a universal service throughout the country? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. I tabled that question following the capital grants announced in the past week. I referred specifically to Mountbellew Community Childcare Centre. I may have referred to Mountbellew Community Childcare Centre on the floor already. The centre is like many others in that it is in a rural area but can supply a service to areas like Galway or Athlone....

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she plans to have the Adoption Amendment (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25647/18]

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What is the date by which the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs hopes to have the Adoption Amendment (Information and tracing) Bill enacted and will she make a comment on the matter?

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The Adoption Amendment (Information and Tracing) Bill will, quite correctly, give adopted persons, birth parents and relatives a legal right to an information and tracing service. It is frustrating that the legislation has not been progressed in the past 12 months. I am not saying there is a particular reason for that. We are all aware the process is clogged up. Has the Minister spoken...

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I agree with the Minister that we have to push boundaries if we want to enact this legislation. It might not be perfect that the start of that process but it needs to move forward. What she announced two weeks ago was not new because this legislation has been around in various guises. There is a need to progress to Committee Stage. Has the Attorney General given the Minister any guidance...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Internet Safety (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to enact the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group, ICGAG; the additional steps that will be taken to ensure the safety of children online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25899/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Internet Safety (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Has the Minister made specific recommendations in respect of this plan. Does she envisage implementing any of the key recommendations that it will contain? I am acutely aware that numerous Departments other than hers are involved in the protection of children online. However, I request that she, as an Independent Minister in Cabinet, use her voice in the context of the proposed digital...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Internet Safety (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: My difficulty is that a largely self-regulated industry is in control at this time. The Government is not in control; it is the providers, such as Snapchat and Facebook, which are in control. Regrettably, when hateful speech is put up or when bullying is taking place online, there is no way to deal with it and it has to go through a process whereby the industry judges whether the relevant...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Internet Safety (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: No, I certainly do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The guidance would be welcome. It is regrettable that 45% of children in care have been the subject of voluntary care orders that have lasted for longer than five years. The Minister mentioned that orders were meant to be temporary, but no one can say that "temporary" means "five years". We need to discuss the negative impact of placing children under voluntary care orders for longer than...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to address the fact that many children in foster care are placed under a voluntary care order; and the issues arising from same. [25898/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: What steps has the Minister taken to address the fact that many children in foster care are placed under a voluntary care order and the issues arising from same?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Care Orders (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: As of January 2018, 32% of all children in care were placed under a voluntary care order. That equates to 2,026 children. As the Minister explained, the parents agreed to have their children taken into care for various reasons. In these cases, Tusla must consider the parents' wishes on aspects of how the care is provided. The reason I tabled this question is that some of the caregivers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I acknowledge the hard work the GAA does. We had the féile at the weekend in Galway and it was a magnificent weekend, much of which is down to Damien Coleman, the development officer in the area. I have enjoyed Cúl Camps for the past three years and I have three kids participating. When the two younger children, who are girls, get to sixth class, however, it stops. In Portumna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Teenage girls are an issue for me. Mr. Regan said Go Games was non-competitive for under 12s.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: After that, the gloves come off and everything is competitive, but we lose a lot of people very quickly when that happens. How is the training of management and coaches organised? We need to balance competitiveness and participation. I am delighted the GAA fun and run includes children of all abilities. The perception in the past was that if a person had any inability, the gate was not...