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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am begin with Mr. Treacy. I have an excellent relationship with the local sports partnership in Galway. We had a positive engagement with Fit Towns a little more than two years ago. The witnesses should tell everybody about Fit Towns and the concept behind it, because it got the whole town moving in the middle of winter. I have to credit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The DEIS model is fabulous. Other schools may want to get assessments done to determine whether they can qualify for DEIS status. Were the key drivers or key performance indicators changed recently in respect of what schools can qualify? Was any evaluation done? Can the departmental officials explain that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is the point I was trying to make. While a school might not necessarily qualify for DEIS, the Department looks outside the box a little bit to other schools so that more children are gathered. They might not fit all of the DEIS criteria but they might be able to get the benefit of it. The Department is doing this with 140 additional schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is just the breakfast club. Is that in national schools or secondary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: To how many early-years establishments is the DEIS model provided, be it the breakfast club or the lunch also?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Of the 140, how many are national schools or are they all secondary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is a mixture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Why does Dr Foley-Nolan say this? Is it because all schools get it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (26 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 384. To ask the Minister for Health when the pre-economic crisis budget for the dental treatment services scheme will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (26 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of initial assessments of need of children with disabilities that are carried out by community healthcare organisation annually. [27826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (26 Jun 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the qualifications that must be held by assessment of need officers; the number of officer positions nationally; his views on whether this number is adequate in meeting assessment demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/18]

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.