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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...

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?