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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 388. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a charge of €80 which certain hospital groups have imposed on persons with haemochromatosis requiring venesection; his views on whether it is an unjust charge which mainly affects persons who have neither a medical card or health insurance; and his plans to review the annual ceiling charge for same (details...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 522. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department's consultation on the overage exemption will be completed; the steps her Department is taking to include the views of parents in this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 523. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department's consultation on the ECCE overage exemption will allow for input from political parties; and if not, the reason therefore. [11554/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of non-EEA children currently in the care of the State; and the number of non-EEA children who were in the care of the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [11304/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the implementation of Tusla's Signs of Safety programme in 2017; and the amount that has been budgeted for 2018. [11306/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to each family resource centre in each year since 2008 in tabular form. [11466/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the apparent discrepancy between the fact that the age limit on the ECCE programme requires that children be no more than five years and six months of age when finishing the programme, but that children are only required to start school when they are six years of age will be addressed. [11549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for her Department's decision to set the age limit at five year and six months of age as the age by which children must complete participation in the ECCE programme. [11550/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the delegates for their presentation. In their expert opinion, what is the impact on a child of being placed in an adult psychiatric unit? What is the impact from the point of view of recovery? The number of children being placed in adult psychiatric units seems to be increasing all of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes, I do because that response is important. Dr. Moore has said children are in a room on their own. I come from Galway where the children in adult psychiatry units are not in a room on their own. They share rooms with adults. What is the impact on them?

Criminal Law (Recruitment of Children to Engage in Criminal Activity) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the creation of an offence in circumstances where an adult recruits a child to carry out a criminal offence on his or her behalf and to provide for related matters. I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Bill, which I hope will be fondly known in the future as "Fagin's law". The purpose of the Bill is...

Criminal Law (Recruitment of Children to Engage in Criminal Activity) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I too compliment all the staff in Galway County Council and the local farmers in the county. One of my observations, which the Minister could perhaps incorporate into his review, is that despite the talk about a code red alert and a co-ordinated approach, the fire service was available in Offaly and Tipperary, but the fire service in Galway was not on standby. When a co-ordinated approach...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her statement, which was very welcome. I take it that the family resource centres come under programme A. I welcome the increase in funding for additional family resource centres. Last year there were 109 family resource centres and next year that number will increase to 119. That is positive and the family resource centres make a significant contribution. I...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is okay.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that within the 200 unaccompanied minors which we discussed in December 2016?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister trying to meet the allocation quota of 200 minors?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is important to acknowledge that when this conversation started there was no framework in place. All credit is due to the Department for putting a unit in place to address what is an evolving issue. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I have a final question on this section. It relates to the context and the impact indicators. I see that the number of open cases with Tusla assessed as needing a social worker is up to Quarter 2. I assume that is to June 2017. At that stage, the number of open cases needing a social worker was 25,886 and for the entire year 2016 the number was 25,034. Can the Minister explain that to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: When I look at that figure it appears there is a huge increase in the number of children awaiting a social care worker. The Minister might be able to correct that for me because it is only up to Quarter 2.