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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (8 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 214. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) that is deemed a priority case will be seen by an orthopaedic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue from Bus Éireann in relation to a bus stop (details supplied). [6577/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (8 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the arrangements of persons on community employment schemes of the older age bracket which is capped at 7%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6580/18]

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I know the Minister, Deputy Naughten, knows my constituency incredibly well. As a representative of a neighbouring constituency, he is familiar with the frustration, upset and grief caused by this issue. I heard him talking earlier about New Inn and Ballymacward, which used to be in the constituency of Galway East but are moving to the Minister's constituency as a result of boundary changes.

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister spoke about the high-speed broadband that people in such areas will receive in the not too distant future. However, it struck me when Deputy Heydon was speaking about the national development plan for the future that such people do not have good road connectivity.

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: They do not have good infrastructure. As the main employment base in this very rural area is agriculture, people have to do a great deal of work online. It will be a great relief for them to know that they are about to get very good broadband infrastructure. This also will be a great improvement for their family lives. It will be a great improvement for their children who are attending...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I am going to be very polite and let my colleagues go first because they were here and were holding the fort while I was doing something else. I thank them for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I was really impressed by the submissions the delegates sent to the joint committee which has spent the past few months talking to various guests about this issue. We need to hear the voices of delegates. As Deputy Timmy Dooley said, the process is very informative. Mr. Burke used the word "trust". Ms Hoskin used the word "balance". I really like the idea of the granny rule which Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy spoke about social responsibility. One of the most important tools is compassion. In the delegates' presentation it was mentioned that the subject could be incorporated into social, personal and health education, SPHE, classes. As legislators, we want to bring what we hear to a meaningful level in order that it can be introduced in law. That might mean that we have to discuss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Are the delegates telling me that, while there is a place for intervention programmes in secondary schools, we should be going into national schools with them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Are all of the delegates in agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is the education piece and it involves engaging young persons, but how do we bring parents on board? I am no different from all of the other speakers. Believe it or not, but I have three teenagers - one in transition year, one in second year and one in sixth class - and have been really hit by this issue. I keep hearing the word "trust" and it is correct. I always hear the phrase,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Where do we provide a platform for parents to have that conversation or be reassured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Could it be spearheaded through the transition year programme, or has it been thought through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: How then would we harness the experiences of children in secondary school? That is what I am trying to tease out. Do we need those involved in transition year to run it and go to national schools to explain the process involved? Do they need to be part of open nights for first year students, as the delegates have said? Where is the role for students, as they use the tools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is scary.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (6 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court hearings that took place on a monthly basis throughout each Circuit Court regarding house repossessions in 2016, 2017, and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [5400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (6 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for the back-to-work enterprise allowance. [5547/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme (6 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reduce the qualifying waiting criteria from nine to six months in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of previous contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5548/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (1 Feb 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Hughes for his presentation. I will ask direct questions to which I want short answers. How many psychiatric nurses are trained every year in Ireland?