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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: A whole-of-Government issue dealt with by two staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: If we are to look at it at this time, it is a whole-of-Government approach across many Departments with two staff dealing with it. I give credit to what the office is doing but we are asking an awful lot of two people. There are huge expectations on the wider public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I have one last question for Ms Leahy. I am just going through my notes here. Earlier when we had representatives from An Garda Síochána, I asked whether they believed the legislation was strong enough for them to do their job. One of the representatives said the legislation is good but we need to incorporate wording on mobile phones. Is the Department working on that? Who is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that being developed at this time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses. I will move on to the representatives from CyberSafeIreland. I have listened to them a number of times on the radio. I love the work they do and how they present it. As a parent, the information is fantastic. It is like a red light every time because it brings home to roost what one is doing, as a parent, if one gives a mobile phone to a child or lets a child...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I have another question for Dr .Brennan. She also mentioned the Road Safety Authority, RSA, and health promotion campaigns. I think there is a need for a particular campaign. There is no point in hearing about it when Snapchat maps or Siri comes out. I think I heard Ms Curley talk about it on the radio recently. There is no point in hearing about it whenever a particular app becomes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I agree when an issue emerges, there has to be somebody equipped to respond. It is important it involves both primary and post-primary pupils because those going online are getting younger. Earlier, An Garda Síochána spoke about rolling out a programme with transition year pupils which is to be commended. They can engage with the first-year pupils as they come into the school....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 223. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 10 October 2017, the position regarding cancelled surgery for persons resulting from repairs being carried out at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; the location to which staff are being deployed; the location to which the ten orthopaedic consultants are being deployed; and the timeframe, locations and waiting lists...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to each of the existing 109 family resource centres in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45198/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to open nine additional family resource centres in 2018; and the proposed location and opening date of each. [45199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45200/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to the three existing out-of-hours social work services in 2017 by service. [45201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (25 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled under band D of the more affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45202/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (24 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla’s draft policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Ombudsman called upon Tusla to publish the policy by October 2017. [44823/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (24 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department and Tusla plan to use the publication of Tusla's policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse as an opportunity to proactively integrate the EU victims' directive in order to have a policy that is victim centred and to promote the support of victims through the process of disclosure, assessment and beyond. [44824/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Update on the Next Stages of the Review of A Vision for Change: Department of Health (19 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sorry I missed Mr. Kane's presentation - I got delayed on the way. This is personal to me. It is one of the reasons I am sitting here and giving up my time. I heard some commentary earlier. I believe two heads are better than one and that we should all work together to achieve a real common goal in this area. Integration and streamlining of the services through cognitive behaviour...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (19 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled in the ECCE programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [44516/17]

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: It is included in our manifesto.

Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: It is.