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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: My question relates to the recent report that has been in the media. Can the Minister provide an update on child protection and welfare practices in publicly funded and publicly run residential care facilities? Is there any sort of oversight or monitoring from the Department with regard to suspected abuse? Will there be provision to address issues highlighted by Tusla included in this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. I welcome some of those points he made, particularly around some of the new working groups. I assume they were established recently enough. Maybe they were established even after this report was published. Obviously, however, it is very concerning and worrying for us. Some particularly worrying things that stuck out to me were that in some instances, front-line...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Am I over time?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I would like to know more about the Barnahus project about which the Minister spoke because I want to be solution-focused here. The report is damning and very upsetting. We want to see how we can prevent this going forward. I am not sure if it is possible for us to get some more information, obviously, not in this answer but even outside of that as a committee. We can maybe do a visit, if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency (4 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on child protection and welfare practices in publicly funded and run residential care facilities; if his Department monitor cases of suspected abuse; if provision to address issues highlighted by Tusla will be included in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32483/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (20 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. I do not doubt his sincerity on this issue at all. One of the key things in this regard concerns some interim measures. We must see this happen while we are waiting for the agency to be established. It is important the stakeholders are consulted in respect of this agency to ensure it works effectively. I refer to local programmes, such as StartSafe, run by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (20 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Briefly, this aspect has changed, but it depends on who people are dealing with. We must examine some of these short-term interim measures while we are waiting for the broader strategy to be established. I am sorry for going over time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (20 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thought the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, would be here, but I understand that people cannot necessarily be everywhere. I was going to start by saying that I know she has a strong track record on this issue and that she is genuinely committed to it. The reason I wanted to raise this matter is, in the first instance, because I have an interest in it. I do a lot of work locally...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, to conclude the debate. He has ten minutes.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The Minister was in my home town, Callan, a few years ago on a day with similar weather to what we are having today. Some good projects, such as the one she was there for that day, are happening in some of our towns and villages. That is welcome but, as my colleagues said, there are still outstanding issues. I apologise in advance to anyone who has heard me talk about this before. The...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: At a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, we had an opportunity to hear from the incoming chairperson of Oberstown Children Detention Campus, Ms Koulla Yiasouma. I really hope I am pronouncing her name correctly. She comes to the role with a great deal of experience and an extremely positive attitude, and she will be really...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Healy-Rae is over time.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Healy-Rae's time is up. I ask him to have respect for the Chair.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Healy-Rae is a full half minute over time.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Everybody please calm down.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will have to suspend this session if people cannot calm down. I know a number of things were said-----

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: -----and there will be an opportunity for the Social Democrats to reply at the end of the debate.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The next speaker is the Minister. I apologise, the next speaker is Deputy Pringle.

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend my colleague Deputy Tully on this. As our spokesperson on disability, she has done huge work in this area. I also acknowledge that the Minister of State is here. I know she is passionate about this as well but we have to highlight when there are failings. As my colleague Deputy Cullinane has said, we have to lay that at the door of the Minister of State and of the Government. ...