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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if internal management meetings are held within Tusla; if representatives from her Department are present at these meetings; the number of such meetings; and the frequency of said meetings. [30356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children referred to Tusla each year. [30357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that Tusla engages with each year; the typical levels of engagement that Tusla has; and the way in which Tusla measures its outcomes. [30358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a parliamentary question liaison unit within Tusla. [30359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the different pay grades within Tusla; and the number of persons employed at each level. [30360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (28 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the layers of management within Tusla in addition to its correspondence with her Department. [30361/17]

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleague, Deputy Cassells, for bringing forward this Bill this evening. From listening to the commentary so far I believe it has been a very welcome and positive move. The Bill aims to bring decision making back to local communities. The fundamental purpose of the Bill is to empower local communities by enabling the towns across Ireland to have an opportunity to fight for their...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Expenditure (27 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 306. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of bog compensation in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [29454/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 350. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the reason a person (details supplied) was refused both a general practitioner and medical card on the basis of all information supplied; and if he will review the case [29626/17]

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I compliment all the members of the committee. I was not on the committee, but it is an honour to have an opportunity to speak this evening. Deputy Shortall did a phenomenal job in pulling all of these different personalities together for the past 11 months, starting with four hours twice a week and moving up to 12 hours a week. I thank my colleagues, Deputies Kelleher, Brown and Brassil...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Rural Development (22 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 124. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the monetary committee meeting held on 29 March 2017 will reconvene; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29415/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Innovation Partnerships (22 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary question No. 568 of 23 May 2017, the persons or bodies that made submissions prior to the launch and formation of the locally led scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29446/17]

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: This question I ask is not in breach of Cabinet confidentiality. If one was running the bridge club at home and there was a conflict of interest where two people were going for a job, would the committee, in good party policy, not ask the person with a vested interest to stand out of the room while the position was being discussed?

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Oh, now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I apologise for being late. I will not ask any of the questions already asked. I will wait for answers to what Deputy Funchion has asked. Earlier Deputy O'Sullivan spoke about the various parties with whom we engage and we spoke about the Garda. I assume we engage with the Department of Education and Skills, the teaching profession and preschool officers because they have a huge role. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: What supports are in place for grandparents, uncles or aunts fostering children from the UK or another jurisdiction? Some of my colleagues can help me. I believe the Deputy was asking about supports for relative carers. They receive an allowance from us in respect of caring for these children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes. Just to explain my question, I am asking about situations where the family network is in another jurisdiction but the grandparents, for example, are living in Ireland - a situation where a care order has been given in another jurisdiction for those grandparents to care for the children, resulting in the children moving here. While they are getting a small allowance from another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: All right. I am talking about a specific case here so I apologise. It is something I have come across only very recently. While the case is exactly as Mr. Quinlan has described the second category of cases, we are talking about grandparents doing their very best with four kids but, because of the currency exchange rate at this moment in time, they are falling short by an awful lot. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Quinlan for that answer.