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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs about the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age who were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form, and the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. The goal of aftercare was to introduce a statutory duty on Tusla to prepare an aftercare plan for young people. I have been spokesperson for children and youth affairs for 12 months and in those 12 months, I cannot say that I have been convinced that it is being delivered. I have to hand last year's Empowering People in Care, EPIC, report, which spoke...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Hearing that funding has been secured is welcome but could we look at this in a different way? When I hear about Youth Advocate Programmes, YAP, Ireland Ltd, the wonderful work it does and how it is trying to source funding for advocates, I wonder why we are not investing in the groups that are already there. Why do we not give funding to EPIC and YAP? We know there is a shortage of social...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns that up to 9,000 families that were to receive a targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable childcare scheme will now receive the universal level of subsidy instead; and her plans to support childcare affordability for these families, particularly if prices rise under the single affordable childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government has not recommissioned the SAVI report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22331/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures which have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number that remain unallocated; and the number of those which are deemed high risk. [22330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken in relation to strengthening the Fraud Act 2001 with regard to gambling on sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22541/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has conducted an economic analysis on the potential impact of the single affordable child care scheme on child care prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22427/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the financial viability and affordability of the child care sector in addition to the single affordable child care scheme. [22428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that will be availing of the targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme; and the number of persons that will avail of the universal level of subsidy. [22429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 264. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that a larger number of child minders will be eligible providers under the single affordable child care scheme. [22430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (9 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 664. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to open an adoption programme between Haiti and Ireland; the steps she is taking to advance this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (4 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason family maintenance agreed through the court is not seen as a deductible allowance and not taken into consideration for pension assessment criteria (details supplied). [21208/17]

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 76. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist Portiuncula Hospital improve ambulance turnaround performance, in view of the fact that just 11.5% of ambulance calls at the hospital were cleared in less than 20 minutes during February 2017 [20753/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the ladies for their presentation this morning. I want to declare that I was a providers' representative on a city and county child care board. Therefore, I have a good understanding of how the committees work. I compliment all the good work done throughout the country. My questions are somewhat along the lines of everything that has gone before. I am keen to know what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Before we get to my supplementary question, I was wondering about the top three issues that are affecting child care providers. Could the witnesses answer that because I am sure they have identified them and I would love to hear what they are? My supplementary question is about the community child care schemes. Was it not a sellotape effect when we accepted CE workers at that time and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: In terms of inspections, we talked about policy and governance, are data collected on the number of crèches inspected in the various city and county child care committee areas? Are the data fed back to Tusla? Where do the data go? Tusla does not have an integrated ICT system so where is the information on inspections kept?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Were the workers ex-ratio?