Results 10,281-10,300 of 10,824 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 450. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes investigation committee. [9362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have been refused an opportunity to give evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. [9363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee who have subsequently been invited to a hearing of the commission's investigation committee. [9364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remove the proposed undertaking in section 41 of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the compelling reasons ground for refusing the release of information in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 only applies when adopted persons are seeking information. [9367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the release of information to an adopted person might endanger the life of a person. [9368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Post-Adoption Contact Register (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [9370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Post-Adoption Contact Register (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to reach out to the more than 2,000 persons who were sent from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s. [9371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9372/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the delegation for their presentations. I attended the ISPCC conference and it was most enlightening. One could nearly make a road-show of it. I was there not only in my role as my party's children's rights spokesperson but also as a parent, and I found it very informative as the guest speakers were outstanding. The ISPCC representatives are right in saying that teachers and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Snapchat does not have a minimum age requirement. Anybody could be on the app with any number of friends. Should a minimum age be recommended for access to these apps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I agree with Ms O'Sullivan on that important issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Or a week. The Chairman showed me how to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Control Procedures in Tusla - Child and Family Agency: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I, too, welcome Mr. McBride and his opening statement. The Chairman has presented the background to the joint committee's decision to invite him to appear before us. I acknowledge the speed with which he responded and welcome his open and honest statement in which he identified various issues that have been in the public domain in recent days. I will steer my questions in two directions,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Control Procedures in Tusla - Child and Family Agency: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Control Procedures in Tusla - Child and Family Agency: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chairman. Returning to the commentary on the posts that need to be created around historical cases, has Tusla a framework of what is required? Has it the framework set up? Is it in train or at what stage is it? Has Tusla all the staff there? I acknowledge that in itself is a considerable piece of work. I understand there is no policy or strategy from Tusla on how to deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Control Procedures in Tusla - Child and Family Agency: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: -----Deputy Jan O'Sullivan mentioned, while the current guidelines on dealing with adult disclosure cases by social care workers' offices are not fit for purpose, the guidelines do not take cognisance of the effects of abuse on adults coming forward to disclose. HIQA's assessment of the north Lee and south-west services in 2015 stated that the system in place to manage concerns of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (22 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 68. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances of adult disclosure cases in which relevant third parties (details supplied) should be notified; the definition of third parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8839/17]