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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and percentage of current child protection and welfare cases that have not been allocated a social worker, who are adult disclosures or historical referral cases; to provide estimates for the average waiting time for an adult disclosure case to be allocated a social worker; and the number of these which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and the percentage of referrals going through social work offices that are adult disclosure cases. [19152/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Tusla, the Child and Family Agency will publish its draft policy or strategy on adult disclosure cases, so called section 3 referrals; and the current guidelines on dealing with adult disclosure cases by social worker offices. [19153/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why the walk-in child sexual abuse service in County Galway is being shut down by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; her views on whether this is the correct approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19154/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Information and Communications Technology (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the barriers to integrating information technology, IT, systems across social worker regional offices; if she is aware of the fact that there is no integration of referral systems across social service regions due to the lack of integration of IT systems and as a result vital pieces of information that may be detailed regarding a prior...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to all independent guardians ad litem, GAL, in 2015; and the amount which was paid to each individual to act as an independent GAL in the same year. [19157/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (5 Jul 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); and if she or officials in her Department will agree to meet with the board of the centre to discuss the proposed closure. [19503/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Project Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy is like a new person.

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: First Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act for the purposes of the better protection of rights of young people on cultural and education exchange programs with no more than 30 hours light domestic help per week in exchange for hospitality, lodging and pocket money, to be known as ‘Au Pair Placements'; to set up a new Au Pair Accreditation Council tasked with the...

Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: First Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish the Minister, Deputy Naughten, all the best in his role. From having listened to the debate all afternoon, I do not know what sort of role he has been given. I noted the wishes of Deputy Eamon Ryan and those of my three colleagues in front of me, and now I am going to come with my bag of wishes.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. Needless to say, this Bill is very technical. I will not comment on the technicalities other than to echo Deputy Thomas Byrne’s point that the proposed name of the regulator is not the most user-friendly. If we are to do something for the consumer, perhaps we should consider a better one. When I read the Bill, I was struck by the concept of the Galway-Mayo...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her presentation. I will overlap slightly on what Deputy O'Sullivan already said. First, with regard to Oberstown, what is the position on staff training? Second, with regard to Tusla and social care workers, additional funding was allocated at the end of 2015-early 2016. How many staff have been recruited into social care work positions and are we still...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Programme B is quite detailed and covers a great deal. I have questions on the ECCE expansion scheme. Do we have enough funding to deliver it, as this is most important to the providers of the service? My understanding is that the second year of the ECCE programme is for 23 weeks as opposed to 38? Is that correct?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: When the ECCE programme was introduced for the first time, the programme ran for 38 weeks. It was presented as a full-year programme that coincided with the school year. Is it the case that the ECCE expansion programme runs, technically speaking, for 23 weeks but that it can run for 33 or 38 weeks if the provider can facilitate it?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I have questions on the ABC and the other early intervention programmes. The ABC programme runs from 2013 to 2016. Is there a plan in place for the future of the programme? I would really appreciate it if the Minister would expand on that? I would also really appreciate it if she would comment on the position with regard to family resource centres.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister expand on the funding of family resource centres or where she sees the Department supporting them? I have admired the ABC programmes because we do not have them in Galway. I visited Preparing for Life, which is in Darndale, the other day. The Minister is dead right in her comments as we must look at other initiatives to bring this to the rest of the country. What is good...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. There has been much media commentary on one of the areas, the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, in recent weeks, as its remit does not incorporate all of the mother and baby homes. The Minister might care to comment on that. Seeing as the Minister met members of the commission fairly recently, her comments would be welcome. Second, are we on...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak to the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016. Like my Fianna Fáil colleagues, I support the Bill. I will not discuss the various legal clarifications that are outstanding at this time. As a result of the Bill which reflects the first part of Fianna Fáil's agreement to facilitate a minority Government, water charges will be suspended...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (28 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: While I accept the Minister of State’s reply, regrettably the frustration for the parents and the families in question is that the post, which was advertised, has not been filled. Whatever way we look at it, it looks like it will not be filled until March 2017. When I said I would raise the issue on behalf of the parents, their only ask of me was if there was any way the post could...