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

Anne Rabbitte: I do not need notes to talk about the deficiencies in paediatric diabetes services in County Galway because I have been harping on about this issue since I came into the House at the beginning of April. I am pleased that I will receive a reply from the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, today. Given that six months have passed since the launch...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: The Tánaiste said earlier that 18 Leader programmes were announced. Regrettably, in east Galway, the Galway Rural Development Company, GRD, was unsuccessful, while FORUM Connemara was successful in applying for new Leader funding. What will happen to existing up and running community projects which have failed to access funding under the new Leader programme?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a legal obligation on all waste collection providers, to furnish households with bins for black, brown and green waste collection; and the recourse households have, if their provider refuses to provide one or more of these bins. [17835/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reintroduce the telephone allowance for old age pensioner’s which was reduced in 2014. [17678/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (23 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in filling two vacancies on the board of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and if she will ensure that board positions are filled immediately. [17782/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Deputy Brady has the Minister here. Why is he taking it out on us?

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy O'Dea for sharing time. I also thank the Minister for his presentation, which I appreciated. I thank the two civil servants sitting here tonight. I will focus on Tús, the rural social scheme, community employment schemes and Intreo offices. East Galway, where I live, is very different to Dublin because people could not have it harder when it comes to Pathways to...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Did I steal Deputy Brady's thunder?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations and the number of gardaí in each in County Galway on 30 April 2011 and on 30 April 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17089/16]

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Fianna Fáil.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (16 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Student Universal Support Ireland declined an application for a grant by a person (details supplied). [16584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (16 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway County Council has sufficient staff to work efficiently and to comply with health and safety regulations. [16392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (16 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in cancer patients receiving compression sleeves in County Galway. [16585/16]

Estimates for Public Services 2016 (15 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish the Minister all the best in his role. To continue from where the Minister's colleague finished, I had three lots of speeches and I was deciding where to start. I am addressing the revised edition but I think I will start with the capitation programme for the future. I plead with the Minister to reconsider this and, for the period 2017 to 2019, to consider front-loading the...

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: This morning the Access and Inclusion Model was launched as part of the programme for a partnership Government and I have some questions for the Taoiseach on that. Will preschool nurses be recruited to support the child care settings? Will capital funding be provided as part of it? Will consideration be given to the clustering of occupational therapists and specialists with the national...

Other Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister and I welcome her response. However, from talking to some Tusla staff members in Dublin I am concerned that they have a problem with holding on to staff because the workload is so heavy. I would like to know what is Tusla's level of staff retention. I do not remember the exact figure, the Minister said some 100 were recruited in the year to date. Are these positions...

Other Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (9 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: What plans is the Department of Children and Youth Affairs working on at present to address the shortfall of active on-duty social workers in child protection services and to reduce the large number of at-risk children who are not allocated a social worker in a timely manner after the initial assessment?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (9 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I am glad the Minister brought up the issue of the €400,000 for the three different projects. One of them I am aware of is Young Ballymun but, needless to say, I have concerns. The €400,000 being released is for another 12 months but I am concerned as to whether that is enough for what we intend to do. This started in 2007 when the philanthropists got involved and funding of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (9 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: The only response I can give to the Minister is that I am glad to hear her embrace what I am suggesting. I believe the Minister and I are on a similar page when it comes to early intervention from the cradle to getting them to the leaving certificate and then to college or on to the jobs market. That is what we need to consider, and that is where we need to deliver. There is common...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (9 Jun 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the area based childhood programme remains fully resourced and funded for the upcoming number of years. [14946/16]