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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Out of that €178 million, 847 different childcare facilities were awarded funds under the programme. Is that figure correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: How many of those would have been private facilities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: My figure is that out of the 847 childcare facilities which benefited from that fund, 501 were private. Has the Department undertaken any analysis of how many of those are still in operation today?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: The reason I asked for this information is that there was a parliamentary question on how many of these facilities were still in operation. The response was “it is not possible to provide an accurate number of services that received funding under the NCIP, both community and private, that remain in operation to this day”. Why is that? Is it because it is information the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: From a process and procedures point, there is a commission of investigation in place regarding mother and baby homes. Obviously, it is independent and must do its work. However, there is much public concern about the commission’s refusal to release information to affected family members on where their relatives are buried. I have spoken to some family members who say it is painful...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I fully accept everything Dr. Lynch said but given the matter is a source of public commentary, and some relatives have raised concerns about it, has the Department any idea why the commission refuses to release the information to family members? Nobody has been given any indication as to the rationale behind it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: I fully accept that it is a quasi-court, that it is independent, and that it would be inappropriate for the Department or anybody to intervene directly in the work of the commission. I have no difficulty with that but there seems to be a fundamental issue for the families involved. If there are lines of communication between the Department and the commission, perhaps there could be an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: An issue that is not directly related to the Department but that has a direct bearing on children is child homelessness. What engagement and interaction is there between the Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in respect of the issue? The figures have increased steadily. There was a marginal decrease in the rate of child homelessness in the most recent...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Are some homeless children not included in the figures presented by the Department? My understanding is that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government presents homelessness figures that include people in emergency accommodation in the main. Are there children under the watch of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs who would be classed as homeless? I refer to children...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Dr. Lynch referred to "all children". Under what category do they fit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: When the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government categorises children as homeless, does it seek information from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Is the Department satisfied that the overall figures capture child homelessness in its entirety?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: Children in direct provision centres are also classed separately. There are a couple of separate categories and I was trying to tease out whether there were others.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children aged four to 11 years of age who were and are eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear payment in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date 2019; the overall cost of the back to school clothing and footwear payment for children aged four to 11 years in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children over 12 years of age attending secondary school who were and are eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear payment for each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the overall cost of the back to school clothing and footwear payment for children aged over 12 years of age attending...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data (13 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children attending a third level institution who were and are eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear payment for each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the overall cost of the back to school clothing and footwear payment for children attending a third level institution in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the plans by the South/Southwest Hospital Group to advance orthopaedic services in the south east and at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to create a centre of excellence for orthopaedics at the hospital; if a business case to advance same has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 150. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe, costs and additional capacity in building a new mortuary at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24367/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe, costs and the services to be provided in the additional catheterisation laboratory for University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (12 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason robotics are not being utilised at University Hospital Waterford for cancer care; his plans to purchase robotic equipment for the oncology unit at the hospital; if this is supported by the South/Southwest Hospital Group; if a business case for the purchase or lease of robotic equipment has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....