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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Shane Cassells: That would hold true in terms of facilities for children and child care being picked up by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, who is on our television screens at the moment. That was the subject of the Irish Refugees Council report on children in direct provision relating to decent child care facilities and so forth. What is the situation?

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: ..., which were only recently removed. I do not think students in any other part of the country could envisage such a scenario. To participate in PE, gymnastics, school drama and assemblies, the children have to leave the school premises and walk to the nearby community centre. Until recently, this was a case of taking their lives in their hands because there were no footpaths connecting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Shane Cassells: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to create community centres and facilities in newly created high density urban areas in which there is a complete dearth of facilities and lack of amenities for young persons; the funding in place to both construct and staff...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the anomaly created under the affordable child care scheme whereby the places of children who are currently availing of essential early intervention supports under CCS and whose parents will not meet the eligibility criteria for ACS will no longer be funded; the way the early intervention needs of this group of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: I wish to raise the role of the Department of Education and Skills in the provision of the early years education programme. In the past few years, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs developed an early childhood care and education programme which also falls under the remit of the Departments of Health and Education and Skills. People in the early childhood sector find they fall...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...of their role. I have made the point that they have fallen between stools, because, as Mr. Ó Foghlú said, it not under his remit. When I put the question to the Secretary General of the Department of Children and Youth affairs, he said that we are only assisting a sector that is effectively private but both Secretaries General are asking them to implement Government policy....

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: I compliment Mr. Ó Foghlú and the work he is doing to broaden the school base. I have two children in a community national school, both being reared as Catholics but enjoying the experience of a broad education in the fullest sense within the Ard Rí community national school. I hope that a site will be secured for the building of that school so that it can stop using the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...a court order for an appearance in approximately three weeks. It was served on him by the county council because of his rates arrears. It is an archaic system. This man operates a business that helps children with autism and youth federations. It is a good business but he is getting screwed because of the physical size of the premises from which he operates. We have people operating...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...the time? Is that money being used for the same purposes? In his opening statement Mr. McCarthy said the €399 million in 2015 funded the allowance of 21,000 litres of free water provided in respect of all children, the cost of capping the domestic water charges and the cost of providing a general subsidy for the cost of services reduced to level of unit charge. They were all...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Feb 2017)

Shane Cassells: 364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a record is maintained and monitored of the number of participants on community employment child care schemes that are retained in the early year’s sector; if her Department engages regularly with the Department of Social Protection on community employment child care schemes; if so, the details of this engagement; and if she...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...system scarce resources were being spent on an unregulated and chaotic system, while at the same time it was clear we did not have adequate resources to fund front-line staff in supporting vulnerable children. As has been outlined this morning, if some GALs could earn as much as €300,000 in a single year, something was seriously wrong. Spending on legal fees increased from...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

Shane Cassells: Leaving aside the monetary aspect and focusing on the human side, the creation of Dr. Lynch's stand-alone Department was a very significant step and a bold statement in putting the rights of children of all ages first at the Cabinet table. Dr. Lynch says the scheme is demand-led and that he is working on previous years' figures. He said that, at best, there was stagnation in demand for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

Shane Cassells: The societal issue is the dangers being faced by children in 2017. Dr. Lynch's office works with agencies such as Barnardos, Tusla and others, but, while one needs a licence to own a dog, anybody can procreate. Being a parent is one of the most demanding jobs in the world; being a Deputy is a doddle in comparison. I speak as the father of three young children. What is the Department doing...

Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...support is being provided to these young professionals to get the training and go on to work in a high-stress job. The Department expects them to identify potential neglect and abuse for young children. What are they getting in return?

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...for their vote with Fianna Fáil through the areas where we have exerted influence. I wish to comment on child care. In the early days of the Government, during Question Time with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I sought assurances from her in respect of the funding for the sector, about which I am passionate. I warmly welcome the 35% increase in early years funding....

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Parents are not farming out children.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Shane Cassells: Deputy McGrath should not make statements such as that parents are farming out children.

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...closing their doors in three weeks and yet there is an information vacuum in terms of what is going to happen next. I welcome the Minister's confirmation on current supports. In County Meath, 100 children and their parents will be seeking supports from preschool services come September. Even though the €3,000 per annum for providers of special needs assistant, SNA, support is...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the access and inclusion model for children with additional needs entering the early childhood care and education scheme in September 2016; and if she will provide a commitment that the Health Service Executive will not withdraw any supports currently in place until the new seven level model is embedded...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: What is the status of the implementation of the access and inclusion model for children with additional needs entering the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme in September of this year? Will the Minister give a commitment that the HSE will not withdraw any supports currently in place until the new seven levels model is embedded in the early years sector?