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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 6 November 2013, if he will provide details of funding that the ILDN received annually since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48470/13]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure highest standards are reached and adhered to and an appropriate inspection regime across all preschool child care facilities is in place; the timeframe for achieving both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47838/13]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: In the aftermath of the "Prime Time" investigation into preschool care, "A Breach of Trust", there was considerable concern about how to ensure the failures highlighted in that programme would be rectified and prevented from recurring. The programme found that most preschools are inspected once every 20 months and that many experts believe the child care regulations are too basic and poorly...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: While I welcome many of those changes, more progress is required. This country does not provide child care properly. We have outsourced, in effect, it to the private and voluntary sectors and the State has abdicated its responsibility. We do not invest in child care properly either. Even after the introduction of the free preschool year, we spend 0.4% of GDP on preschool education, which...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Establishment (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for her answer but I am not entirely reassured by it. The number of social care workers is being stretched to the limit. Ireland has relatively few child protection workers per head of population and in relation to the total number of children in care. Many of the reports carried out in this area have highlighted inadequate staffing. What is more is that HSE figures...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Establishment (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I await the Minister's answer on that. Recently, when I raised a case with her about a child who was not getting what she should have been getting, the whole thing was sorted out in a matter of minutes following one telephone call by her Department to the social care workers.

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Establishment (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether adequate resources are available for social care work; the additional resources that will be provided to ensure the proper functioning of the new Child and Family Agency; if all children in care have allocated social workers and specific care plans, and if not, what is the shortfall. [47839/13]

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Establishment (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I stated in my contribution to Second Stage of the Child and Family Agency Bill that while the new structures were positive, all the best structures and policies in the world will not achieve what the Minister has set out to achieve if they are not properly resourced and if there are not sufficient social workers available to carry out their duties. There is significant concern in the youth...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tourism Data (12 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 47. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of visitors here from emerging tourism markets, in particular China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia [47111/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I apologise for arriving late, but three appointments clashed this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Thank you. I wish to apologise for the absence of Deputy Ó Caoláin who cannot be here this week, but I will report everything to him. I have just a few questions. A suggestion has arisen with regard to end-of-life-proof homes. Would this be useful for children with life-limiting illnesses or are their lives so different that this would not be of much use to them? Bereavement...

Other Questions: Tourism Project Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the capital funding from Fáilte Ireland, which was a huge boost to the east Cork area. The history of the area is significant. There is potential to attract tens of thousands of visitors to the area each year. In order to be successful we must promote the development both domestically and internationally. What is being done in that regard and what category of tourist do we...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will discuss the 7% reduction to the budget of the Irish Sports Council; his views on what effect this will have on the delivery of front line services by national governing sports bodies, and on the high performance programme. [47113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Data (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been any noticeable increase in visitors from China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia in recent years; the targets he has for these markets; and the strategies that exist to ensure that Ireland increases its penetration of these markets. [47111/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget 2014 (7 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the 11% reduction in tourism funding in budget 2014; the ramifications for Tourism Ireland’s ability to promote Ireland internationally and on Fáilte Ireland’s ability to promote Irish holiday destinations domestically and generally on the impact on the tourism industry here. [47115/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The word "austerity" has been used so much by the media, in this House, and by figures in financial and banking institutions that to many people it seems to have lost all meaning. Many ordinary people in the street hear about austerity, and to a large degree, lose interest in what is being said, as if it is something that does not apply to them but a mere political phrase and something...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (6 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the final date for cash payments of the local property tax; if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to supply clear transparent information to person's regarding payment options as letters currently being sent out have no information about cash payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (6 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding the Irish Local Development Network receives directly and indirectly from his Department to run its national body; the other funding the ILDN receives from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47318/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Sinn Féin welcomes this debate on the question of cannabis legalisation on the basis that such a debate is needed and should prove informative. We commend Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for bringing forward this motion. While we will not be voting in favour of it, we believe there is merit in a thorough and critical examination of all aspects of how problem drug use is addressed in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. We need to do much better in this area and we need to expend resources given our ageing population. Between 1996 and 2031 the number of people aged above 65 will have doubled and we need to make provision for that. Has the Prague charter for palliative care gone on to be recognised by major international bodies, including the...