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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Is that in every school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: How often will it do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Would the Department of Education and Skills support a local school is making such an objection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: What is the Department's view on the point I raised about the subject of home economics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Are there penalties?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to extend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 in order to allow male same-sex couples avail of adoptive leave and benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38999/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The Taoiseach should stick to facts. He should stick to the families.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to update or extend legal safeguards and redress mechanisms available to homeless children here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37918/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: My question is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any plans to update or extend legal safeguards and redress mechanisms available to homeless children in Ireland, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I listened with interest to some of those speaking at the launch of the Mercy Law Report on children and homelessness. It makes some very good points on how we can help to tackle at least some of the difficulties faced by children who are homeless. What is worrying is that it noted that the insertion of Article 42A into our Constitution has done very little to increase protection for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: There are almost 4,000 children homeless throughout this State. I am sure that figure upsets everybody here in this House. While I recognise that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is responsible for housing, the Minister is responsible for children and youth affairs, and these children are looking to her to be their voice. We all saw the photographs of children...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Correspondence (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a response from Pope Francis or his officials to her letter to him regarding abuses carried out in mother and baby homes. [37919/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Correspondence (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: My question is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received any response from Pope Francis or any of his officials to the letter she gave him on abuse in the mother and baby homes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Registration (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Before the summer break, the revelations that tens of thousands of people in Ireland had potentially been illegally adopted, and the fact that they were unaware that they were adopted, caused widespread public commentary. Illegal adoptions have been raised by many survivors' groups for years. The Minister outlined that a scoping exercise was being undertaken by her Department. Since that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Registration (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I understand why people are frustrated. People have been shouting about this for years. The Irish Examinerhas been highlighting this scandal for years. Has the Minister considered a redress scheme as part of her plan to deal with this scandal? I raise this issue because it is clear that it has caused distress to many people who have suddenly found out that they have been illegally...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Registration (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to broaden her Department's scoping exercise into the illegal adoptions scandal; the progress of the scoping exercise to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37916/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Registration (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: My question is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, if she will outline the number of records being examined as part of her Department's scoping exercise into the illegal adoption scandal, the progress of the scoping exercise and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome what the Minister is saying but we cannot ignore the elephant in the room, namely, that there are 138,000 children in this State living in poverty and 4,000 homeless children. We all know that the better the start a child has in life, the better his or her prospects. In the upcoming budget, we seriously need to focus on children. We need to see a budget that is proofed for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in tackling childhood poverty; her views on whether this progress is on track to reach the 2020 targets outlined in the national policy framework for children and young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38071/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (20 Sep 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I ask the Minister to indicate what progress is being made in tackling childhood poverty, whether it is on track to reach the 2020 targets outlined in the national policy framework for children and young people, and if she will make a statement on the matter.