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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: What is the process for somebody to obtain the information from Scouting Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Mr. Elliott is not aware of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Is there a fee for anyone to request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: To Mr. Elliott's knowledge, has nobody been refused access to his or her information?

Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland: Motion (3 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the report and the recommendations contained therein. The work on it had been largely completed before I joined the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, but I express my thanks to those members who worked on the report. It does a very good job in reflecting the concerns representatives from all parties and none have about the state of the foster care system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The school programmes, Super Troopers and Food Dudes, are fantastic. I know them because I have three young children. I dread when the charts are brought home but my children love hanging them on the wall and keeping a writing record of their physical activity and healthy eating. However, one of my children is in sixth class and she finds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: When I had my daughter in 2005, there was a big push on breastfeeding. I remember how there was a breastfeeding clinic in the Rotunda that was so helpful to mothers starting off. There were breastfeeding support groups when women came out into the community and the community mothers scheme whose members used to pop in. It is important that someone has support. One of the big issues is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: What would one do then? A teacher would probably raise it if they had concerns because a child was struggling during PE. How can it be taken to the next level? Is it a case of saying to parents "excuse me, Ms Mitchell, your children are..." and hoping for the best or will we supply the parents with advice on healthy eating and exercise regimes?

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I do not doubt that the Minister feels for the survivors, but they have been listening to that response for decades. Other Deputies and I believe that is not right as it is denying the survivors justice and redress. Why has the commission not made a finding? Is there something deliberate going on? The Minister has met the survivors; she knows them and knows that they have been campaigning...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has spoken to the Minister for Health about delays in access to mental health and well-being supports for survivors who have engaged with the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18726/18]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The Minister and we all know that the women are reliving traumatic events when they appear before the commission of investigation and should not be left for over a year before they gain access to counselling. Will the Minister discuss this with the HSE and the Minister for Health to reassure anyone who wants to gain access to a counselling service that she will not have to wait for one year...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I will forward some names to the Minister. Many women have been attending counselling services during the years at a cost to themselves. When they make their initial appointment, they find they must move from that counsellor. Many women who have developed a relationship with the counsellor they have attended for years have to move to a different one. Can some mechanism be put in place to...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if survivors of a home (details supplied) will be facilitated in gaining access to redress in advance of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [18725/18]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Will survivors of the Bethany Home be facilitated in gaining access to redress ahead of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes?

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I cannot understand the attitude of the State to this small group of survivors. There are fewer than ten survivors. They are getting on in years and they fear the State is using this as a stall and hoping they will pass away. The second interim report by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes clearly stated its view that the survivors of the Bethany Home had a strong...

Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the progress made by Tusla in allocating social workers to the 4,892 cases as of December 2017 in which no social worker had been allocated; if she is satisfied with the progress being made in hiring additional social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19019/18]

Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Will the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs outline the progress being made by Tusla in allocating social workers to 4,892 cases where a social worker has not been allocated? Is she satisfied with the progress being made in hiring additional staff? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Minister for her response, but I imagine she would agree with me that the fact almost 4,700 children are waiting on the allocation of a social worker is unacceptable. I recognise that the Minister secured extra funding in the budget to deal with staff shortages but I do not believe funding is the issue. We had an €11 million underspend in Tusla when it came to staff...

Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I acknowledge the steps being taken to deal with this issue but I find it alarming that we had 346 children deemed high priority who have been waiting more than three months. Worse again, Tusla could not tell us how long 87 children were waiting for social workers. I am not coming here to bash Tusla. I am well aware of the vast workload faced by its staff but I seriously believe...