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Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: We agree.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I commend the Citizens' Assembly and the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution for the incredible amount of work they did. I remember marching in the 1990s about the X case when a 14-year-old girl became pregnant as a result of rape and was prevented from travelling to England to have an abortion. It was an appalling case which highlighted for many women the reality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the Minister and thank her for her opening statement. As she said, since the end of March 2017, no child has been held in an adult prison. This is very significant and has been a long time coming. Well done to the Minister in that regard. Let me touch on single separation. At the last meeting, I made a point to the director of Oberstown that I had really serious concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspection Report on Oberstown Detention Centre: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Page 23 of the HIQA report refers to the reporting of child protection incidents and complaints. Three complaints were made to Tusla, and it did not even acknowledge them. I am very concerned that there was no receipt of an acknowledgement. Has the Minister raised this with Tusla? If so, could she let us know its response?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent school buildings which are planned to replace the existing semi-permanent buildings of schools (details supplied); when it is expected that construction will begin; when it is expected construction will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at stations (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3570/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the R district of the Dublin Metropolitan Region north division in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [3571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles provided to the R district of the Dublin Metropolitan Region north division for each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; the number of new vehicles allocated in the same period; and the number of vehicles decommissioned in the same period, in tabular form. [3572/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the metro north project; when it is expected the final plan will be published; the level of funding allocated; when it is expected construction work will commence and be completed respectively; and when it is expected passenger services will begin. [3569/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on care orders; and the types of care orders, in tabular form. [3575/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 153. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on voluntary care orders; and the length of time these children have spent on voluntary care orders, in tabular form. [3576/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have spent more than one, three, five and eight years respectively on voluntary care orders, in tabular form. [3577/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care, residential care, relative foster care and other care placements, in tabular form; and the number of these children with an allocated social worker. [3578/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection referrals made to Tusla in 2017. [3579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla has adequate resources to deal with the expected increase in workload due to the new regulations requiring the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns. [3580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 158. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process undertaken by her Department to advertise outside of the State for witnesses to come forward to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 159. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with a group (details supplied); and her plans to meet the group regarding the expert technical report on Tuam. [3582/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 160. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to failures by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to correspond or reply to survivors living abroad that had contacted the Commission. [3583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons that have testified to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes have not been permitted access to that testimony along with their own personal records. [3586/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (24 Jan 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been progress on her proposal to examine a transitional justice approach to deal with the legacy of mother and baby homes. [3585/18]