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Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I appreciate the Minister's statement that her Department is taking an interest and is involved in trying to address some of the issues that have arisen while respecting that the board is independent. These issues are serious for some and it is important that the Department have a role. As other Deputies stated, my amendment is quite conservative. It is not seeking full disclosure but the...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not accept that. Everybody knows that the board does not apportion blame or conduct a trial in any sense and that it assesses what is said and makes a decision on payment. I do not understand why naming an institution would automatically be considered as apportioning blame. We know payments are being made to people who resided at one of a list of institutions. I forget how many are on...

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Perhaps the Minister of State will explain the thrust of this amendment.

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: From the Seanad. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is much concern in construction work as regards safety. I was not present for the earlier stages of the discussion, but the fact the Minister of State has addressed some of the Opposition's concerns is to be welcomed. When does he expect the regulations to be drafted, because most of the detail will be contained in them? It is important they are drafted as soon as possible. Obviously...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: My amendment provides for the adequacy or otherwise of the manner in which responsibilities were discharged by persons in authority, including judges. The decision-making process that put so many of these young people into institutions must be part of the commission's work. The judicial process was a central part where decisions were made to incarcerate children for what were in some cases...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: If none of these amendments is accepted, the existing wording will simply state "to inquire into the manner in which children were placed in, and the circumstances in which they continued to be resident in, institutions during the relevant period". This is vague and general language, whereas any of the three amendments — I concede the first two are more comprehensive than my own — are...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, line 8, after "period" to insert the following: "including in particular the adequacy or otherwise of the manner in which responsibilities were discharged by persons in authority, including judges".

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also support these amendments. It is a fundamental aspect of this that, after the apology and the setting up of the commission, one of the fundamental points made to survivors was that they would be allowed to tell their story. What is happening in these proposals from Government and from Mr. Justice Ryan is that many of the survivors will not be allowed to tell their story, other than for...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: This issue is essentially about power. People were put into institutions in positions of total powerlessness when things were done to them over which they had no control. Essentially we are trying leave as much power as possible with them in their dealings with the commission. In effect what is happening, if none of these amendments are accepted, is that they will not have the power and will...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1: "In page 6, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: 3.—References in the Principal Act to the Minister for Education and Science shall be construed as references to the Taoiseach.". As we discussed on Committee Stage, the purpose of this amendment is to transfer the work of the commission to the Department of the Taoiseach from the Department of Education...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: We all accept the Minister is doing her best to ensure her Department complies with everything the commission requires and, as Deputy Enright said, we are not talking about the current Minister. However, we are talking about a principle whereby a Department is sponsoring a commission of inquiry in which it is directly involved and which is investigating it. We are concerned about that...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Report Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to press the amendment.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 780: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction the retention of the current number of teachers for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19873/05]

Written Answers — Schools Funding: Schools Funding (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received the report she commissioned into use of moneys paid by her Department to Coláiste Mhuire Marino-Marino Institute of Education; if she intends to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19649/05]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the difficulties that will be faced by community organisations that have no community employment scheme but do have jobs initiative as they gradually lose all their job initiative workers as the scheme is phased out and replaced by community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a Garda station in the Castletroy area of Limerick in view of the population growth to 26,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19240/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 May 2005, if she will sanction an extra class at the language unit of a school (details supplied) in County Galway for which a classroom is currently available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19238/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 721: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to change from permanent to temporary employment for many special needs teachers as a result of the weighted system for special education as it affects teachers who had been assigned to children with low incidence disability and teachers with restricted recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19335/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 722: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department will ensure that where possible schools will retain the staff they have for special needs support rather than having to employ different teachers for high incidence and low incidence special needs children, in some cases clustered with other schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19336/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (14 Jun 2005)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 754: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will correct the mistaken enrolment figure for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which is 360 on 30 September 2003, not 343 as in the Department's records; if this matter will be rectified as soon as possible; if Nenagh primary school will get the allocation of special needs education teachers it requires; and if...