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- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)
Alan Shatter: I begin, like other speakers, by congratulating Deputy Brian Cowen on his appointment as Taoiseach and I wish him well in that position. He knows the Fine Gael Party will support him on those occasions when he deserves support and I hope we will be constructively critical on other occasions. I also congratulate all those who have been re-appointed to Government, as well as some of the new...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)
Alan Shatter: ââ and to agree the principles of substantive legislation. Deputy Barry Andrews now has been appointed to the position of Minister of State with responsibility for children and youth affairs. He has not attended meetings of the joint committee and is not privy to its proceedings. Deputy Dermot Ahern now is the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform instead of being the Minister...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion. (7 May 2008)
Alan Shatter: It seems that in making these appointments, the intent of the Taoiseach essentially is to sabotage six months' work of that committee. I find it extraordinary that the two Ministers who have been directly involved in the work of the joint committee have been replaced by two other Ministers, who have been parachuted in without having had hand, act or part in the hearings, submissions or...
- Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (30 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government Ministers from non-OECD countries he has met in an official capacity since his appointment as Minister; the date of the meeting; the location of the meeting; if he raised concerns regarding human rights or lack of democracy with them in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16771/08]
- Written Answers — Child Protection: Child Protection (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the ongoing programmes in place in each Government Department and State agency to ensure appropriate training on child protection issues is provided for the management and employees of Government Departments and State agencies. [14414/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2007; and the action she has taken to ensure it is published during the first half of 2008. [16192/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Children has received the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2006; if not, the action taken by either of them to force the HSE to comply with its obligation to produce an annual report on the aforesaid services; the date when the report...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has received the Health Service Executive quarterly performance monitoring report on children's services for 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008 for each HSE region on the number of notifications of child abuse or neglect, the number of assessments conducted following notification, the number of children on waiting lists following...
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date when she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Children first received the Health Service Executive review report on its child and family services for 2005; the reason the report only first appeared in full on the HSE website at the end of February; the reason it has not to date been published in book form; and if...
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received a grant application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 16, for funding from the National Lottery funded 2008 sports capital programme for a Prunty pitch; if he will grant the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16583/08]
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has submitted to her a report for the first quarter of 2008 pursuant to the HSE national service plan which requires the provision of performance indicators for each HSE region on the number of notifications of child abuse or neglect received, the number of assessments conducted following notifications,...
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: I am trying to digest all of this. I wish to ask the Minister of State an extraordinarily simple question. How many children reported to the HSE throughout the country's various sub-regions as being at risk of neglect or abuse are awaiting assessment at present?
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Will the Minister of State confirm that the HSE has a statutory obligation under the Child Care Act 1991 to publish an annual report relating to child welfare services? Will he also confirm that the HSE is in breach of this in that it took until the end of February 2008 to produce a report for 2005? The Minister of State does not have a report for 2006 or 2007. Am I right in understanding...
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: It is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace.
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: It was completed in February 2008.
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: It was not published until February 2008.
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: It languished in the Department from July 2007.
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: Did the Minister of State discover why it took it three years to publish it?
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: The Minister of State does not know how many children are not being investigated having been reported as being at risk.
- Child Abuse. (29 Apr 2008)
Alan Shatter: There is no point having a constitutional referendum as window dressing if the Department does not have this basic information.