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Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: It is not completed and as soon as it is, the Deputy will be made familiar with it.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: We expect accountability and transparency. What else could one expect from a disciplinary-----

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: It means what I am telling the Deputy. I expect the commitment by the HSE to carry out a human resources disciplinary process will result in those who are found not to have met a minimum professional standard and not to have discharged that to the people they propose to serve will face the consequences of that.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: The HSE has assured me that there will be a quick turnaround. I cannot give a stronger commitment than that. In regard to Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's question on putting Children First on a statutory footing, there are a number of steps. Children First has been reissued and I will launch and publish it very soon. We need an implementation framework to ensure all the sectors which deal with...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: The Government's Implementation Plan for the findings of the Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse committed to the recruitment of an additional 270 social workers before the end of 2011 to enable the HSE to fulfil its statutory obligations that every child in care should have a care plan and an allocated social worker. The Government provided an amount of €15m in 2010...

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank the Whips and the spokespersons of the Opposition for allowing this debate to happen as quickly as it has and for their understanding in this matter. I congratulate Ms Norah Gibbons on the first-class report she has produced. She has mapped out a way forward in the very difficult area of reporting on child care tragedies. Thus, we can ensure they are reported in a timely fashion...

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: An audit of other possible cases of chronic neglect in Roscommon has already commenced on foot of a recommendation in this report. It is being carried out by Ms Lynne Peyton, who is an independent child care consultant. Similar audits are to be commenced in two other local health areas, if they have not started already, before being undertaken in the rest of the country. As the Roscommon...

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: I am letting the Deputy off lightly. It is important that we agree on the reforms that have been undertaken or are about to be undertaken. We need to be careful when we suggest the political system should cause heads to roll. The former UK Minister, Ed Balls, made an absolute mess of the Baby P case in Haringey when he called for Sharon Shoesmith to resign. It set in train a chain of...

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: It is happening. They have given an undertaking to me, as the person responsible to this House for telling Deputies what the HSE is doing.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: I met them this morning. We went through this with the HSE yesterday as well. I am giving the House an undertaking that this will happen.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: I cannot anticipate the outcome of the-----

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: As for Deputy Reilly's bluster-----

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: He wandered in here, he did not listen to what I had to say and he did not take the care to read my speech.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: He came in here to ask questions that everybody else had already dealt with.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: He should have the courtesy to come in here on time.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: That is exactly the type of hysterical outburst to which I refer.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank the Deputy for illustrating my point.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: If he had any interest in getting the truth of this case, or allowing those who might be listening to this debate to get some illumination on this issue, he would not come in here and act in such a manner.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: Yes, I will answer the remaining questions in the final five minutes.

Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (27 Oct 2010)

Barry Andrews: The Early Start Pre-School Programme was established in 1994/95 in 40 primary schools in designated areas of urban disadvantage in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Drogheda and Dundalk. Each pre-school class caters for a total of 30 children - 15 in the morning and 15 in the afternoon. The 55 classes now in place can cater for a total of 1,650 children. Each pre-school class has a...