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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when 24-hour social work services will come into effect; how the service will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide capital funding to enable early childhood education and care settings to expand, in keeping with the announcements made in budget 2016; when and how child care providers will be able to access this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42707/15]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill which is very welcome and is certainly a step in the right direction. My party will support it. The history of the State in dealing with our most vulnerable children has been questionable to say the least, and the Bill will go some way towards ensuring our children’s best interests are at heart and that they are valued citizens. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I do not want to go over everything that others have raised but I would like to touch on the point Deputies Ó Caoláin and Kelleher mentioned about public representatives encountering difficulties in making representations on behalf of constituents. It is often perceived that we are interfering rather than being there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the delegation for the presentation. We have had some really good presentations this morning, outlining many problems and offering a number of solutions. We had a very lengthy discussion that ran on past noon. I will mention a few issues that arose. Deputy Kelleher mentioned how we, as public representatives, try to act on behalf of vulnerable people. Relatives might contact us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the Minister and her officials, and thank her for her presentation. It covers a vast range of services across the sector so I will concentrate on a few points. The Minister mentioned enabling our disabled citizens to live as independently as possible with appropriate social housing. We have raised this matter on a couple of occasions in the committee. Many people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I was trying to make that point.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was not entitled to a back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40795/15]

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I reiterate what has already been said by my colleagues in extending my sympathies to those victims in Paris on Friday night. We are with the people of France at this very difficult time. The French republic will prevail and come through the adversity it faces at the present time. The incidents we witnessed were nothing more than sheer terrorism - cold and callous acts of hate intended to...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Deputy cannot do so.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Deputy cannot do so.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that has been provided to the Heritage Council in 2015; the increase in this funding that is being provided under budget 2016. [39529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the request received from the Heritage Council, for an additional €1.9 million in funding in 2016, to finance a range of community-based heritage initiatives that would generate multiplier employment in the tourism and wider heritage sectors. [39532/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has consulted the director of the National Library in an attempt to address the relevant issues it faces at present; if she will be willing to make finances available to address these issues; and if these issues are presently a priority of her Department. [39533/15]

Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the passing of the Bill and commend the Minister on his work on it. It is a good day when the Bill is eventually reaching a conclusion. I welcome the important amendments to remove the defence of reasonable chastisement from the Statute Book and I commend Senator van Turnhout on tabling the amendments and the Minister on accepting them. I thank the Children's Rights Alliance and...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Ten years.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: What about those who do not even have a trolley?

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: It is happening every day.

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