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Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Tonight I will be speaking about the people who have been impacted and my endorsement of this Bill. The Gallery is packed for a reason. Many of the people have had defence systems put in place. The OPW has done a fine job. We commended the work of those involved earlier this evening. However, there is no point in doing a fine job if a person goes into the local bank or company to get...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to change the eligibility criteria for the rural social scheme, including the length of time a person is allowed to be on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37440/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 550. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatricians currently employed in approved posts. [37201/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (29 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 785. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of hours of formal child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for their parents to be eligible for the universal child care subsidy. [37498/16]

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I will look specifically at section 6 in this regard. The amendments deal with the systems by which the interests of any child involved in legal proceedings are protected, essentially, the guardian ad litemsystem. Under the current system, an absence of clear regulation of an appointment and employment of guardians ad litemhave left the process haphazard, chaotic and vulnerable to...

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I would also like to support what Deputy Ó Laoghaire has brought forward in his amendment. This point was very well made on Committee Stage and it was very thought-provoking. I welcome his amendment. From the small amount of research I have done on this, I note that due to the process involved there is an opportunity where some people might not see the process through to completion....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Undocumented Children: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for coming here this morning. It was a very worthwhile presentation. It was fantastic and sobering for 9 o'clock on a Wednesday morning to say the least. I come from a place near Gort. Gort has Brazilians. We have a huge number of undocumented living in Gort. The barriers they face on a daily basis are unbelievable. Their parents came, worked and paid their taxes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Undocumented Children: Discussion (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: If the Chairman does not mind. I mentioned Gort, but it was an example. The people in Gort are well integrated, well got and so on. It is important that I say this for their protection, just in case they hear anything later and become worried. Following on from one of Deputy Chambers's questions, when a child is born in a hospital, is that birth recorded regardless of whether his or her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Support Services for Family Law Courts: One Family (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I wish to raise the issue of separation cases which have gone through the court system and where the parties are in and out of court on a fairly regular basis. One parent goes to court to ask that passports be handed over because there is a fear that the child might be taken out of the country. What support is provided if that fear comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Support Services for Family Law Courts: One Family (30 Nov 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Are we using family resource centres as a point of contact? What is the level of engagement with the family resource centres, of which there are 109 in the country? Are we linking in with them? The witnesses said earlier that a sum of €3.3 million would fill the gap. I ask them to expand on that point.

Other Questions: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on maternity services in University Hospital Galway following the departure of two key members of staff in recent months. [38043/16]

Other Questions: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister provide us with a report on the maternity services at University Hospital Galway following the loss of two key members of staff in recent months? The context of the question is these two key members of staff were recruited after the death of Ms Savita Halappanavar. I look forward to the Minister's comments.

Other Questions: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for his response. It is important to acknowledge the untimely passing of the assistant director. In relation to the other lady who resigned her post, that was unfortunate because there was a schedule of works for completion. I wonder if the Minister has received feedback. In relation to the Saolta report, he said that a certain number of the recommendations have been...

Other Questions: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for his kind invitation to join him in Portiuncula and Galway hospitals, which he intends to visit in the next month. His visits will be welcome. In addition to everything the Minister said, it is also important to acknowledge the hard work the nurses are doing. They are delivering a fantastic service and it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 40. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 3,635 persons were waiting more than a year for inpatient and day-case treatment in University Hospital Galway in October 2016; and the reason the numbers waiting more than a year have increased by 5,000% since April 2014 [38042/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the assistance and supports available to retailers in circumstances in which a local business finds itself in difficulty with rates payments due to years of austerity and a build up of hard core debt and in which the repayment arrangement is in fact placing the retailer further into debt; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses the local authority purchased off the open market in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [38809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the average price that the local authority paid for properties purchased in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date by county in tabular form. [38810/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount his Department paid on bed and breakfast accommodation due to the severe housing crisis in each of the years from 2014 to 2016 to date by county in tabular form. [38811/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 2016)

Anne Rabbitte: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families who were in bed and breakfast accommodation in September and October 2016 by county in tabular form. [38812/16]