Results 541-560 of 9,669 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the compelling reasons ground for refusing the release of information in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 only applies when adopted persons are seeking information. [9367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the release of information to an adopted person might endanger the life of a person. [9368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Post-Adoption Contact Register (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [9370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Post-Adoption Contact Register (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to reach out to the more than 2,000 persons who were sent from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s. [9371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9372/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: My question comes under promised legislation. Over the weekend it was reported in the newspapers that €15.2 million was spent on the guardian ad litemservice, and in 2015 the sum of €8.9 million was also spent on the same service, an increase of 90%. When will the child care (amendment) Bill be brought forward under the spring-summer programme for 2017? The Minister for...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: My question is about the definition of paediatric neurologist. I attended the meeting last week with Vera and the Minister explained the role of the paediatric neurologist. We need clarification on that because there is confusion about it in that in the past a doctor may have signed off on it and looked for a licence. That may be where we need clarification on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (2 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scope of works planned for the N63 at Ballyglunnin cross; and his plans to install lighting at this junction. [10784/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (2 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for upgrade works and to enlarge the roundabout at the Athenry junction on the N63 link road to the motorway (details supplied). [10785/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the Taoiseach's commitment on 14 December 2016 that he would make the gambling control Bill a priority, she will confirm that her Department has been provided sufficient resources to complete the task of writing the Bill; the progress of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has identified the individual pressing areas of concern regarding gambling legislation that she plans to address by way of separate legislative matters ahead of the gambling control Bill, as raised in Dáil Éireann on 16 December 2016; if so, if she will highlight such areas; and the effect this will have on the ultimate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she intends on prioritising certain areas of gambling legislation by way of separate legislative matters in Q1 2017, ahead of the full gambling control Bill, particularly if she plans to bring forward the main gambling control Bill for Government approval and publication later in 2017. [11468/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the gambling control Bill will be published in 2017, in line with commitments made by her in Dáil Éireann on 24 January 2017 that it would be brought forward for Government approval and publication in 2017; and the specific measures she envisages as hindering its final drafting. [11469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the distribution of funding for home care packages, which will be divided between hospital and community sectors under the supervision of the head of social care with the responsibility for administering the funds for Galway city and county. [11470/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 822. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of persons employed by Tusla; and the numerical breakdown of these staff, according to region and job title. [11297/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guardians Ad Litem (7 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 823. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain guardian ad litems have been paid over €100,000 each for their services; her views on whether this is an appropriate expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11298/17]

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State for bringing this commission of investigation before the House. I will be supporting it, along with my colleagues. However, I do have concerns. I believe certain aspects of what has been put before us need to be looked into. I understand timelines. I understand the goals of the interim six month review. Grace needs answers. Grace's family needs answers....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (8 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional CAMHS personnel which each CHO plans to recruit in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12124/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Never before did we feel such weight as Oireachtas committee members as this morning in respect of the revelations of the past month. The Bill is very welcome. Along with other members, I have been looking for it to come before us for some time. However long it takes us to get it right, we now need to do so - to get this Bill right in its...