Results 161-180 of 9,518 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: I agree.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: The system works for 85% but, in respect of the 15% remaining, we may need to have the flexibility to support the principals and parents, with nobody getting a slap on the wrist.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: It is important that the Departments be able to support the person on the ground making the decisions that are best for the child.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children (20 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: If all such decisions put the child first, and if it all times it is asked whether the child’s needs are catered for first, one is making the right choice.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23513/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs discuss the inadequate central referral system? I am looking for some answers regarding the fact that there is no centralised reporting system for child welfare. Where are we with regard to the introduction of a central ICT system?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: In light of the report that has come out this morning from the Health Information and Quality Authority on the midlands region, it was significant to discover there are significant risks in the use of information. This goes back to the kernel of my question. I also find it alarming that in 2014 and 2015 there was an underspend in the capital budget. Hearing the amount from the Minister, I...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the commitment and the timeframe of August 2017. I am sure all the social care workers involved in Tusla will also welcome it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure cases by Tusla. [23514/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister to address concerns over inadequate case management by social care workers of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure. There are a number of concerns regarding adult disclosure cases voiced by social workers and I would welcome a response from the Minister.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: I welcome that the Minister is meeting representatives of Tusla next week. Contrary to what the Minister stated, it is my understanding that there is no policy or strategy from Tusla on how to deal with adult disclosure cases or so-called section 3 referrals. While, as the Minister mentioned, a September 2014 draft policy exists, this policy is not published and it is my belief it is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: It is a draft.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: There is also an impression that these referrals are categorised as low priority cases. However, as is well known, often survivors of the most extreme child sexual abuse do not summon up the courage to come forward until they are in adulthood. The research has well-established that a large proportion of people who experience child sexual abuse delay disclosure. What is more, the cases...
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is providing inadequate levels of resources to family resource centres throughout the country and does not property support their vital community role. [23060/16]
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister address concerns that Tusla is providing inadequate levels of funding of resources to the family resource centres throughout the country and does not properly support their vital community role? I will give the Minister a chance to gather herself.
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Will I give way to Deputy Jan O'Sullivan?
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: There is no rush.
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Does the Minister want to take Deputy O'Sullivan's question first?
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: It is no hassle.
- Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)
Anne Rabbitte: Is that okay?