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Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (30 Apr 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Jennifer Whitmore: ...the support of the State but who have been completely ignored by it to date, namely the survivors of Westbank Orphanage, which operated in Greystones from the 1940s until the early 2000s. Up to 50 children lived there and they ranged from infants of a few months to teenagers. There were no staff and no guarantees of the welfare of children. It was stated by a survivor recently that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (30 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...the gross human rights violations caused by the housing crisis. Last Friday, Department of housing figures showed that homelessness is at an all-time high. There are 13,866 people, including 4,147 children, in emergency accommodation. Amnesty International says there is a need for a constitutional right to housing to redirect Government policy. However, the Government is not moving on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Chris Andrews: The children in Enable Ireland Sandymount School have very complex needs. There are serious leaks in the school building and, as a result, the children have been displaced into rooms that are not suitable for their needs. The library is out of action for the entire school. This impacts everybody in the school. The repair works are needed urgently and the school and vulnerable students are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Harris: ...the Deputy probably supported, as did many people across the House. It is not only about asking the companies nicely whether they wish to do things. This is far too serious an issue for our children, our country, many public policy areas and, on occasion, for democracy. Social media can bring about incredible benefits. I am known to use some of the platforms. However, there also need...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Apr 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...into Leinster House. They are very welcome. I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Fiona O'Loughlin - The need for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to make a statement on the continued use of the private rental market to house international protection beneficiaries. Senator...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Protection (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...protection applicants is currently commercially provided. This is in response to the monumental and unprecedented demand experienced since 2022. On 18 January 2022 the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth published a request for tenders to procure additional accommodation for singles, couples and families seeking international protection. Unfortunately,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Joe O'Reilly: ...but with a different focus. One of the most welcome initiatives of our new Taoiseach, Deputy Harris, has been to set up a Cabinet sub-committee on disability issues, with a particular focus on children with disabilities. The sub-committee is up and functioning and being chaired by the Taoiseach in an active way. It is a very important initiative. Before I come to my substantive point,...

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Aisling Dolan: ...now flooded. People cannot get from one place to another, which illustrates the impact on local communities. These families have suffered so much. Two families, including a young mother and her children, had to be evacuated, which the Minister of State noted in his speech. They have shared their distress on national and local media. Through all this devastation, these families have...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...ready to comply with any statutory instrument or any new piece of legislation, and which may come from other Departments that are not the Department of Education. They may come from Department of Health, from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, or the Department of Justice, for example. If we are looking at such wide powers the language of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...positive development. It does not relate to the Minister of State's Department but it does relate to a significant one, namely, the Department of Education. There are going to be vast benefits for children and, ultimately, for society with the roll-out of the scheme, but there is a concern the criteria are not tight enough such that we may generate unnecessary food and packaging waste...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...them and said it would look into them, it did sweet damn all. I am disappointed to have to put that on the public record here. There are obstacles for elderly people, people with disabilities and young children. The gambit in terms of accessibility is a bit of a problem. We have streets where people cannot get by. We have traders who are extending beyond their remit and into the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (30 Apr 2024)

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Gould: 94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to schools in CDNT8 in Cork. [19229/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is responsible for introducing and setting the attendance-based rules for ECEC/ SAC funding schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19199/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (30 Apr 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Darren O'Rourke: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker in County Meath in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Niamh Smyth: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of an increase in providers leaving the core funding model; the steps his Department is taking on this issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18852/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to the mother and baby homes institutional redress scheme; the number of applications that have been processed and payments received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (30 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in special emergency accommodation at the end of each of the past 52 weeks. [18649/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what progress has been made on compiling a register of DPOs in Ireland; when he envisages that this process will be completed; what measures will be taken to ensure all Government Departments and public bodies engage DPOs in consultation prior to the commencement of projects; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Apr 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Aindrias Moynihan: 102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the common practice of childcare facilities charging non-refundable deposits; the engagement he has had with childcare providers to cease this practice, given the financial hardship on families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19059/24]