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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [17781/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Paul McAuliffe: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [17997/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [18000/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [18272/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20457/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 25. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20460/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Bríd Smith: 26. To ask the Taoiseach to provide an update on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme office. [20463/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [20535/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [20567/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 28, inclusive, together. The child poverty and well-being programme office was established in the Department of the Taoiseach in 2023 in order to make sure we prioritise children, particularly vulnerable children, and to make sure they get a real chance to realise their own potential. "From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for Child...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: There are 5,631 single parents in this country currently relying on the working family payment and the one parent family payment. These single parents are entitled to claim both payments if they meet both sets of qualifying criteria. As the Taoiseach is aware, single parents are already at a much higher risk of poverty. These payments are vital to allow families clothe and feed their...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I cannot call anyone else now because we are out of time. The Taoiseach has a little over three minutes to respond.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputies for raising these issues. I might go in reverse order and start with Deputy Conway-Walsh. I am happy to take that up. I have not seen the letter. If the Deputy wants to provide it, I will be happy to take a look at it. My general experience with the domiciliary care allowance is, as the Deputy said, that the structure of the scheme is worded in such a way as not to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are out of time, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Simon Harris: Can I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence for 20 seconds? I will be very quick. On Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan's issue in respect of childcare, capital investment and the north side enterprise, the Minister is bringing forward that capital funding, as the Deputy said. I take the point he makes around the time sensitivity in north Cork. I will come back to him directly on that. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of the large financial burden associated with supervised visits. This is a situation where a family court orders a parent or guardian to have supervised access to their children. The State does not provide this supervised access. The parents have to pay fees to a private company in order to spend time with their children. Some of these private companies are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Last Friday evening parents of students living in Donaghmoyne, Lisdoonan and other parts of south Monaghan who attend three post-primary schools in Carrickmacross and Scoil Phádraig primary school in Corduff were notified by Bus Éireann that their school buses would be unavailable from yesterday morning, essentially the next school day. This is a familiar story of families having...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When the Taoiseach took office a month ago, a mother wrote to him asking for help with her six-year-old son. He has severe autism. The family has been refused a domiciliary care allowance. Payment is not supposed to be based on the type of disability but on the level of physical or mental impairment if the child's needs are substantially more than those of other children but this is not...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Pauline Tully: The most recent HSE staff census and the work course review highlighted a staff vacancy rate of 34%, or 707 vacancies, in 2022. This is up substantially from a 28% vacancy rate, or 524 vacancies, in 2021. The 2023 figures are not in yet but from engagement with and listening to parents, it is highly likely this will show that the situation has not improved and has become even worse. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I want to raise the matter of childcare with the Taoiseach. As he knows, the workforce in the sector is 98% female. The sector has had a very hard time trying to be heard by the Government. Meaningful engagement has been lacking. I specifically want to refer to Shannon. Last year, I raised the imminent closure of one of only two childcare providers in Shannon. I said then that they...