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Tue, 16 Apr 2019
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National Broadband Plan Implementation
Anne Rabbitte
456. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection in the roll-out of the national broadband plan in an area (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17436/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
Anne Rabbitte
1. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14606/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Foster Care Supports
Anne Rabbitte
3. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency that exists in terms of children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14607/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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After-School Support Services
Anne Rabbitte
6. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [14504/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Childcare Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
7. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Adoption Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
15. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14502/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Foster Care
Anne Rabbitte
31. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency in children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14501/19]
Thu, 28 Mar 2019
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Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
Anne Rabbitte
40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [14505/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Physiotherapy Provision
Anne Rabbitte
880. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed by the HSE and-or children's physiotherapy services in County Galway; if there are vacancies for physiotherapists treating children in County Galway; if so, the number of such vacancies; the length of time each vacancy has existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13834/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Physiotherapy Provision
Anne Rabbitte
881. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the recommended number of full-time HSE physiotherapists for County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13835/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Anne Rabbitte
991. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herds with feedlot designation under the tuberculosis eradication programme that applied for derogation in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13799/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Nitrates Usage
Anne Rabbitte
992. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of feedlots that have exceeded the amount of 250 kg nitrogen per hectare as required by SI No. 65/2018 - European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Waste Disposal Charges
Anne Rabbitte
1044. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to introduce an allowance or exemption for families of children with disabilities to help reduce the cost of disposing of incontinence products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13769/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Broadband Service Provision
Anne Rabbitte
1047. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the extension of the roll-out of high speed broadband in areas marked in light blue on the high speed broadband map; if a premises within a 500 metre radius can be added to a light blue area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13874/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Driver Test Waiting Lists
Anne Rabbitte
1148. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting times for a driver test in each driver test centre in County Galway; the number of days in each week on which tests are being carried out in each centre; his plans to review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14138/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1161. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social worker vacancies by county in tabular form. [13027/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1162. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recruitment targets for social workers for 2019, by county. [13028/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
1163. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13029/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
1164. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in residential special care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13030/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
1165. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children that are in general residential care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13031/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
1166. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in relative foster care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13032/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
1167. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children that have a written care plan by county in tabular form. [13033/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Foster Care Data
Anne Rabbitte
1168. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of a private foster care place versus a public foster care place in tabular form. [13034/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Child Protection Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
1169. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection cases awaiting the allocation of a social care worker by priority level and county in tabular form. [13035/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
1170. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in each of the past four years in tabular form. [13036/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
1171. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that has been budgeted for each family resource centre for 2019 in tabular form. [13037/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1172. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Skills or her other ministerial colleagues regarding training additional social workers or increasing the number of places available on college courses for the same; and if so, the details of her engagement on this matter. [13038/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1173. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social worker vacancies by service area, for example, child protection and welfare in tabular form. [13039/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1174. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency social workers employed by Tusla in each of the past five years in tabular form. [13040/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1175. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that was spent on external agency staff within Tusla in 2018. [13041/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Childcare Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
1176. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review of section 3 of the Child Care Act 1991. [13042/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Social Workers Recruitment
Anne Rabbitte
1177. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla in each of the past five years in tabular form. [13043/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Child Protection
Anne Rabbitte
1178. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection and welfare referrals made to Tusla that await screening. [13044/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
1182. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to each family resource centre in tabular form. [13270/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Childcare Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
1183. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding provided to childcare providers by county in tabular form. [13271/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1184. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for an ECCE place by county. [13272/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1185. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places by county, in tabular form. [13273/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Area Based Childhood Programme
Anne Rabbitte
1186. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to each ABC centre in 2018; and the amount budgeted for 2019, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13274/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1187. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of AIM grants provided to each county since 2015, by AIM level and year, in tabular form. [13275/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1188. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that have been made under the AIM programme implementation platform that have not been processed. [13276/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1189. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for an application to be processed through the AIM programme implementation platform. [13277/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1190. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of LINC workers by county, in tabular form. [13278/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1191. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children awaiting assessment by an early years specialist either through an on-site visit or otherwise in order to avail of AIM supports in tabular form. [13279/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
1192. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average and maximum waiting time for a child to be assessed by an early years specialist in order to avail of AIM supports. [13280/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Childcare Services Regulation
Anne Rabbitte
1208. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a report by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13812/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Childcare Services Regulation
Anne Rabbitte
1209. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders registered with local city or county childcare committees; the number of childminders who have been Garda vetted; the number of childminders in receipt of childminder's tax relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13813/19]
Tue, 26 Mar 2019
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Departmental Data
Anne Rabbitte
1218. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date research on placement stability (details supplied) collated by Tusla with statistics published in other jurisdictions will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14111/19]
Wed, 13 Mar 2019
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Anne Rabbitte
35. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the construction of the new 50-bed unit in Portiuncula hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12213/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Respite Care Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
404. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if efforts have been made to increase the funding for respite care services for children in care with disabilities. [12068/19]
Tue, 12 Mar 2019
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Disability Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
405. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health if his Department or agencies under his remit have conducted a systematic review of the supports and services being offered in a case (details supplied) which was reviewed in 2018. [12069/19]