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Thu, 2 Mar 2017
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Road Improvement Schemes
Anne Rabbitte
330. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 2 Mar 2017
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Road Improvement Schemes
Anne Rabbitte
331. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Internet Safety
Anne Rabbitte
394. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9459/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Anne Rabbitte
449. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee. [9361/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Anne Rabbitte
450. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes investigation committee. [9362/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Anne Rabbitte
451. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have been refused an opportunity to give evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. [9363/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Anne Rabbitte
452. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee who have subsequently been invited to a hearing of the commission's investigation committee. [9364/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Records Provision
Anne Rabbitte
453. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9365/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Records Provision
Anne Rabbitte
454. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remove the proposed undertaking in section 41 of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9366/17]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
455. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
456. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Post-Adoption Contact Register
Anne Rabbitte
457. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Records Provision
Anne Rabbitte
458. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Post-Adoption Contact Register
Anne Rabbitte
459. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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]
Thu, 23 Feb 2017
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Adoption Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
460. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9372/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency
Anne Rabbitte
68. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances of adult disclosure cases in which relevant third parties (details supplied) should be notified; the definition of third parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8839/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency
Anne Rabbitte
69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms for appealing an allegation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8840/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Single Payment Scheme Payments
Anne Rabbitte
210. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the single payment scheme penalty that was imposed on a person (details supplied) for 2013 has not been reviewed despite an appeal being sent in; and the reason it was deemed eligible for exclusion under the 2013 direct payment schemes. [8846/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Anne Rabbitte
263. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of press officers that are employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8961/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
264. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of the sustainability fund set aside by her Department for community child care providers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8962/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
265. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 32 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8963/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
266. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 36 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8964/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
267. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 38 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8965/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
268. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the first year child care ECCE scheme from 38 to 40 weeks. [8966/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Anne Rabbitte
269. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the first year child care ECCE scheme from 38 to 42 weeks. [8967/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
270. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the Tusla budget that goes directly to aftercare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8968/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
271. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action her Department, in conjunction with Tusla, is taking to ensure that every young person leaving care has an aftercare plan; the number of young persons in care who exited from 2013 to 2016 who received an aftercare plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8969/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Data
Anne Rabbitte
272. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on reaching the age of 18 years of age who left care, be it foster care or full-time residential care, from the years 2013 to 2016. [8970/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
273. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place for young persons in care who have little or no family support and who are identified as at particular risk of homelessness to prevent these persons going from care to homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8971/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
274. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care who have a disability; the way her Department ensures these young persons have the same access to the support they need when they turn 18 years of age; her views on the role of Tusla and the HSE in the connectivity work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8972/17]
Wed, 22 Feb 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Anne Rabbitte
293. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of press officers employed by Tusla. [9085/17]
Tue, 21 Feb 2017
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Registration of Title
Anne Rabbitte
557. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); when title will be executed in view of the fact that it is ongoing since 1998 and has never been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8586/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Garda Investigations
Anne Rabbitte
31. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult disclosure cases reported in each Garda division in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7640/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Internet Safety
Anne Rabbitte
61. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that children and young persons are safe when using the Internet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6753/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Land Acquisition
Anne Rabbitte
304. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress which has been made regarding the purchase of industrial land (details supplied). [7943/17]
Thu, 16 Feb 2017
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Community Enterprise Centres
Anne Rabbitte
305. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role Enterprise Ireland has in establishing a community enterprise centre in Loughrea; the financial support scheme available to facilitate the development; the buildings Enterprise Ireland considered or will consider as suitable for the purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8010/17]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Data
Anne Rabbitte
167. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on Tús, the rural social scheme, RSS, and community employment, CE, schemes who carried out duties in community child care facilities for each of the years 2013 to 2016 by county, in tabular form. [7477/17]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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Hospital Appointments Status
Anne Rabbitte
238. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for surgery at St. James's Hospital. [7747/17]
Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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Rail Services
Anne Rabbitte
278. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) under 18 years of age cannot receive a valid student card when travelling on Irish Rail; the reason they must pay the full adult price despite being a student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7555/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7351/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Foster Care Supports
Anne Rabbitte
42. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7352/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Staff
Anne Rabbitte
44. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports that Ireland's child care sector is becoming financially unviable, particularly with regard to working conditions and pay for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
53. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the cuts in funding that many organisations in the youth services sector have experienced since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6754/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
56. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that the single affordable child care scheme will not take rent or mortgage payments into consideration when calculating parents' level of subsidisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6752/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Aftercare Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6756/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
73. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6755/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Crime Data
Anne Rabbitte
121. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult disclosure cases which were reported from 2013 to 2016 for each Garda division, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7272/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Crime Data
Anne Rabbitte
122. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which children were allegedly sexually abused that were reported in each of the years 2013 to 2016 by Garda division, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7273/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Crime Data
Anne Rabbitte
123. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of files which were sent to the DPP in instances in which children were allegedly sexually abused for each of the years 2013 to 2016 by Garda division, in tabular form. [7274/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Disability Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
346. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the reason children in County Galway are failing to access early intervention in occupational therapy and speech and language services despite the new AIM programme (details supplied). [7404/17]