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Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
Denise Mitchell
34. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the measures being taken to ensure childcare services have the capacity to cope with the expansion of the free preschool year scheme as announced in budget 2018. [43694/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Early Years Sector
Denise Mitchell
51. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking in order to ensure wages in the early years sector are increased to a rate to which it is considered a viable long-term employment option for qualified workers. [43695/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
74. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the process of engagement initiated as part of the Government's response to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [43693/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy
Denise Mitchell
75. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and when she expects to report to Dáil Éireann on the strategy. [43692/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
545. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the transitional justice element of the investigation into mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/17]
Tue, 3 Oct 2017
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Child Care Services Provision
Denise Mitchell
546. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders who have registered with Tusla from September 2016 to date in 2017. [41294/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Adult Education Provision
Denise Mitchell
271. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding can be resumed for a literacy programme (details supplied). [35128/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Child Care Services
Denise Mitchell
1431. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to release capital funding for a community crèche (details supplied). [35127/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Denise Mitchell
1480. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has set the criteria, training programmes or guidelines for staff that deliver the JobPath scheme via private operators; if so, the criteria for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35116/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Denise Mitchell
1481. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the process by which persons are selected to take part in the JobPath scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35117/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Denise Mitchell
1482. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons over 62 years of age and who are therefore exempt from job activation schemes are being referred to JobPath on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35118/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Denise Mitchell
1483. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who have been unemployed for only a very short period of time are being regularly referred to JobPath despite it being a scheme for long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35119/17]
Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Denise Mitchell
1484. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the agreements regarding personal data in place between her Department and the private operators of JobPath (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35120/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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JobPath Data
Denise Mitchell
723. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been placed on the JobPath scheme since its inception in July 2015 and to date in 2017; the number of non-engagement cases which have arisen in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32205/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Departmental Expenditure
Denise Mitchell
740. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within her Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services or changes to costs within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32220/17]
Thu, 6 Jul 2017
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Gender Equality
Denise Mitchell
254. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the upcoming review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; the members of the review group; if she will guarantee members of the transgender community and non-binary community will form part of that review group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31860/17]
Wed, 5 Jul 2017
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Garda Strength
Denise Mitchell
133. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given consideration to provide additional garda resources to Ballymun in view of increased anti-social activity in the area. [31620/17]
Wed, 5 Jul 2017
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Garda Strength
Denise Mitchell
134. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Ballymun station in 1997, 2007 and 2017, respectively, in tabular form. [31621/17]
Wed, 5 Jul 2017
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Garda Strength
Denise Mitchell
135. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí based in each of the stations at Clontarf, Raheny, Ballymun, Santry, Howth and Coolock in north County Dublin in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [31622/17]
Wed, 5 Jul 2017
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Garda Strength
Denise Mitchell
136. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to Santry station in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [31623/17]