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Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Child and Family Agency Data
Denise Mitchell
155. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care, residential care, relative foster care and other care placements, in tabular form; and the number of these children with an allocated social worker. [3578/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Child and Family Agency Data
Denise Mitchell
156. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection referrals made to Tusla in 2017. [3579/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Child and Family Agency
Denise Mitchell
157. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla has adequate resources to deal with the expected increase in workload due to the new regulations requiring the mandatory reporting of child protection concerns. [3580/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
158. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process undertaken by her Department to advertise outside of the State for witnesses to come forward to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3581/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
159. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with a group (details supplied); and her plans to meet the group regarding the expert technical report on Tuam. [3582/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
160. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to failures by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to correspond or reply to survivors living abroad that had contacted the Commission. [3583/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
161. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been progress on her proposal to examine a transitional justice approach to deal with the legacy of mother and baby homes. [3585/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Denise Mitchell
162. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason persons that have testified to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes have not been permitted access to that testimony along with their own personal records. [3586/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Homeless Accommodation Provision
Denise Mitchell
182. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the process of monitoring and inspecting accommodation for homeless families will begin; if this inspection regime will be independent; and if commercial premises being used to provide homeless accommodation will be inspected. [3574/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Denise Mitchell
183. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families that were placed in family hubs in 2017; and the number of these families that have left family hubs for other accommodation. [3587/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Denise Mitchell
184. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families in family hubs; and the length of time these families have spent in family hubs, in tabular form. [3588/18]
Wed, 24 Jan 2018
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Homeless Persons Data
Denise Mitchell
185. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of families that have been in family hubs for periods of more than three and six months respectively, in tabular form. [3589/18]
Tue, 16 Jan 2018
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Health Services Charges
Denise Mitchell
737. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken by the HSE in relation to persons with general practitioner visit cards or medical cards being charged by general practitioners for blood tests; the circumstances in which general practitioners may charge for blood tests; the engagement he has had with the HSE and general practitioner representative bodies on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54664/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Denise Mitchell
470. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the ECCE overage exemption is not being kept in place alongside the additional ECCE year for the small number of children that may need to avail of it. [52993/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
Denise Mitchell
471. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consultations that were undertaken with parents, teachers, early years providers and representative groups in advance of the announcement of the removal of the early childhood care and education, ECCE, overage exemption. [52994/17]
Tue, 12 Dec 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Denise Mitchell
472. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the assessments that have been carried out in respect of the impact the removal of the ECCE overage exemption will have on children with special needs. [52995/17]
Thu, 7 Dec 2017
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Special Educational Needs
Denise Mitchell
78. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review his Department's approach to applied behaviour analysis schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52385/17]
Thu, 7 Dec 2017
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Home Tuition Scheme
Denise Mitchell
79. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism spectrum disorder and similar conditions who have been granted home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52386/17]
Thu, 7 Dec 2017
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Home Tuition Scheme
Denise Mitchell
80. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to centralise the home tutor selection and allocation process. [52387/17]
Thu, 7 Dec 2017
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Minor Works Scheme
Denise Mitchell
81. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the minor works grant has not been made available to schools to date in 2017; when the grant will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52388/17]