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Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Anne Rabbitte
476. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for young women leaving State care, particular those with mild intellectual disabilities who are pregnant or with young children (details supplied); and the steps being taken to address this. [30605/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Mental Health Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
534. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the amount of the health budget in budget 2017 that was set aside for persons with dementia; and the amount in 2016 (details supplied). [30906/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Mental Health Services
Anne Rabbitte
535. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, for children in care; and the way in which he will achieve this [30911/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Mental Health Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
536. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health when the policy and strategy will be developed in relation to the recommendations in the Children’s Mental Health Coalition Someone to Care report to develop a policy statement and national strategy to address the mental health needs of children and young persons in care and detention. [30912/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child Care Legislation
Anne Rabbitte
654. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when sections 1 to 9, inclusive, of the Child Care Amendment Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason there has been a delay in its commencement in view of the fact this legislation was enacted in December 2015 [30596/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
655. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the provision of the aftercare for young persons is inconsistent across the country; and the reason there is an exclusion clause for young persons who are admitted to the care system at 17 years of age (details supplied). [30597/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
656. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body responsible for the placement of a young person with a disability who has been in State care when they turn 18 years of age; and the steps that are taken to ensure various service providers work together to ensure that the needs of the young person are met at this significant transition [30598/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Aftercare Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
658. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available to vulnerable children who are not in education and do not receive aftercare supports. [30606/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
659. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps in place to ensure young persons have access to specialist supports, services and access to suitable placements promptly; if there is a high level of staff expertise available in residential care to meet the complex needs of some young persons; when these care centres were last audited and by which agency for the 26 care units in tabular form. [30624/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child Care Services Data
Anne Rabbitte
663. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of voluntary child minders registered with Tusla per county; and the number of notified child minders registered per county, in tabular form. [30798/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
664. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department has taken to address an issue (details supplied) and alleviate this crisis. [30799/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
675. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Tusla is achieving comprehensive care planning, effective matching and adequate supports to maintain placements while children and young persons are in care. [30907/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
676. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has any data on the number of young persons with care experience aged 17 to 24 years who have children who are now in care; and the supports her Department can provide and ensure will be provided to these parents in order to give them the best opportunity of parenting their children. [30908/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child and Family Agency Funding
Anne Rabbitte
677. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding Tusla received in 2016 in order to have the adequate resources and staffing levels to meet the needs of children in care; and the budget figure. [30909/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Child Abuse Reports
Anne Rabbitte
678. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body currently monitoring the number of recommendations made in the Ryan report that have yet to be implemented, for example action 65, a longitudinal study on outcomes for young persons leaving care, and action 69, a one-off life skills programme to ensure that these actions are delivered upon. [30910/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
679. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the practice of sending children to placement out of State will end and the State will focus on developing therapeutic services and expertise here; and the number of children currently out of State in care at the moment. [30913/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Children in Care
Anne Rabbitte
680. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to examine the issue of young persons under voluntary care orders who do not have the same level of legal protection and where birth parents are consulted regarding consent issues (details supplied). [30914/16]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Special Educational Needs
Anne Rabbitte
8. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 relating to his Department which are yet to be commenced and implemented in full; the estimated cost of implementing the Act in full for his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas in which these costs would be incurred. [29984/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Garda Reserve
Anne Rabbitte
52. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Galway Garda division. [27420/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Community Policing
Anne Rabbitte
87. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Galway Garda division. [27419/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Central Statistics Office Data
Anne Rabbitte
91. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will provide estimates for the number of children under five years of age in households earning less than €47,000 gross income per annum; the number of these households headed by lone parents; and the number of these households that are working more than 25 hours per week. [27601/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Central Statistics Office Data
Anne Rabbitte
92. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will provide estimates for the number of children under five years of age with parents working more than 25 hours per week, whose primary form of child care is undertaken by a childminder or a relative and the number whose care is undertaken in a centre-based setting such as a creche. [27602/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Anne Rabbitte
260. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the restriction that parents cannot avail of the early childhood care and education scheme and a CCS fee reduction at the same time; and her views that this discriminates against low income parents who use the CCS scheme for full-time child care. [27600/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Anne Rabbitte
261. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents in each individual band, that is A, AJ, B, availing of the community child care subvention programme reduced weekly fees for child care; and the number of parents receiving rates for full-time services, a part-time service, sessional service or a shorter hours service in each band. [27603/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Anne Rabbitte
262. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €16 million provided in budget 2016 to create an additional 3,200 full-time equivalent community childcare subvention, CCS, and community childcare subvention private, CCSP, child care places that has been recouped from the Department or Pobal from providers to date in 2016; and the number of additional places this has lead to in both schemes. [27604/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Anne Rabbitte
1934. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide estimates of the cost to the Exchequer to increase the subsidy or weekly fee reduction available to recipients of the community childcare subvention scheme and the community childcare subvention scheme private, by 10% for all bands and all rates; and the number of recipients in each scheme at each band and partaking of each rate, in tabular form. [25842/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child Protection Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
1. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23513/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Children and Family Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
3. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure cases by Tusla. [23514/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Family Resource Centres
Anne Rabbitte
7. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is providing inadequate levels of resources to family resource centres throughout the country and does not properly support their vital community role. [23060/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child Protection Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
14. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23056/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Anne Rabbitte
30. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that the planned expansion of the community childcare subvention scheme is not taking place due to the low level of subsidy given to private child care providers to take up the scheme. [23059/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child and Family Agency Services
Anne Rabbitte
33. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure cases by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [23057/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child Care Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over private residential care homes, specifically that many such homes provide less quality care to children in their care than voluntary and State care homes; the reason Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, relies so heavily on private residential homes rather than State-provided care homes. [23058/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Maternity Leave
Anne Rabbitte
43. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase statutory maternity leave entitlement; if she will provide estimates of the cost of increasing maternity leave from 26 weeks to 30 weeks and from 26 weeks to 34 weeks; her views on whether these cost estimates take into account the effect of the cost impact of increased maternity leave on the public sector wage bill due to entitlements to full additional salary in the public sector. [23978/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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School Transport Eligibility
Anne Rabbitte
182. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is ineligible for a concessionary bus pass to her school. [23674/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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School Transport Provision
Anne Rabbitte
183. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its bus service completely cut for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
Anne Rabbitte
503. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health to reassess a person (details supplied) under the fair deal scheme as the person's situation has changed. [23660/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child and Family Agency Data
Anne Rabbitte
881. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide figures on the percentage of working days lost to Tusla due to sickness absence through certified and uncertified leave in each year since its establishment. [23753/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Anne Rabbitte
898. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing the number of weeks covered under the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme from 38 to 40 and 42, respectively, from September 2017 onwards. [24226/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Child Care Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
899. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016. [24227/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Anne Rabbitte
184. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way special educational needs organisers who are neither medical nor educational professionals can adjudicate on the veracity or otherwise of such professionals' recommendations as to the needs of children (details supplied). [23357/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Anne Rabbitte
185. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on proposals that two special needs assistants, for example, can adequately tend to the acute care needs of six children simultaneously (details supplied). [23360/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs
Anne Rabbitte
186. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on where Children First and health and safety legislation implies two adults must hoist, toilet, change and clean a child, as in any clinical setting, yet, the National Council for Special Education reports his Department has no such ruling in place for school teachers or special needs assistants; the reason one adult and one child would be compromised in an educational and special needs setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23363/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Medicinal Products
Anne Rabbitte
187. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the administration of medicines by medically untrained teachers and special needs assistants in primary schools is a potentially dangerous situation (details supplied). [23366/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Anne Rabbitte
376. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the way special educational needs organisers who are neither medical nor educational professionals can adjudicate on the veracity or otherwise of such professionals' recommendations as to the needs of children (details supplied). [23358/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Anne Rabbitte
377. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his views on proposals that two special needs assistants, for example, can adequately tend to the acute care needs of six children simultaneously (details supplied). [23361/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Anne Rabbitte
378. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his views on where Children First and health and safety legislation implies two adults must hoist, toilet, change and clean a child, as in any clinical setting, yet the National Council for Special Education reports that the Department of Education and Skills has no such ruling in place for school teachers or special needs assistants; the reason one adult and one child would be compromised in an educational and special needs setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Anne Rabbitte
379. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the administration of medicines by medically untrained teachers and special needs assistants in primary schools is a potentially dangerous situation (details supplied). [23367/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Flood Risk Management
Anne Rabbitte
499. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of meetings held by the Shannon river basin management co-ordination group to date; the details and agencies of those who have attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22376/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Flood Risk Management
Anne Rabbitte
500. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Shannon river basin management co-ordination group has reported to the Cabinet committee on climate change; if the group has put forward any legislative and policy proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22377/16]