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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-09-23/15/
23 Sep 2015 - Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed)
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/29/
7 May 2014 - Children First Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-08/22/
8 May 2014 - Ombudsman for Children (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-07-14/37/
14 Jul 2015 - Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/23/
30 Apr 2014 - Children First Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-10-21/9/
21 Oct 2015 - Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - Senator Catherine Noone I welcome the Minister to discuss the Children First Bill 2014....First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children....compliance with the legislation and Children First guidance....The Bill will operate side by side with the Children First national guidance which will continue to be...duty to comply with the Children First national guidelines.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-07-14/37/
14 Jul 2015 - The Children First Bill 2014 is one in a raft of measures designed to further child protection....Other Bills that come into this particular gamut of legislation include the Criminal Justice (Withholding...The main measure of the Children First Bill 2014 requires that mandated persons report concerns they...As I said, the former and first Minister for Children and Youth Affairs sought to place the Children...First guidelines into legislation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - The implementation and operation of Children First were reviewed several times during the years after...One of these recommendations was that Children First should be placed on a statutory basis....The Bill before us sets out to make further and better provision for the protection of children and places...the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing, which is to be welcomed....Provisions of the Bill also establish the Children First interdepartmental implementation group and provide
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - The aim of the Children First Bill 2014 is to improve the care and protection of children by raising...The Children First Bill 2014 will, for the first time, provide for key elements of the Children First...First Act 2014 to provide for the views of the child to be taken into account by the Child and Family...By revising the heads of the Children First Bill in July 2013, my Department was able to take cognisance...The Bill will operate side by side with the Children First guidance which will continue as the basis
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-02-11/24/
11 Feb 2014 - Valuation Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - First guidelines....The Children First guidelines are very clearly set out....The Children First Bill is to place additional legal requirements on certain specified individuals in...First guidelines....also has obligations under Children First guidelines.
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - I accept what Deputy Ó Caoláin was saying about how a childminder could mind a number of different children...The Bill is about ensuring more safety for children and that their rights are observed....The Children First guidance applies to all individuals and organisations....The Children First Bill places additional legal requirements on certain specified individuals and organisations
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - , on making the Children First Bill a priority during this term....First Bill is certainly a very important step and the introduction of the legislation marks a key achievement...Putting parts of the Children First guidelines, a key recommendation made in the 2009 Ryan report, on...Through preparing the first draft of the heads of the Children First Bill, in conjunction with the Criminal...team and Department have undertaken in developing the Children First Bill is extraordinary.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - today to introduce the Children First Bill 2014 to the House and look forward to engaging in a constructive...It meets the commitment in the programme for Government to put key elements of the Children First guidance...group which will promote cross-sectoral implementation and compliance with Children First guidelines...First Act 2014....Children First guidance on a statutory footing.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - One of those recommendations was that Children First should be placed on a statutory basis....and places the Children First guidelines on a statutory footing....Provisions of the Bill also establish the Children First interdepartmental implementation group and provide...First Bill....First guidelines of 2011 and the general scheme of the Bill from 2012.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - I say, "Well done", for bringing forward the Bill....We are all in favour of the title, "Putting children first", but how do we do it?...For instance, the applications to engage in betting and the like are so accessible and children are betting
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - It seems to have been a long time since we first came into the Chamber to discuss the issue of Children...First....provided for in Children First....First Bill....Carl O’Brien reporting in The Irish Times in September 2014, noted the volume of children reported as
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - Deputy Catherine Byrne I welcome the opportunity to speak about the Children First Bill which is important...The Bill does exactly what it says on the tin, namely, it puts children first....to strengthen the provisions of the Children First guidelines and bring the Bill to the floor of the...The Children First Bill was finally published in April this year....Part 4 of the Children First Bill allows for the establishment of a Children First interdepartmental
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - Fianna Fáil is concerned about the shortcomings in the long-awaited and long-delayed Children First Bill...We will probably take Committee Stage on our first sitting day back in September....The Bill aims to make better provision for the care and protection of children, to raise awareness of...prison, for failures to comply with the Children First legislation....This legislation establishes a Children First interdepartmental implementation group and sets out guidelines
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - Deputy Robert Troy Having consistently called for the Children First Bill to be published and introduced...However, that welcome is strongly tempered by disappointment and concern that the new Children First...with the Children First legislation....First Bill."...First Bill cannot be applied to them.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - I commend the Minister for this long-awaited Bill and fulfilling the promise of the Government....The protection of children and putting children first was part of the Government's agenda....As the Minister said, "this important child-centred Bill ... endeavours to improve the care and protection...of children in the State and will, for the first time, put key elements of the Children First guidance...I commend the Bill to the House and congratulate the Minister and his staff.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick The publication of the Children First Bill represents delivery of a key aim...The Bill also sees the establishment of a Children First interdepartmental implementation group on a...The Bill states that information on harm to children must be reported....The Child and Family Agency has reorganised its Children First services into a new national service,...with local Children First information officers now working as part of a national team reporting to a
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - I fully agree with her view that the Bill should be all about children....It is "Children First" and that is the point I was making in engaging with the Minister and bringing...as a committee, have the opportunity to ensure a fully inclusive approach to all the settings that children
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-16/20/
16 Apr 2014 - Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-03-05/17/
5 Mar 2014 - Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-12-16/24/
16 Dec 2014 - Health (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-01-16/18/
16 Jan 2014 - Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-02-04/22/
4 Feb 2014 - Seanad Reform Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-01/24/
1 Apr 2014 - Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-06-16/30/
16 Jun 2015 - Disability (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-07-03/7/
3 Jul 2014 - Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-03-11/24/
11 Mar 2014 - Open Adoption Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-02-12/19/
12 Feb 2014 - Judicial Appointments Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-03-05/16/
5 Mar 2014 - Equality (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-01-30/17/
30 Jan 2014 - Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - We will not get a chance to come back to the Children First Bill. It is about the children....employee, but I emphasise again that it has less to do with the single individual than with the numbers of children...The Minister referred to section 7, which is at the start of Part 2 of the Bill....I believe it should be inclusive in its address of all the scenarios where children are placed in the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - One of the first things she did as Minister was to refer the Children First Bill to the Oireachtas Joint...The purpose of the Children First Bill is to put children first....The Children First Bill is about aligning the law with what is right....First Bill....the Children First guidelines a statutory underpinning in the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - It also meets the commitment in the programme for Government, which was to put Children First on a statutory...I am satisfied I have fully met the commitment given in regard to legislating for Children First....In summary, the Bill provides that organisations providing services to children must consider the potential...to protect children....First legislation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - First, for example, the Department of Education and Skills and the HSE to name probably the two most...prominent that interact with children....I, therefore, ask the Minister to include within the Children First Bill a provision to amend the Gender...I have been saying this since first tabling a motion on blocking child abuse material on the Internet...Minister to ensure the Bill achieves its stated aim.
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - grandparent or somebody who decides to take a person into their home to mind a baby, this is what this Bill...am I wrong to say - correct me if I am wrong, because I am here to learn - that everything in this Bill...means that children are protected under people who mind children, whether in a family or an agency situation
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Debate: Select Sub-Committee On Children And Youth Affairs
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_sub-committee_on_children_and_youth_affairs/2015-04-30/2/
30 Apr 2015 - Deputy Catherine Byrne I understand what the Deputy is saying, but is this Bill not about the safety...of children, no matter who minds them?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/23/
30 Apr 2014 - Bill entitled an Act for the purposes of making further and better provision for the care and protection...of children and for those purposes to require the preparation, by certain providers of services to children...statements; to require certain persons to make reports to the Child and Family Agency in respect of children...assist the Child and Family Agency in certain circumstances; to provide for the establishment of the Children...First Inter-Departmental Implementation Group; to make provision for the preparation of sectoral implementation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - It does what it says on the tin and puts children first. It is long overdue....Proclamation, how it was delivered and the context in which it was proclaimed, and looking at Ireland in 2014...Even now, in 2014, those cases continue to shock....them with a voice at Cabinet for the first time since the Proclamation was issued on the steps of the...The Bill identifies a number of things.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - Deputy Jim Daly I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Children First Bill....and family relationships Bill, which is due before the House in September....I was recently at a conference on the children and family relationships Bill organised by the Children's...Children are our greatest asset....Today, I read the 2014 report card issued by the Children's Rights Alliance which welcomed the positive
