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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: 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
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - Deputy Thomas Pringle I welcome the opportunity to contribute on Second Stage of the Children First...Bill....The Bill aims to make further and better provision for the protection of children and places the Children...It is welcome to have the Children First guidelines placed on a legislative footing....The Bill has been welcomed by almost all groups working with children.
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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 - The Children First Bill does not contain the criminal sanctions proposed in the original published heads...However, we took legal advice, which suggested that in order to do it in a legally sound manner, the Bill...front-line core child protection work in a manner which does not reflect areas of greatest risk to children...At an administrative level, it is expected that all Departments and their agencies, through the Children...First interdepartmental group, will require compliance with Children First in order to qualify for State
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - It will place elements of the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children...The legislation was born out of the Minister's review of the Children First guidelines of 1999....First, it places on professionals and others working with children an obligation to report child protection...Finally, it establishes the Children First interdepartmental implementation group which will promote...and oversee cross-sectoral implementation and compliance with Children First.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-01-22/23/
22 Jan 2014 - Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-07-03/20/
3 Jul 2014 - Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-06-19/4/
19 Jun 2014 - Health Insurance (Reform) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-03-13/19/
13 Mar 2014 - Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2014-07-01/4/
1 Jul 2014 - Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-14/17/
14 May 2014 - Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-11-26/20/
26 Nov 2014 - State Boards (Appointments) Bill 2014: First Stage