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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - child safeguarding statements. Provisions of the Bill also establish the Children First... to comply with the protocols set out in the Children First Bill. It is my personal view... those in the Children First guidelines of 2011 and the general scheme of the Bill from 2012.... The implementation and operation of Children First were reviewed several times during the years... report. One of those recommendations was that Children First should be placed on a statutory basis
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2015-07-21/5/
21 Jul 2015 - the opportunity today to introduce the Children First Bill 2014 to the House and look forward to engaging... for in the Children First guidance. The Bill also forms part of a suite of child protection legislation, including... Act 2013 to include a reference to the Children First Act 2014. This will provide for the views... in the programme for Government to put key elements of the Children First guidance on a statutory...) Act 2012 and the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. The Bill has
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-11-27/32/
27 Nov 1940 - Children Bill, 1940—First Stage.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1934-02-07/24/
7 Feb 1934 - Children Bill, 1934—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 - agree with her view that the Bill should be all about children. It is "Children First... to ensure a fully inclusive approach to all the settings that children are and will be placed
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-04-30/24/
30 Apr 2014 - read a Second Time." The aim of the Children First Bill 2014 is to improve the care and protection... implementation plan. The Children First Bill 2014 will, for the first time, provide for key...". This is a child-centred Bill which delivers on a key programme for Government commitment. Children First... 2013 is amended to include a reference to the Children First Act 2014 to provide for the views... 2012. By revising the heads of the Children First Bill in July 2013, my Department was able to take
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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 - to the Children First Bill. It is about the children. The Minister has drawn a distinction between... with the single individual than with the numbers of children involved. I believe this area warrants... of Part 2 of the Bill. I am looking at what we have there. That section does not mention... of all the scenarios where children are placed in the care of another person on a day-by-day
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - will form the cornerstone of our child protection legislation. It will place elements of the Children First... was born out of the Minister's review of the Children First guidelines of 1999. I commend her... on placing them on a statutory footing for the first time. The Bill is essentially split into three key... elements. First, it places on professionals and others working with children an obligation to report..., it establishes the Children First interdepartmental implementation group which will promote
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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: 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/2015-06-16/30/
16 Jun 2015 - Disability (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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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/2014-12-16/24/
16 Dec 2014 - Health (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-07-03/20/
3 Jul 2014 - Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage
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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... by disappointment and concern that the new Children First Bill does not include any sanctions for those who refuse... with the Children First legislation. The guide to the heads of the Bill stated: Head 20 provides for offences... childminders remain outside the scope of the aforementioned Act, the Children First Bill cannot... and the Minister for Justice and Equality, promised that Children First was their number one priority
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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/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - Deputy Jim Daly I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Children First Bill. Today is a dark... was continuing to champion, including the children and family relationships Bill, which is due before... at a conference on the children and family relationships Bill organised by the Children's Rights Alliance... day for children because of the loss of the Minister for Justice and Equality. I happen to share... to work with children in the care of the State. I am extraordinarily grateful for the work done
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - was to refer the Children First Bill to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children for pre... of the Children First Bill is to put children first. It puts Children First: National Guidance for the Protection... colleagues, which is important. The Children First Bill is about aligning the law with what is right... and presentations to the joint committee on the heads of the Children First Bill. I do so against a backdrop... is included in the Children First guidelines and suggested that its exclusion from the Bill would cause
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-01/30/
1 May 2014 - . The children of this State have waited a long time for this Bill. Many Governments have come in and out... of office and left the children of Ireland behind. This Bill is based on recommendations and guidelines... was introduced. This means children have waited 24 years for this Bill. I applaud the NGOs and campaigning... to the protection of children. Unfortunately, the Bill in its current form falls short on other aspects... with children. Sadly, this Bill fails to provide any such resources. This may well create the dangerous
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-05-07/28/
7 May 2014 - on the tin and puts children first. It is long overdue. Having listened to the debate this evening... Deputy Patrick O'Donovan I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It does what it says... and since the Minister introduced the legislation, I note that others have contextualised the Bill... in which it was proclaimed, and looking at Ireland in 2014, we see that over the 98 years since 1916... we have not lived up to the aspirations set out in respect of children. We probably did not live up
