Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May regarding the 1987 Enniskillen bombing recently in view of the fact that it is 30 years since it occurred and persons have not been held accountable. [47901/17]

Northern Ireland

Joan Burton

2. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Enniskillen on Remembrance Sunday, 12 November 2017. [48975/17]

Northern Ireland

Michael Moynihan

3. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the position regarding his Department's strategy statement commitment on implementing the all party Dáil Éireann motions of 2008 and 2011 relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombing. [49421/17]

Northern Ireland

Eamon Ryan

4. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Ms Arlene Foster MLA. [50206/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Micheál Martin

5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the role of the strategic communications unit in his Department in the winter ready campaign. [48170/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Brendan Howlin

6. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the planned campaigns on which the strategic communications unit will work. [49110/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Brendan Howlin

7. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if will report on his Department's planned budget in 2018 for purchasing advertising and sponsoring posts on social media. [49172/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Gerry Adams

8. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of the strategic communications unit in Government information campaigns. [49291/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Micheál Martin

9. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the moneys received from other Departments to fund the strategic communications unit within his Department. [49416/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Richard Boyd Barrett

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic communications unit and its role in Government information campaigns; and the way in which it works in relation to the Government Information Service. [50208/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Michael Harty

11. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Taoiseach the practical benefits that will accrue from the new strategic communications unit established in his office. [50380/17]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

15. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the Polish Prime Minister Ms Beata Szydlo; and if EU reform was discussed. [49073/17]

Cabinet Committees

Micheál Martin

23. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee in which housing is discussed. [49077/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Anne Rabbitte

36. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the shortages in ECCE places that exist in certain parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50554/17]

Care Orders

Denise Mitchell

37. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications for full care orders that have been made in respect of children already on voluntary care orders in the past three years; her plans to review the maximum amount of time a child can spend on a voluntary care agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50309/17]

Combatting Cyberbullying

Anne Rabbitte

38. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in protecting children from online bullying, abuse and grooming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50555/17]

School Completion Programme

Seán Sherlock

39. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the proposed changes in the administration of the school completion programme; if she has engaged in formal consultations with the parties involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50382/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Anne Rabbitte

40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that each child in need of support under the access and inclusion model is able to access this support in a timely and appropriate manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50579/17]

Foster Care Provision

Anne Rabbitte

41. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address the fact that numerous evaluations by HIQA have found that many foster care services have consistent and serious failings; and to set out the steps she is taking to ensure these failings are addressed. [50218/17]

Family Resource Centres

John Curran

42. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to fast-track a review of the service provision of family resource centres by Tusla to provide centres with only two members of staff an opportunity to secure additional funding and work with a base of three staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50214/17]

Early Years Strategy Publication

Denise Mitchell

43. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the national early years strategy; when it will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50171/17]

Youth Services Funding

Brian Stanley

44. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding for an organisation (details supplied) in County Laois is lower than the national average. [50222/17]

Childcare Services Funding

Brendan Smith

45. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding that will be provided in 2018 to assist in the upgrading of existing child care facilities and the provision of additional child care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50185/17]

Foster Care Supports

Martin Heydon

46. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review the funding and allowances paid to foster parents as part of Tusla's increased funding in 2018 in order to take account of the role of foster parents and the additional duties and responsibilities they assume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50221/17]

Homeless Persons Supports

Thomas P. Broughan

47. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is conducting an examination into the physical and mental health impacts on children experiencing homelessness; if not, her plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49915/17]

Child and Family Agency Services

Mick Wallace

48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in relation to providing 24 hour access to social work services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50184/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

49. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report of the expert technical group dealing with the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway will be brought before Cabinet; when it is expected that the report will be discussed in Dáil Éireann; if the report will be tabled for discussion before the end of the 2017 term; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50188/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aindrias Moynihan

50. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the necessary capacity exists within the preschool sector in 2018 to provide a space for all those that want a place in County Cork in view of the fact that the entitlement to the early childhood care and education scheme will increase from 61 to 76 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50191/17]

Homeless Persons Supports

Thomas P. Broughan

51. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the weekly actions she undertakes to mitigate the longer-term damaging impacts of homelessness on children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49916/17]

Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation

Anne Rabbitte

52. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the legislative and ICT infrastructure that will be required to deliver the single affordable childcare scheme; the date by which this will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50219/17]

Direct Provision System

Michael Harty

53. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the lives of children in direct provision have improved since April 2017 when the children's Ombudsman began accepting complaints from children or on behalf of children living in these centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50190/17]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that mental health needs at Oberstown children detention campus are being met in view of data collected by the centre relating to over 55% of detainees described as having a mental health need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50173/17]

Youth Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

55. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department continues to liaise with youth organisations with a view to identifying their concerns and putting in place measures to address issues arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50212/17]

Child Detention Centres

Denise Mitchell

56. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a legal framework governing the use of single separation at Oberstown children detention campus. [50169/17]

Youth Work Projects Funding

Brian Stanley

57. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding for youth work projects in County Laois in view of the growing young population. [50223/17]

Affordable Childcare Scheme

Kate O'Connell

58. Deputy Kate O'Connell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the issue of Tusla registered child care services not taking part in the affordable childcare scheme has been addressed; if so, the measures that have been taken; if she has a record of the participating childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49853/17]

Mental Health Services

James Browne

59. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the working group involving the HSE, the Department of Health and Tusla co-ordinating a focus for the State's provision of mental health services for young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50146/17]

Childcare Services Funding

Brendan Smith

60. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding that will be provided in 2018 to assist in the upgrading of existing community and private child care facilities and the provision of additional child care places, both community and private; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50186/17]

Family Resource Centres

Martin Heydon

61. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review the funding structure of existing family resource centres as part of the Tusla business plan for 2018 in order to address previous funding reductions and differences in the funding structures between new and existing centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50213/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aindrias Moynihan

62. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the demand for places under the early childhood care and education scheme in County Cork; the way in which deficits will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50192/17]

School Completion Programme

Denise Mitchell

63. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated for the school completion programme; if the funding is sufficient to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50170/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Denise Mitchell

64. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to ensure young persons' cyber safety and her plans to publish a national strategy on children’s cyber safety. [50172/17]

Child Detention Centres

Maureen O'Sullivan

65. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the difficulties in Oberstown house are being resolved satisfactorily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50194/17]

School Completion Programme

Kathleen Funchion

66. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the schools taking part in the school completion programme have been asked to cut the number of students down to 10% of the current number of students they are working with; her views on whether the consequences of this decision will prove to be detrimental to many students' educational development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45002/17]

Departmental Reports

Maureen O'Sullivan

67. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role and involvement in the work leading from the Mulvey report on Dublin's north inner city in the area of child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50195/17]

Child Detention Centres

Clare Daly

68. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of the HIQA inspection of Oberstown children detention campus in regard to the concerns raised regarding periods of prolonged isolation; and the way in which she plans to address these concerns in order to safeguard the wellbeing of the children detained there. [50174/17]

Cyberbullying Issues

Anne Rabbitte

69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in protecting children from online bullying, abuse and grooming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50217/17]

Child Protection

Mick Wallace

70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to address the issues raised in the special rapporteur on child protection's report on child protection processes and procedures of An Garda Síochána. [50183/17]

Childcare Services Staff

Maureen O'Sullivan

71. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 17 October 2017, if a child care facility (details supplied) will be supported. [50193/17]

Foster Care Supports

Anne Rabbitte

72. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the complaints and appeals mechanisms that are in place for foster care parents that feel that they or their foster child have been treated unfairly or inappropriately by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50220/17]