237. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and the timeframe for the Bill to progress to Committee Stage. [1928/19]
504. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in each quarter since her appointment as Minister in order to discuss the issue of child homelessness. [53975/18]
155. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in each LHO area waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [52641/18]
154. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [52640/18]
153. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in each LHO area waiting for an audiology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively [52639/18]
152. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in each LHO area waiting for an ophthalmology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [52638/18]
151. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [52637/18]
30. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with Tusla’s management of child welfare and protection concerns and reports thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52422/18]
25. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 1.4 in the corporate plan of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52424/18]
23. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme; and the further status of efforts to build an information technology infrastructure and make the scheme more accessible to parents using childminders. [52423/18]
14. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to publishing the report by persons (details supplied) into Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52426/18]
10. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to the recommendation by a group (details supplied) that her Department devise a strategy to support unmarried parents in sharing parenting responsibilities; and her views on same. [52425/18]
3. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme, in particular the efforts to build an information and communications technology infrastructure and make the scheme more accessible to parents using childminders. [52614/18]
1. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the status of the implementation of action 1.4 of the corporate plan of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52613/18]
137. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance if the flat rate allowance for Waterways Ireland personnel who perform their duties on the River Shannon was included in the review of flat rate allowances by the Revenue Commissioners in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51701/18]
73. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to reduce the number of bed days lost owing to delayed discharges in hospitals in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50728/18]
537. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has raised the issue of early morning greyhound racing with Bord na gCon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/18]
220. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the maternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49947/18]
219. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the paternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49946/18]
37. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the welfare and well-being of children in direct provision centres following revelations that children there have been denied food while sick; and if this issue has been drawn to his attention. [45935/18]
248. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla or another agency within her Department offers access to DNA testing services for children within State care. [49690/18]
247. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is within Tusla’s remit and-or duties to assist a child in foster care that is seeking to identify their birth parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49689/18]
163. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible to compel a person to engage in DNA testing services if a person has reason to believe that they are a birth parent. [49667/18]
593. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria for qualifying for the total contributions approach, TCA; and if a person (details supplied) will qualify. [49383/18]
558. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the maternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [48949/18]
557. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the paternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [48948/18]
532. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the parenting unit that is to be established within her Department; the date by which this unit will be established; and the amount of funding that will be allocated to it. [48947/18]
531. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that will be allocated to the capital grant scheme for childcare providers. [48945/18]
530. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the registered community crèche facilities that are operational here; and the location of each. [48944/18]
526. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an organisation (details supplied) will receive relevant funding to provide security for the service. [49004/18]
486. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive a broadband connection. [48922/18]
375. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the response from the HSE as a result of reviewing counselling and talk therapy services with the view of improving access and services to an organisation (details supplied). [48999/18]
291. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to his press release issued on 19 November 2018, it is his plan to increase both parents' parental benefit entitlement to seven weeks; and if he plans to provide seven weeks for parents to share. [48946/18]
151. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the rate at which childcare benefits under the benefit-in-kind scheme are taxed by one, two, three, four, five and six percentage points. [48869/18]
150. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of employers that provide childcare either onsite or offsite as a benefit-in-kind to their employees in tabular form. [48866/18]
149. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Finance the number of employees that have availed of childcare as a benefit-in-kind in each year since 2005. [48865/18]
Bill entitled an Act to require all childcare providers to provide price notices outlining the prices charged for each of their services in their physical premises and on any online platform which their business maintains for the purposes of advertising their services; and to allow the Minister to establish a National Childcare Price Register.
38. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's reform of the guardian ad litem service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45936/18]
31. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County Galway and the negative impacts this will have with young persons in the county. [45933/18]
27. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the school completion programme is sufficiently funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45937/18]
16. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45934/18]
3. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46137/18]
1. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service-level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County Galway and the negative impacts this will have on young persons in the county. [46135/18]
1153. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost of providing full relief from commercial rates for all registered childcare providers here. [45161/18]
1036. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents of all children that are under one year of age at the point of the inception of the new paid parental leave entitlement will be eligible or if the entitlement will be limited to parents of those children born after the inception of the scheme. [44850/18]
1035. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new paid parental leave entitlement announced in budget 2019 will provide two weeks of paid leave to both parents; and if not, if the entitlement will be to two weeks paid parental leave to be shared between the parents. [44849/18]
962. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters in each year since its establishment. [45015/18]
961. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters; the date by which the final reports from the commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45014/18]
960. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of preparing the report of the expert technical group on the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam. [45013/18]