Monitor 205 Published: 3 May 2016

1. Coming up this week in the Houses of the Oireachtas (2 May 2016 – 6 May 2016)

Dáil and Seanad Agenda

2. Last week's Oireachtas Questions and Debates (25 April 2016 – 29 April 2016) a. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care) b. Child Protection/ Child Services/ Children in Care c. Family d. Disability and Special Educational Needs e. Health and Wellbeing f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing

a. Education (incl ECCE and Child Care)

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Education and Skills

 Substance Abuse Prevention Education, Maureen O'Sullivan ( Central, Independent)  Education Policy, Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)  Gaelcholáistí Issues, (Kildare North, )  Schools Building Projects Status, Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)  Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)  School Accommodation Provision, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 Child Care Services Funding, (Wexford, Fine Gael)  Early Childhood Care Education, (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)  Early Years Strategy Implementation, Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)  Preschool Services, (Kildare South, Fine Gael)  Early Childhood Care Education, (Meath East, Fine Gael)

b. Child Protection/ Child Services/ Children in Care

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 Aftercare Services, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Child and Family Agency Staff, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Child and Family Agency Services, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Social Workers Recruitment, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)

c. Family

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Justice and Equality

 Domestic Violence Services Funding, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)  Domestic Violence Policy, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)

d. Disability and Special Educational Needs

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Education and Skills

 Special Educational Needs, Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)

e. Health and Wellbeing

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Health  Primary Care Centres, John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)  Mental Health Services Funding, Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)  Mental Health Services Report, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)  Primary Care Centres Provision, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)  Mental Health Services Funding, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)  Primary Care Centres, Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)  Mental Health Services Funding, Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael)  Drug Treatment Programmes, Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)  Suicide Prevention, Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)  Mental Health Services, Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)  Mental Health Services Funding, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)  Mental Health Services Data, Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)  Mental Health Services Funding, (Louth, Fine Gael)  Medical Card Applications, Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Department of Justice and Equality

 Legislative Measures, (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)

Debates

 Dáil debates, Mental Health Services: Statements

f. Child Benefit / Social Welfare/ Poverty / Housing

Parliamentary Questions- Written Answers Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 Domestic Violence Policy, Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)

Department of Social Protection

 One-Parent Family Payment, (Dublin South West, Independent)  Child Benefit Rates, Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)

Debates

 Committee on Housing and Homelessness, Interim Report of Committee  Committee on Housing and Homelessness, Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing  Committee on Housing and Homelessness, Housing and Homelessness: Housing Agency  Committee on Housing and Homelessness, Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government  Committee on Housing and Homelessness, Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association

------

The Oireachtas Monitor is produced by the Children’s Rights Alliance and is a compilation of links to Oireachtas Debates and Questions relating to children and families. The source is derived from content on the kildarestreet.com website. We acknowledge their assistance in the provision of this service. As the information is sourced from an external party, we do not accept responsibility for its content.

The Children's Rights Alliance unites over 100 members working together to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child. We change the lives of all children in Ireland by making sure that their rights are respected and protected in our law, policies and services. We identify problems for children. We develop solutions. We educate and provide information on children's rights. We unite member and put pressure on Government to put children first.

Click to view this email in a browser

If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe

Children's Rights Alliance 7 Red Cow Lane Smithfeild Dublin, Dublin 7 IE

Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy.