March 4th, 2010
Excerpt from Dail Transcript 04 Mar 2010
The Death of Children in the Care of the State Since 2000: Statements.
Deputy Alan Shatter: I will start by agreeing with the Minister that not only is it a significant part of his work to ensure the State acts in loco parentis to children taken into care, ensuring they are properly protected, but that it is the most significant and important part of his work. Continue reading »
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March 9th, 2010
Fine Gael Spokesperson on Children, Alan Shatter TD, today (Tuesday) said, ‘the Minister for Children Barry Andrews TD should publicly explain why he announced in a press release last night the establishment of an Independent Review Group into the deaths of children in care and made no mention of any nature of the need for such group or of an intention to appoint such group in the Dáil debate on this issue that took place on Thursday evening last.’ Continue reading »
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March 8th, 2010
Fine Gael Children Spokesperson, Deputy Alan Shatter said: “It is deeply regrettable that it required the publication by Fine Gael of the report into the circumstances relating to the death of Tracey Fay for the Minister for Children to meet with the Chairman of the HSE to prioritise the completion of all reviews of the deaths of children in care over the past decade. Continue reading »
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March 7th, 2010
Fine Gael Children Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD, today (Sunday) said: “It defies belief in this day and age that any child could be placed in foster care by the HSE without proper assessment and vetting of the potential foster parents. Continue reading »
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March 5th, 2010
Speaking today (Friday), Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children said, ‘Following on from today’s sentencing of a father convicted of the sexual abuse of his son, I am calling on Barry Andrews TD, Minister for Children, to state when the report into the failings in this case of the Western Health Board will be finalised, whether he has received a draft copy of the Report and to undertake to publish this Report without delay and in full.’ Continue reading »
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March 5th, 2010
Today (Friday) Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children, accused the Minister for Children, Barry Andrews and the HSE of misleading the public and the Minister for Children of misleading the Dáil as to the extent of the efforts made by the HSE to contact the family of Tracey Fay in order to facilitate the publication of the report into her death. Continue reading »
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March 3rd, 2010
68. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the details on Health Service Executive plans to set up its own law office while at the same time outsourcing its legal services needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10538/10] Continue reading »
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March 3rd, 2010
“It’s unfortunate that following today’s publication by Fine Gael of the report into the death of TF that the Minister for Children has chosen to attack me for invading the privacy of family members of the deceased and two children born to her when a teenager in care and taken into care when they were babies. Continue reading »
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March 3rd, 2010
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March 3rd, 2010
Dail Transcript of Priority Question
Wednesday 3rd March 2010
49. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children when the report relating to the abuse of children (details supplied) and the failure of our child protection services to intervene appropriately and promptly to protect the welfare of the children will be published; the action taken following the publication of the report into the death of Kelly Fitzgerald in 1996 to attempt to ensure the failures of the Western Health Board documented in that report did not recur. [10663/10] Continue reading »
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