Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
123. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will supply an insulin pump to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16. [9364/10]
Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney): As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
Posted in Department of Health & Children | Comments Off
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
206. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the plans of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the redevelopment of an estate (details supplied) and the sanction required by the council and the moneys necessary to progress the proposal; Continue reading »
Posted in Department of Environment | Comments Off
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
146. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that are in place to effect the removal of a parent and their children from the jurisdiction in situations where the children are in the care of the Health Service Executive and the parent is the subject of a Deportation Order and in cases where children have been removed from the jurisdiction in such circumstances; and the number of children that have spent some time in care apart from their parents prior to deportation in each of the past ten years. [9358/10]
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern): In arriving at repatriation related decisions, all reasonable steps are taken to have families kept together so that they are all repatriated at the same time, thus preserving the family unit. I would see no reason to depart from such a policy. In situations where a parent and children are not co-operating with the deportation process, or the parent is being detained whilst awaiting removal, children older than infants are placed in the temporary care of the HSE to enable the repatriation of the family together. My Department does not maintain records of the numbers of children cared for by the HSE in such situations.
Posted in Department of Justice | Comments Off
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The Ceann Comhairle this morning (Thursday) refused to accept the following motion tabled by Deputy Alan Shatter TD for this morning’s session: Continue reading »
Posted in Articles & Statements | Comments Off
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Fine Gael Spokesperson on Children, Alan Shatter TD, today welcomed the inclusion of two schools in Dublin South constituency in the school building programme for 2010 announced yesterday by Minister for Education, Batt O’Keeffe. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles & Statements | Comments Off
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Commenting today on the Vatican’s press release following the conclusion of the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Irish Bishops, Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children said: Continue reading »
Posted in Articles & Statements | Comments Off
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Statement by Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children, on the Launch of the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children
Shatter Calls for Govt Commitment on Children’s Rights Constitutional Wording
Says Roscommon tragedy starkly illustrates need for constitutional change
“The failures of both the State and the Church over the past 70 years to listen to the cries of children and to provide them with the protection to which they are entitled starkly illustrates the need for constitutional change.” Continue reading »
Posted in Articles & Statements | Comments Off
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Letter circulated by Chairman of the Committee is below statement
Alan Shatter TD is Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children and a member of the Joint Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee
At a time when it is acknowledged in Rome that members of the clergy in Ireland are guilty of abominable sexual abuse of children, the refusal of the Papal Nuncio to attend a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee is not only deeply regrettable but incomprehensible. Continue reading »
Posted in Articles & Statements | Comments Off
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
5. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure the Health Service Executive engages in discussions with the Jack and Jill Foundation to provide the estimated €1,970,000 per annum additional financing required to enable the expansion of its home care services for severely disabled children to children under the age of six years; Continue reading »
Posted in Department of Health & Children | Comments Off
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
35. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if the review of Services for Children and Families 2008 published by the Health Service Executive discloses a failure by the State to properly protect children at risk; her views on whether it is acceptable that of 24,668 reports regarding children at risk, only 15,364 resulted in an initial assessment; and the action she is taking to ensure all reports are properly investigated and assessed. [6948/10] Continue reading »
Posted in Department of Health & Children | Comments Off
Search AlanShatter.ie