At a meeting of Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs today (Wednesday), Committee Member and Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD, has said:

“The current difficulties being experienced by passport applicants are a violation of the constitutional rights of Irish citizens, to both travel and acquire a passport. Continue reading »

Speaking today (Wednesday) Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Children said: ‘I welcome the launch today of HIQA’s Guidance for the HSE for the Review of Serious Incidents Including Deaths of Children in Care’.  Continue reading »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »