“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 »
Statement by Alan Shatter TD responding to statement today by Minister Barry Andrews
March 3rd, 2010
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SHATTER BLASTS GOVERNMENT’S FAILURE TO PUBLISH SECRET REPORT INTO TRAGIC DEATH OF TEENAGER AS FINE GAEL PLACES REPORT BEFORE BOTH HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS
March 3rd, 2010
http://www.finegael.org/news/a/2468/article/
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Priority Question:- Report into Roscommon Abuse Case
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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Insulin Pumps
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.
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Rosemount Court
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 »
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Procedures for removal of a parent & children from the jurisdiction
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.
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O’Dea’s admitted improper use of Garda information renders him unfit for office – Shatter
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 »
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Shatter welcomes good news for Garran Mhuire and St Colmcilles Schools but disappointed for schools excluded from the School Building Programme 2010 list.
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 »
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Vatican press release should have referred to the failure of the Papal Nuncio and the Vatican to co-operate with Murphy Commission – Shatter
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 »
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Shatter Calls for Govt Commitment on Children’s Rights Constitutional Wording
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 »
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