Tipperary Youth Representing Their Constituencies At major National Youth Showcase
The National Youth Showcase entitled ‘Youth Work Changes Lives’ took place in the Mansion House, Dublin recently (27.09.17). The showcase brought together over 350 young people representing every constituency in Ireland to celebrate the value, diversity and vitality of youth work in Ireland. A key message emerging from the day was that hundreds of thousands […]
Providers Say Government’s New Child Care Scheme An Unworkable Shambles – ,” Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, to immediately engage her department with those child care providers who have identified significant blocks in implementing the new Affordable Child Care Scheme. Deputy McGrath was speaking after being contacted by deeply concerned parents who had just found out that their Tusla […]
1,474 Children Taken Into Care In Just Three Years – Mattie McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, to clarify if sufficient resources and adequately trained staff are available to cope with the hundreds of children being taken into state care each year under Emergency Care Orders. Deputy McGrath was speaking after a reply to Parliamentary Question […]
Tusla To Remove 40 Year Age Gap Rule For Foster Parents – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has welcomed the decision of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to remove any reference to a controversial 40 year age gap requirement between potential foster parents and any child they wish to receive into their care. Deputy McGrath was speaking after Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone confirmed […]
Tusla’s receipt of €3.7 Billion in non-state funding raises serious concerns – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has said he is astonished to find that Tusla, The Child and Family Agency received €1,085 million from a single non-state funding source, Atlantic Philanthropies, in 2015 as well as being forecast to receive a further €2,634 million by the end of this year from the same organisation. Deputy McGrath was […]
Tipperary grandparents left in turmoil by Tusla heartlessness – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Children Katherine Zappone to demand immediate clarification from Tusla, The Child and Family Agency surrounding the forced removal of a young child from its Tipperary grandparents on the basis of their age. Deputy McGrath went on to say that the grandparents have been left traumatised […]
Ellen O’Malley Dunlop Campaigns To Be The First Woman In 35 Years To Be Elected To The NUI Seanad Panel
Human rights campaigners, leading business figures, serving and former Ministers, health experts, children’s rights leaders and many others have now declared their support for the campaign by Ellen O’Malley become the first woman in 35 years to be elected onto the NUI panel in the Seanad. Frances Fitzgerald, Minister for Justice and Equality; Gemma Hussey, […]
