Child Safety
Seanad Éireann — 2025-04-03
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Anne Rabbitte (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the Minister of State for going off script and acknowledging his deep understanding of my ask. I am no different from anybody else. My kids have moved on and are in their 20s now, but I was a parent who did not have information. I have no doubt that if I was a parent of teenagers at the moment, be it boys or girls, having seen the programme that was released last week I would accept there is a huge awareness and information gap. Parents are willing to come together and work as collective communities.
We have good strategies, policies and frameworks. I ask for the bandwidth to be extended to capture the piece that may require a laser focus at the moment. It is in all of our interests to support parents. We know all of them in our communities. I again thank the Minister of State. I will certainly liaise with the Minister. I notice the reply did not refer to the breakdown of the money. That is okay. We will chase that again.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-03