Dáil debates

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

  • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (7 speeches)
    34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the measures being taken to ensure child care services have the capacity to cope with the expansion of the free preschool year...
  • Child Protection (7 speeches)
    35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the 572 adult retrospective reports of abuse that were unallocated by Tusla in June 2017; and if the number of unallocated...
  • Child Abuse (7 speeches)
    36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources in place to deal with allegations of child abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43440/17]
  • Child Care Services Staff (11 speeches)
    37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether an increase in capitation payments for early childhood care and education, ECCE, providers of 7% will be sufficient in...
  • Early Years Sector (11 speeches)
    40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her proposal to provide sectoral payscales for those working in community childcare settings. [43465/17]
  • Child and Family Agency Funding (8 speeches)
    42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the funding increase afforded to Tusla in budget 2018 will improve the current functioning within Tusla with regard...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (10 speeches)
    48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the shortages in ECCE places particularly for the second free pre-school year in rural Ireland; and the...