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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1085. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to bring the ECCE scheme under the remit of the national childcare scheme. [3980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1086. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of grant funding recouped from community childcare services in respect of children attending fewer hours of childcare than was contracted for them to attend under the community childcare subvention scheme in 2019, by county in tabular form. [3981/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1087. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children whose number of childcare hours under the CCS programme was reduced following an audit by her Department of the attendance of the child in tabular form. [3982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1091. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered conducting a study into the impact of the recently introduced rule changes by which her Department can recoup funding from a community childcare service in circumstances in which an audit finds that certain users of that service did not attend all childcare hours that the service was initially contracted to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1088. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to allow for the number of ECCE hours that a child is eligible to receive to be contingent upon the attendance of the child at their ECCE service. [3983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1089. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community childcare services are advised by her Department or an agency acting on its behalf to send their staff home in circumstances in which the expected number of children do not present for their service. [3984/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1090. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is fair for early years services that sign a contract with her Department for the provision of childcare schemes to sign these contracts in advance of receiving a copy of the programme and funding rules for the programme year. [3985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date paper based applications for the national childcare scheme will be introduced; if paper based application payments will be backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4440/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Services Card (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering removing the public services card as a requisite for applying to the national childcare scheme in view of the views of the Data Protection Commissioner on the legitimacy of the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of Tusla; if these children are placed in direct provision once they turn 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of grants or funding for a holistic psychotherapist to provide children focused services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4599/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the management of the allegations outlined in an article (details supplied). [5102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (13 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the drawdown by each local authority from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4159/20]

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her address earlier on. With the seating arrangements, we are continuously rotating to get space in here. With the usual funding streams such as the early childhood care and education scheme, ECCE, suspended, the majority of crèches have signed up to the wage subsidy scheme, which has been welcomed by most staff, providers and parents. From speaking to...

Social Protection (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The scale of the challenge ahead of us cannot be underestimated. We as legislators must be honest and acknowledge that it will not be easy. We will get through this if we take a whole-of-society approach. If we do not play our part, the virus will win and lives will be lost. Each person, each family in the country is making huge sacrifices. The normality we once knew may not be seen for...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Mar 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I support all the Fianna Fáil amendments but my major concern is to do with the childcare sector. While I welcome the announcements by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, earlier this week, a large cohort has been omitted. I refer to the owner-managers of the services, particularly with regard to full-time services and ECCE. I think it has to do with their...

An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála Eile Ar Mhaithe Le Leas an Phobail), 2020: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Mar 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: Like my two colleagues, I would also like to raise the position of childcare workers, the simple reason being that at the end of the six weeks we could have a crisis of continuity within the service. The sector could be at serious risk if childcare workers cannot get the confirmation that the €203 can be reimbursed to the employers themselves, that it will come off their transitional...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date for relocation payments to families in Gort, County Galway forced to move due to severe flooding in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (5 Mar 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 1 October 2019, the status of the flood relief scheme (details supplied); the status of the hydrological modelling which was due to be completed before the end of 2019 with feasibility and route selection assessment expected to be completed by early 2020; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (5 Mar 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 130. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief measures identified for Portumna, County Galway in the Shannon Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Plan published in May 2018; if such measures will be introduced particularly in view of recent heavy rainfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2992/20]