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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: I ask this given that, in reply to a parliamentary question I asked earlier in the year, the Minister said a full second preschool year would cost in the region of €180 million. However, for next year, the Minister has allocated only an additional €47 million, of which €11 million will be taken up with the restoration of the capitation grant. Therefore, as I understand...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister believe this will suffice? In regard to the capacity issue-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister confirm that he has allocated enough money? As I said, in his reply to me earlier in the year, the Minister said the cost of a full second preschool year would be €180 million but he has only allocated €36 million for 2016, which is 20% of the cost. How does the Minister expect to be able to fund the scheme adequately if he has not put by adequate resources?...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Autism Support Services (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the early education supports available to children diagnosed with autism; and the reason these children cannot avail of early education through the early childhood care and education scheme, in conjunction with one-to-one home schooling by a home tutor. [35531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he is dealing with the deteriorating safety situation at Oberstown Youth Detention Centre, where staff and children in care have been put at risk, with numerous physical assaults in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35530/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has warned the Government, in an unpublished briefing document, of serious risks to children in child protection services due to pressure placed on underfunded services, as outlined by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (details supplied); and the action he is taking to respond to this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the annual Pobal early years sector survey which found that children with special educational needs face a huge challenge in participating in preschool education due to the reduction in the number of special needs assistant hours per child care provider during the reporting period, which was 2014; the solutions he will put in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme which was cut by 50% given that this is directly penalising good farmers who wish to join; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36736/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the €16 million cost of 800 low-cost child care places announced in budget 2016 is a full-year cost estimate; how this cost was estimated by this Department; and if there is an expectation that all of these places will be filled in September 2016. [36696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all private providers will be eligible to provide low-cost child care places under the changes announced to the community child care scheme in budget 2016, or only providers in areas with a low coverage of community providers; if the latter, how areas with low coverage will be identified; and if his Department considers the capitation...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €47 million for the expansion of the early childhood care and education programme announced in Budget 2016 will be spent on higher Capitation rates; the amount on higher participation numbers; and the full-year costs of both initiatives. [36778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (21 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consult with the Central Applications Office regarding a person (details supplied) who recently applied to study nursing and missed out by one point. [36798/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure arrears of a disability allowance will issue without delay to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [35964/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department will take to recommit to the full implementation of the national disability strategy. [36454/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under Early Childhood Care and Education changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children his Department estimates could lose out on some weeks of preschool out of the current 38 weeks provision, if at present they were expected to enrol preschool age at 3.2 and begin school age at 4 to 4.5, due to the requirement that children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an outline of all assumptions underlying his Department's analysis, including assumptions used on the number of children that start school aged four to five, compared to ages five to six; the way the estimate for the average 23 weeks of additional preschool that his Department has stated has been arrived at. [36541/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way his Department has calculated that the expansion of eligibility for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme free preschool year to ages 3 to 5.5, in addition to the reinstatement of pre-2012 capitation rates, will cost in the region of €47 million, while the current programme costs approximately €175...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 435. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme changes announced in Budget 2016, the number of children that his Department estimates will benefit from additional weeks of preschool and the number of additional weeks they are expected to gain on average if they were born in the months 1 January to 31 March, 1 April to 31 August, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that while 120 jobs have been promised in the area of speech and language therapy, approximately 120 therapists qualify annually from Irish universities in this area; and, given this, his plans to redress this issue. [36295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (20 Oct 2015)

Robert Troy: 534. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address levels of childhood obesity and the measures his Department is taking to promote healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity among children and young persons. [27333/15]