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Other Questions: Foreign Adoptions (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: As the Russian Irish Adoption Group enters its sixth year of lobbying on a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Russia regarding adoption, will the Minister provide an update to the House on the current status of the negotiations between him and his Russian counterpart?

Other Questions: Foreign Adoptions (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: We can all agree that the interests of the children must be paramount; that goes without saying. It remains the case that thousands of children remain in Russia in questionable care who could greatly benefit from a second chance in life. There are certainly hundreds of parents in Ireland who are willing to give a child a second chance in life with a loving home. Everything must be done to...

Other Questions: Foreign Adoptions (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Not recently.

Other Questions: Foreign Adoptions (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I am pleased to hear the Minister confirm that this is a priority of his Department and something he will work hard on to ensure it is advanced. When did the Minister last meet representatives of the Russian Irish Adoption Group? If he has no problem with further consultation, will he confirm that he will meet the group, along with the Adoption Authority of Ireland, to hammer out the...

Other Questions: Foreign Adoptions (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister meet the group?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 10 o’clock The Minister focused his answer on one year, the ECCE programme, but the question was on the whole of the early years programme. Early education should start before the free preschool year, particularly for children with special educational needs. While the programme is welcome, the Minister mentioned a leniency in its application for children with special educational...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister is very good at saying it is someone else's fault or that it falls within someone else's remit. He should know, as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with responsibility for early childhood care and education, how many children under the age of five have special educational needs. The announcement by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy O'Sullivan, on the increase...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The Minister was three years in the Department of Health and he was moved over because he was not doing his job.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: Listen to the parents.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures his Department is taking to improve access to the early education and preschool care for children with delayed development and special educational needs. [27467/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: The supports the Minister and the Department are putting in place for children with special educational needs to access, and participate in, early education and preschool are scandalous. I would appreciate if he could inform the House what measures the Department, which has been in existence for four and a half years, is putting in place to ensure these children, who need additional...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's plans to ensure that the area based childhood programme remains fully resourced and funded for the upcoming number of years. [27466/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: As the Minister is aware, the current area based childhood, ABC, programme is jointly funded through his Department and Atlantic Philanthropies. The funding provided by Atlantic Philanthropies is due to expire later this year and I would welcome a statement from the Minister today in regard to how he plans to ensure this critical early intervention programme is maintained and strengthened in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: We visited Oberstown recently and when we look at how much it costs to keep a child in detention, over €300,000 per year, or at the €150,000 per year it costs to keep a child in residential care, it is clear that not only is investment in prevention and early intervention in the best interest of the child, but it is in the best interest of the taxpayer. We are all acutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: I could not agree more that it is not simply about the ABC programme, but about a much broader approach to the issues facing so many children. The ABC programme provides a range of services, addressing child development, child well-being, parenting, educational disadvantage and more. Therefore, it is important it is rolled out on a wider scale. However, this will require greater resources....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic and Sexual Violence Services (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on plans to address shortcomings in sexual violence prevention services and evidence gathering provided at a national level, in view of the drastic reduction to the core funding of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland and Women’s Aid from the Child and Family Agency. [27331/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility his Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; if he will address concerns that neither his Department nor Tusla - Child and Family Agency is responsible for putting into place special care plans for children who are experiencing homelessness; and the level of monitoring Tusla -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of responsibility his Department and bodies under its remit, such as Tusla - Child and Family Agency, have for child welfare and protection issues involving children in the direct provision system; and if he will provide an update on interdepartmental deliberations between his Department and the Department of Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his definition of active full-time young farmers; the entitlements they may claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27918/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (8 Jul 2015)

Robert Troy: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will grant funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Longford under the emergency summer works scheme to help alleviate parking congestion at the school. [27906/15]