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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: State Properties Data (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs does not own any vacant State property or land, including car parks not in use. In relation to bodies under the aegis of the Department, there is currently one sole occupancy property, owned by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, which is currently vacant. This property is located at 69 Amiens Street, Dublin 1 in the Dublin City Council area....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme introduced the first-ever requirement for minimum qualifications for staff working in the childcare sector. Prior to the introduction of the programme there was no requirement for staff working directly with children in pre-school services to hold any educational qualification. New qualification requirements for childcare workers are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The School Completion Programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of young people who are at risk of educational disadvantage. The Programme is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme is a joint prevention and early intervention initiative led by my Department and The Atlantic Philanthropies. The ABC Programme is a time-bound, co-funding arrangement of €29.7m from 2013 to 2017. The aim is to test and evaluate prevention and early intervention approaches in 13 areas of disadvantage to improve outcomes for children, in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: I remain committed to supporting local projects and groups working with children and young people. My Department is currently examining the most efficient way of introducing a scheme of this kind and will announce details as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is acutely aware of the difficulties the closure of the Little Einsteins Community Childcare facility imposes on the families and children that attend the facility and also on the staff employed there. Since early 2015 this Department has supported the intensive engagement of Pobal and Longford County Childcare Committee in an effort to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (14 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: My Department is operating a number of funding schemes in 2016 through which resources are available to support voluntary organisations in acquiring new equipment. Particulars of the individual schemes are as follows: Youth Services Up to €2.6 million will be made available to support small scale capital projects including equipment replacement, refurbishments, health and safety fit...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 252 together. The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, has a role in providing care and protection for any unaccompanied minors who present seeking asylum. These children are, by definition, without parents or family in this jurisdiction and Tusla receives them into care on this basis while their applications for asylum are being processed and are referred...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: I am responsible for the appointment of members to the boards of the Adoption Authority of Ireland, Tusla (the Child and Family Agency), the Board of Management for the Children Detention Schools and Gaisce (the President's Award). All the aforementioned agencies are located in Dublin. The following tables set out the appointments to the respective boards during 2015 and to date in 2016....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: I refer the Deputy to my previous reply on 6 April 2016 regarding this matter. The position remains the same. The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency. I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: It is vital that all children in care and their carers receive adequate support to ensure a successful placement. Foster care is the main form of alternative care for children in need of care and protection and is the preferred option for children who cannot live with their parent(s)/guardian(s). At the end of December 2015, there were 6,388 children in care in Ireland. Some 93% (5,932) of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The expansion of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme on foot of the allocation of additional funding in Budget 2016 will see the number of children benefitting from the Programme rise from around 67,000 to around 127,000 in a given programme year. For the 2016/17 programme year, it is estimated that 89,500 children will be eligible to enrol in the Programme from September...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: Prior to Budget 2016, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Programme supported disadvantaged parents, parents in low-paid employment and parents in training or education by enabling those who qualify to avail of reduced childcare costs at participating community or not-for-profit childcare services. Due to economic constraints, Budget 2012 closed the CCS Programme to new applications...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: Capital funding of €4 million is being made available through the Early Years Capital Programme in 2016 for early years pre-school services, both private and not-for-profit/community, that are intending to expand their service to provide for more capacity in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. The maximum grant available under this programme is €10,000....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (20 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I will write to the Deputy separately on the specific issues raised by him in the e-mail. I have also forwarded the information supplied by the Deputy to Tusla and requested a report on the matter. I will revert to the Deputy on issues raised in the correspondence as a priority when the report is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (21 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: The issues raised by the Deputy are a matter for Tusla the Child and Family Agency and I have asked the Agency to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (21 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: I have referred the Deputy's question to the Child and Family Agency, Tusla for a response, and will revert when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (21 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: It is important to note that any child welfare or protection issue raised by a child should be dealt with under Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children (2011). Allegations of abuse can be made against anyone, including foster carers, biological parents, family members, friends, professionals, other children and in some cases, people unknown to the child....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (26 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: In Budget 2016 I announced the extension of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme which means that children will be eligible to start free pre-school when they reach the age of 3, and can continue in free pre-school until they start primary school (once the child is not older than 5½ years at the end of the pre-school year i.e. end June). In order to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (26 Apr 2016)

James Reilly: Tusla has advised that it would cost in the region of €13.5m to recruit an additional 275 social workers. This figure is based on the mid-point of salary scale plus an additional 25% to cover employer PRSI, travel and other non-pay costs associated with the performance of the function.