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- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: That is effectively what it means.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: That is correct.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I thank the Deputy for that question. Apologies, I meant to say we will engage. We are just about to have the discussions with the HEA. We have been planning to do exactly as the Deputy identified. I would make two points here, specifically, in regard to social workers. More places need to be created at third level for the significant numbers of young people who want to avail of those...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: My understanding is that the Tusla social worker turnover rate was approximately 8% in 2015. The figure compares favourably with England where the average turnover was 17% in 2014. Over the past number of months I have met with a couple of organisations which represent social care workers and social workers. The Deputy has rightly identified the challenges of working at the coalface,...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Yes. I will pass on the Deputy's views.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I expected a question on family resource centres from the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputy Rabbitte for her questions and will come to Deputy Ó Laoghaire's point in a moment. The first questions were about Tusla dealing with historical cases and the particular expertise required to do so. It is an excellent question. Tusla is setting up an expert team to deal with historical cases. The chief executive officer wrote to my Secretary General last Friday to...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I am very happy to take questions. The opening comments are in the material the committee has.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Deputies Kathleen Funchion and Jan O'Sullivan asked about ABC funding. This initiative was an innovative and important programme introduced by the last Government under the leadership of Deputy Jan O'Sullivan and her colleagues in order to continue the Department's work on area-based approaches to combating and reducing child poverty. I have had a particular interest in it since assuming...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: It is broken down in terms of the youth service grants scheme, special projects for young people and funding for facilities and services.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I am glad that the Deputy is helping us in that regard. I would love to see that happen too. Seriously, we need to pay attention to it. I am thrilled that there was an increase of €5.5 million. It is the first increase since the austere years and I am aware that there is still a lot of catching up to be done. The Deputy asked about the figure of 15 hours. Children who need more...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Absolutely.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Is the Deputy referring to the ABC programmes?
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: Absolutely. I would welcome the committee revisiting that issue with me. The Deputy will know that I have the same commitment she has identified. There are some in my constituency also. In fact, I started one. I understand it from the inside and these are the conversations I have been having in the Department. There is a challenge with the exit of Atlantic Philanthropies, but there is...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: I appreciate the concern and feelings expressed and I know the view is shared by others. There are two aspects to the question. It is a lot of money and some of the commentators are wondering if that amount of money is being spent in the best possible way in supporting a guardian ad litemsystem. We all agree there is a requirement for it when it comes to the rights of children. Within the...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017) Katherine Zappone: The early years strategy will be catered for under programme B. With regard to the commission of investigation, the diverse nature of the concerns to be examined requires that the commission has the financial resources to retain a multidisciplinary range of professionals deemed necessary, some of whom I have met, to assist its investigations. The budget of €6 million is available to...