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- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: It is about-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: The Chairman can be strict, but-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: On the Estimates, if one Minister is saying this new agency will have to absorb a portion of the deficit, where will that absorption take place? The Minister has rightly said that the overall allocation has increased this year. It has increased this year as a result of the amalgamation of the services. The Family Support Agency and the National Education Welfare Board have come under the...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: Where will the deficit be taken from? If a portion of this deficit has to be met by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, where will that come from if it does not come from this?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: I would like to ask about these two programmes. There seems to be a ceiling in place under the community child care subvention programme. There is no need for potential new applicants to apply because the various county child care committees are not accepting new applications. Does the Minister feel there is a need to review this scheme in light of the changed circumstances so many...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: A cap is still applied.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: I had not concluded on subhead B4.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: On the €2.5 million allocated for the mentoring programme, when will we learn precisely how the programme will be delivered? Is the Department certain existing services will not be replicated? The Minister indicated it will be a stand-alone programme administered by Pobal. The county child care committees could administer the programme, thus reducing administration costs. The...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: On the €1.5 million allocated to the training fund, I concur with the Minister that a large number of child care staff need basic training and require FETAC level 5 and 6 qualifications. However, some service providers who have acquired this basic level of training need to obtain other qualifications that are critical to the management and operation of services. The Minister may...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: We need to be fair.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: On subhead B5, I understand the proposed number of places available under the new scheme launched in the previous budget was 6,000. Under this subhead, funding will be cut by €2 million or 17.4% and the uptake will be approximately 600 places in 2014. Why has provision been made for such an abysmally low number of places?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: Had no prior investigation or consultation taken place with the county childhood committees, the people at the coalface? It was going to a big thing for-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: But it had a 10% uptake.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: This is an area under the Minister's remit that has taken the biggest disproportionate hit.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: In 2012 this area took a hit of €3.5 million, in 2013 a hit of €5.4 million and this year it has a further hit of €2 million. I said previously on Question Time that it was regrettable that such an important element of the Minister's budget, one which provides the best bang for the buck in terms of investment, has once again had a large decrease in its budget. Have the...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: Sorry Chairman. With respect, the cut this year is €1 million less than envisaged but it is still a cut of €2 million on top of a cut of €5.4 million last year and €3.5 million the previous year. Quite simply, youth services and youth organisations are at the pin of their collar. I gave an example prior to Christmas of a youth service in Cabra which had to cease...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: During the course of the debate today the Minister said she would reform the guardianat litem. That is welcome. The Minister may remember in the summer of last year or earlier that the Sunday Business Postidentified these cost in the region of €28 million the previous year for legal services. In the area we have just discussed, youth work has had a cut of €2 million this year...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: I see there is a small reduction in the budget this year for the Adoption Authority of Ireland and I see also that the staff number has been reduced from 32 to 25. Does that reflect a decrease in the number of applications coming to the authority? I understood there could be an increase in the number of applications. If so, is it right to reduce its budget now? Can the Minister clarify...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: Is it only the Haddington Road adjustments?
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Robert Troy: I asked about this at the beginning of the meeting. That seems to be a significant reduction. Could the Minister outline where she hopes to make those savings?