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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has confirmed that an ICT Director has been recruited and is currently in post.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency developed a draft ICT Strategy in November 2016 that recommended a set of options with regard to ICT delivery models and ICT management structures. In line with these recommendations, the Agency has recently appointed an ICT Director with the responsibility to progress the development and implementation of the Tusla ICT Strategy. Tusla's ICT...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Since the establishment of the Agency in 2014, significant improvements have been made in developing its capacity in order that it can deliver effectively on its remit. Tusla is reliant on the Health Service Executive (HSE)/Health Business Services (HBS) shared service function, which includes the centralised database for procurement information, contracts and framework agreements. In its...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: As this is an operational matter for Tusla, I have asked that they respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has advised that there are currently two people employed in the Health and Wellbeing unit.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Question Heading for question(s) 1159 (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I have asked my officials to forward the question to Tusla so that they can correspond with you directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The funding provided by the Department has always been intended to be sufficient to cater for all of the costs associated with the childcare schemes funded, including administrative and "Non-contact" work, or to fund this pro-rata where the Department's contribution is a part of the total cost of care provided. As such, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of funding paid in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Bodies (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1161 and 1162 together. The Advisory Council for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020) is made up of representatives from the community and voluntary sector, as well as independent experts with experience working with and for children and young people. The Council is made up of 16 members,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Living Wage Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: My Department provides standard capitation of €64.50 per week and higher capitation of €75.00 per week for childcare places under the ECCE Scheme. Given that it is a matter for each individual employer to determine the allocation of staff, resources and ratios (subject to the governing provisions with regard to ratios) from this capitation rate, it is not possible to estimate...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The service to which the Deputy refers has not made an application for capital funding under the early years capital scheme, 2017. As the deadline for this has now passed, it will not be possible to facilitate an application at this stage. I understand that the service in question is faced with the prospect of closure - I have asked officials to work with the local Childcare Committee and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Department has made €1m in funding available to services that identified themselves as potentially being impacted by staff eligibility changes within the 2016 Regulations. This funding will ensure that said regulatory changes do not hinder service delivery or the availability of childcare places. The principles, procedures and management of funding provided from public money are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am retaining the grant in its current form for the present, pending a decision on alternative approaches. In 1994 the Department of Social Welfare opened a grant scheme to provide counselling supports to children who had experienced bereavement or loss. This grant scheme then passed to the Family Support Agency (FSA) when it was established in 2003 and subsequently to Tusla on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Data (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am advised by the Educational Welfare Service ( EWS ) of Tusla that they do not gather data specifically on school attendance and participation among Traveller children. Schools are obliged to notify Tusla EWS where children are absent in excess of 20 days in any school year. This applies to all children attending the school (including Traveller children). Similarly, schools make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Education (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am advised by the Education and Welfare Service of Tusla that in line with Department of Education and Skills policy on the phasing out of segregated Traveller provision, the Visiting Teachers Service for Travellers was discontinued with effect from September 2011. The Department of Education and Skills advised the funding costs for the final full year of the programme in 2010 was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance Data (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am advised by the Education and Welfare Service ( EWS ) of Tusla, that they do not gather national or regional data specifically on school attendance and participation among children experiencing homelessness. For many children in temporary accommodation school attendance is maintained, particularly if the family is accommodated close to where the children currently attend school. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme. As the FRC Programme is managed by Tusla, it is a matter for that organisation to make decisions regarding the inclusion or non-inclusion of Family Resource Centres to the programme. My Department has no role in accepting applications from any persons who wish to receive funding for the establishment...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Strategy (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Programme for Government (2016) gives a commitment to develop a National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy. A specific focus on LGBTI+ Youth will aim to ensure that appropriate measures are taken so that young members of the LGBTI+ Community are not in any way prevented from achieving their full potential. Better Outcomes Brighter Futures, The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme is a joint prevention and early intervention initiative, led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in conjunction with The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic). The ABC Programme commenced in 2013 and was designed as a time-bound, co-funding agreement in the amount of €29.7 million to 2017. In late 2016, my Department secured...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that I do not have this information. Applications for State Board positions are made through the Public Appointments Service.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the provision of care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. In discharging its statutory responsibility, Tusla supports emergency refuges in providing services for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Tusla also provides a range of community-based supports to victims. In 2017,...