Results 321-340 of 5,087 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for every level provided within the AIM programme in tabular form. [24166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of level 7 funding between the 10 and 15 hours options allowed within the AIM programme; the amount provided for the total 10-hour allocation and total 15-hour allocation nationally; and the number of children each of those total amounts provide for. [24167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a review of the early years child care sector; and the Government body that will conduct the review. [24168/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per year of the ACS in the event that the wage rate for educators is revised from the current proposed wage rate for level 5 educators to €11.50 an hour, €13.00 an hour for level 6 educators and €14.75 an hour for level 7 educators. [24169/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to parliamentary question number 368 of 12 April 2017, the costs of the Tusla early years inspections, the Department of Education and Skills early years inspections and the Pobal compliance visits per year, in tabular form. [24564/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (23 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under three years of age her Department estimates will take up both private and community crèche-based child care in September 2017; and the number of children under three years of age that attended both private and community crèche-based services from September 2016 to date in 2017. [24762/17]

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I commend Deputy Connolly and her colleagues in Independents 4 Change on bringing this motion to the House. This is an important issue of concern to many of us. As stated by Deputy Nolan, Sinn Féin supports the call for measures to include an immediate review of the operations of Caranua and for negotiations between the Department and the OPW on an appropriate solution that will not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (31 May 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training CPD days both primary and secondary school teachers receive each year; the cost for those days; and his Department's total budget for teacher CPD training and the number of teachers. [26161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the higher subsidy rate for persons under three years of age when introduced as part of the affordable childcare scheme; and the difference in amount compared with the ECCE higher and lower capitation rates. [26347/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the under three years of age subgroup of the early years forum will produce their recommendations to support and sustain provision for children under 3 in ECCE; and when this information will be readily available for consideration. [26348/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications of Brexit for the Environment: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Apologies have been received from Deputies Sean Sherlock and Tony McLoughlin and Senators Gerard P. Craughwell, Denis Landy and Niall Ó Donnghaile. I welcome our guests from Northern Ireland Environment Link, a networking forum and body for organisations interested in the natural and built environment of Northern Ireland. The delegates are Mr. Sean Kelly, developmental manager,; Diane...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications of Brexit for the Environment: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Before I let the delegates back in, I have a few questions. Can we learn from how other border regions such as Switzerland and France or Norway and Sweden deal with this situation? Are there positives in this regard from which we can learn? This is completely unrelated to Brexit but what are the delegates' thoughts on President Trump announcing the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications of Brexit for the Environment: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I know that it is not really on this topic, but I ask as the delegates are present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications of Brexit for the Environment: Discussion (1 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the delegates very much for attending. The meeting was very informative. I definitely recommend that the delegates make a written submission to the Seanad committee. The more people they talk to in here, the better. It keeps the matter on the agenda. The meeting was very good and there was a lot of very good information in the statements and responses. This is one of those...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1919. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the ECCE scheme to 48 weeks. [27210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1921. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's estimated hourly running cost for the early childhood care and education scheme and the hourly running cost of early years care for those under three years of age in services for both cohorts of children. [27385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1922. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of the early childhood care and education scheme over a 48 week period at a higher amount of €12 for both higher and lower capitation rates. [27386/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1923. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of introducing a capitation rate of €12 to early years services for all babies under three years of age over a 48 week period. [27387/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children availing of the targeted subsidy within the ACS aged between six months and three years of age by amount (details supplied). [27438/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of the targeted portion of the ACS in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27439/17]