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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has responsibility for grant programmes covering Child Welfare and Protection, the School Completion Programme, and Family and Community Support, all of which provide supports for children and young people at risk. Grants are issued to service providers that work in conjunction with Tusla, as well as local school completion projects and voluntary...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Legislation (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Child Care Act, 1991 applies to all children resident in the State irrespective of their immigration status. Under the Child Care Act, 1991 and the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla has a duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care or protection. The Agency is obliged to provide care for these children for as long as their welfare requires it. Tusla...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is required to support and promote the development, welfare and protection of children. Tusla provides family support services to children and families when a need is identified. These services can be provided directly by Tusla through its family support services, social work or social care services, or through...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is required to support and promote the development, welfare and protection of children. Tusla provides funding to voluntary organisations offering a range of counselling and support services to children and families including: - Marriage and relationship counselling, - Child counselling, - Rainbows Peer Support...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together. AIM supports children with disabilities to reap the full benefits of free pre-school education. Its goal is to empower pre-school providers to deliver an inclusive pre-school experience. AIM is a child-centred and evidence-based model, involving seven levels of progressive support, moving from the universal to the targeted, based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foireann Roinne (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 and 620 together. Ag tús 2017, bhí 188 ball foirne i mo Roinn. Tá 241 fostaí ann anois. Dhá cheann de na folúntais bhreise a líonadh, baineadh úsáid as sruthanna Ghaeilge de chuid chomórtais na Seirbhíse um Cheapacháin Phoiblí chun feabhais a chur ar sholáthar seirbhíse na...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The ISPCC is an excellent organisation with which my officials and I work very closely on a number of fronts. Most recently, we have worked with it on the cases of children who have been made homeless. It is regrettable that it has decided that it has to close the office in Waterford and the two services it provides there. I understand from our recent conversations with it that any child...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this issue. I can confirm that officials from my Department met with representatives from the Inchicore Childcare Professional Group earlier this year, as the Deputy mentioned. As the Deputy has outlined, at this meeting the group submitted a report on a wide range of issues which it felt were having a negative impact on the lives of children and young...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputy Collins again. She represents the concerns and interests of her people very well. It is important that she is able to do that and I hear the concerns. Over the course of the years I have been working, I have had the opportunity to go to Inchicore and to meet some of the people there. I have come into contact with some of the real challenges which the Deputy has identified...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In 2016, Oberstown Children Detention Campus was provided with funding totalling €20.713 million. Oberstown provided 54 detention places in 2016. They consist of 48 male detention places and 6 female detention places. The weekly cost for one detention place is €7,376.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In 2016, Oberstown Children Detention Campus was provided with funding totalling €20.713 million. Oberstown provided 54 detention places in 2016. They consist of 48 male detention places and 6 female detention places. The annual cost for one detention place is €383,574.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: As of this morning (28/11/2017), there are currently 49 children detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus. Oberstown is the national children detention campus. Of the 49 children, 18 are remanded by the courts and 31 are serving a period of detention following a conviction by the courts. Of the 18 on remand, 17 are male and 1 is female. Of the 31 on committal, 30 are male and 1 is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Visiting Teacher Service (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy may be aware, the Visiting Teachers Service for Travellers was discontinued with effect from September 2011, in line with Department of Education and Skills policy on the phasing out of segregated Traveller provision. The Department of Education and Skills have advised that the funding costs for the programme in the final full year of the programme in 2010 were €2,716,737.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The current National Standards for Foster Care, published by the Department of Health and Children in 2003, have no basis in statute.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Similar to many government capital grant schemes, capital funding is made available to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on an annual basis for use within that year. In 2017, €8.4 million Early Years Capital funding was granted to service providers in a very competitive process to create new childcare places as well as increasing the quality of existing childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Learner Fund was first launched in 2013 but allocations have not taken place on a simple year by year basis, rather new phases of the Learner Fund have been launched on the basis of gauged demand and need in the Early Years sector. Since 2013, there have been four phases of funding for further education courses in Early Childhood Care and Education accredited by Quality and Qualifications...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: As the funding was administered in part through the County and City Childcare Committees (CCC), I am able to provide a county by county breakdown of funding, however, funding has always been offered on a national level and not on a county by county basis. The allocation of funding to each county area is a direct reflection of the uptake of the opportunity offered through the Learner Fund and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Programmes (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: The Learner Fund was first launched in 2013 but allocations have not taken place on a simple year by year basis, rather new phases of the Learner Fund have been launched on the basis of gauged demand and need in the Early Years sector. Please see the following table which highlights the number of person who have benefitted from the learner fund each year since 2013. Learner Fund Rounds...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: It is my understanding that the Deputy is referring to the capitation payments paid to childcare providers for providing the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Please see the following table, which contains the relevant information. Programme Year Amount paid ECCE 2010-2011 €155,640,509 ECCE  2011-2012 €160,721,189 ECCE  2012-2013...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 455, inclusive, together. The National Síolta Aistear initiative was established in late 2016. Its purpose is to provide central support and coordination of Síolta (The National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education) and Aistear (The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework) implementation across the Early Years sector. The...