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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from the HSE and I will provide the Deputy with the information when it becomes available.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Details of the number of temporary social worker posts in the area of child and family services for each month since 1 January 2011 are listed below in tabular form. The HSE has confirmed that these posts are included in the total whole time equivalent social worker posts for each of these months. Date Number of Temporary Social Workers 31/01/2011 36.18 28/02/2011 37.41 31/03/2011 40.24...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested from the HSE the information requested by the Deputy and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The HSE compiles a monthly census of employment in the public health and social care sector. The census provides a snapshot of staff who are on the payroll on the day that the census is compiled. Therefore any staff who are on the payroll on that date are included in the census returns. This would include staff on paid maternity and other leave.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have made no staff appointments to my Department since last March.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under the Child Care Act, 1991 the Health Service Executive (HSE) has a statutory duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. If a child is in need of care and protection and is unlikely to receive it at home, the HSE has a duty to ensure they receive appropriate care. In such circumstances children can be taken into care on a voluntary basis...

Written Answers — Missing Children Hotline: Missing Children Hotline (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under EU telecoms rules agreed in 2009, the 116000 number is reserved in all EU member states for a missing children hotline. My Department established, and is leading, a cross-sectoral Project Team, including representatives of my own Department, the Department of Justice and Equality, ComReg and An Garda Síochána to advance this matter. The position is that Comreg, who have...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (6 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 818 to 820, inclusive, together. The Community Childcare Subvention scheme (CCSS), which provided funding to community child care services to enable them to charge reduced child care rates to low income and disadvantaged families, was introduced in January 2008 and was implemented under the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP). In Budget 2010, the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (7 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Tackling child poverty is a priority for Government and a goal of the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007- 2016, coordinated by the Department of Social Protection. Children are more likely to be poor if they are living in lone parent households with low labour market participation and dependant on income support. The departments of Social Protection, Jobs, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (7 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: All children's residential centres are inspected to ensure that the children living in the centre are receiving the care and protection that they require. TheNational Standards for Children's Residential Centres,provide a basis for consistently promoting quality of care in children's residential centres. They provide inter-alia for consultation with children, procedures for making a...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Adoptions from Ethiopia, effected under the transitional arrangements provided for in the Adoption Act 2010, are ongoing and are currently being examined, and recognised, by the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI). These transitional arrangements may lead to adoptions from Ethiopia taking place up to the end of October 2012. The Adoption Act 2010 also contains provision for a one year...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: With effect from 1 November 2010, intercountry adoptions can be effected with other countries which have ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Hague Adoption Convention) or with countries with which Ireland has a bilateral agreement. Kazakhstan has ratified the Convention. Over the past 18 months the Adoption...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has responsibility for making entries into the Register of Intercountry Adoptions. The AAI has informed me that the Authority has entered 300 adoptions in the Register of Intercountry Adoptions since 1 November 2010, the date on which the Adoption Act, 2010, commenced and the Adoption Authority of Ireland was established.

Written Answers — Adoption Legislation: Adoption Legislation (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Russian authorities have provided the Adoption Authority of Ireland with a copy of the draft bilateral agreement between Russia and Italy, which they proposed to use as the basis for further discussions with Ireland on a bilateral agreement. A copy of the draft agreement between Russia and the US was also provided, for information. It is the role of the Adoption Authority to make an...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table: Name Whole Time Equivalent Position Annual Salary on appointment Marion Mannion 1.0 Special Advisor €80,051 Jennifer Carroll MacNeil 0.5 Special Advisor €40,025 William Lavelle 0.5 Special Advisor €40,025 I can confirm to the Deputy that each Special Advisor was placed on the first point of the Civil Service...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The maximum grant available was €50,000 (including VAT). The aim of the funding is to provide support to child care settings to address remedial, maintenance and renovation work or to purchase equipment. Following a robust appraisal of all applications received, 290 applications were approved for funding with the average amount approved being €21,000. Of the total number of...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The maximum grant available was €50,000 (including VAT). The aim of the funding is to provide support to child care settings to address remedial, maintenance and renovation work or to purchase equipment. The programme, which was administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department,is a national programme and there was no geographical basis to the appraisal process. Each application was...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: As part of the Government's Capital Review published in November 2011, I have secured capital funding of €1.5 million for youth projects in 2012. It is anticipated that a significant portion of this funding will be specifically allocated to youth cafés. My Department is examining options for the most effective distribution of this funding. An announcement will be made in due course in...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are four agencies funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote - the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Family Support Agency, the National Educational Welfare Board and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. I also have responsibility for the children detention schools as provided for in Part 10 of the Children Act 2001. They are also funded through my Department's Vote....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and agencies falling under the remit of my Department is set out in the following tables: Department of Children and Youth Affairs Staffing level at end May 2012 Pay Allocation 2012 % Pay Administrative/Clerical Staff 65% €4.205 million 50% Managerial Staff 30% €3.793 million 46% Ministerial/political Staff 5%...