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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 555 and 557 together. As the funding was administered, in part, through the County and City Childcare Committees (CCCs), I am unable 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the number of registered early years services in each county, as of January 2018, are outlined in the accompanying table. County Number of Registered Services Carlow 50 Cavan 63 Clare 145 Cork 479 Donegal 146 Dublin 1190 Galway 283 Kerry 130 Kildare 193 Kilkenny 95 Laois 81 Leitrim 34 Limerick 197 Longford 34 Louth 113 Mayo 130 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country, including those from disadvantaged communities.  Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Leadership for Inclusion (LINC) Programme, which was established in 2016 , is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award designed to support inclusion of children with a disability in free pre-school provided under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. The LINC Programme, which won the ‘Best Online Learning Experience’ from the Education Awards 2017, contains...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: 33 City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs) were established in 2001 to advance the provision of childcare facilities in their local areas. They comprise local representatives from the statutory, community and voluntary sectors, childcare providers and parents. There are now 30 CCCs, as Limerick City and Limerick County CCCs have amalgamated, as have Waterford City and Waterford County and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In 2017, Early Years Capital funding was made available to childcare providers in a competitive process under three distinct strands. Early Years Capital Strand 1 comprised individual grants up to a total value of €50,000 for the creation of new childcare places. To date the total amount of capital funding allocated under this strand nationally is  €4,297,743 making up 91...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education and Training Boards Data (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department provides  an annual youth work function allocation to each of the sixteen Education and Training Boards (ETBs) to assist with the cost of their statutory youth officer functions.  These functions include the provision, co ordination, administration and assessment of youth work services in its functional area.   The funding allocation provided to each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Combatting Cyberbullying (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am concerned about the need to protect children from online abuse and other dangers from which they need protection. I believe these issues require a whole of government approach and my Department is working with other relevant Departments in this regard.  My Department has no remit in relation to the regulation of video games or online technologies. The classification of video...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I would like to inform the Deputy that there are four bodies under the aegis of my Department.  These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency, the Oberstown Children Detention School Campus and the Ombudsman for Children's Office. My Department also provides the primary source of funding for Gaisce, the President's Award. Gaisce is a limited company...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter for the State agencies under my aegis of my Department, I have referred the matter to the attention of each agency for attention and direct reply. These include Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and Oberstown Children Detention Campus.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: These statements in the Dáil are another important step on Ireland’s journey to reproductive rights. People across the country are looking to the Houses of the Oireachtas to provide leadership on a human rights issue where, until now, there has been none. This is a time for political courage, not political cowardice. I welcome that many Deputies have chosen to participate in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The information required by the Deputy is not readily available. My officials have requested the information from Tusla and this will be forwarded directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have requested information from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have recieved this information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: AIM supports children with disabilities to reap the full benefits of free pre-school education. Its goal is to support 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 needs and strengths of the child and the pre-school...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Time4Us is a Play Centre for family members who wish to spend time with children that they do not live with. This can be parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings or other family members. Time4Us Ltd is a Registered Company, limited by guarantee.The service initially opened on the east side of Galway city and later moved to a HSE/Tusla owned property on Shantalla Road on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme, amounting to €10.65m in 2017, under which funding is made available on an annual basis to thirty national and major regional youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has informed me that the latest data available on the reason for a child being in care relates to Quarter 4,  2016. The 2017 data is currently being complied at area level and will be collated and verified at national level later in the year. The table below relates to the number of children in care on 31st December 2016 and the legal reason for them...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. Under Section 4 of the Child Care Act, 1991, the means by which a child can be received into voluntary care by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is set out. This section of the Act allows Tusla to receive a child into care without a court order and with the consent of the child's parents, when this is required for the child’s...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 156 together. Data on child welfare and protection referrals is reported by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, quarterly in arrears. At the end of Q2 2017 there had been 27,892 referrals to Child Protection and Welfare Services. Provisional figures indicate that there have been an approximately 12,700 referrals in Q3, 2017. On the basis of this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have secured an additional €40 million for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in 2018. This is the third year in succession that Tusla has received a significant increase in its funding, which now amounts to over €753m. I strongly support the work of Tusla, and I am committed to supporting the Agency in meeting the growing needs of...