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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people in Dublin city, including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding provided to youth services in the Dublin city area for the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 is provided in the following table. Year Youth funding provided for youth services in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Sector Pay (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 and 196 together. City of Dublin Youth Service Board is a statutory body which administers grants to approximately ninety youth projects throughout Dublin city. I am aware that a number of youth workers based in Dublin City and employed in projects administered by the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, are on scales linked to public pay scales and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that none of my advisors or officials travelled to the launch to which he refers.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 199 together. City of Dublin Youth Service Board is a statutory body which administers grants to approximately ninety youth projects throughout Dublin city. I am aware that a number of youth workers based in Dublin City and employed in projects administered by the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, are on scales linked to public pay scales and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In 2018, €58.9 m has been allocated in current funding to support the provision of youth services, an increase of €1.5m on 2017. The additional funding is being used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people and to assist national youth organisations in their work to support local voluntary youth services. Funding to staff led youth services has generally been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department maintains close contact with the national youth organisations and I and officials from my Department meet formally with these organisations twice a year to share knowledge and information on developments in the youth sector. A separate meeting is held on that day with national organisations in receipt of targeted youth funding to keep them updated on the ongoing work on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Irish Prison Service (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: There are no children detained in adult prisons. All children who have been sentenced to a period of detention by the Courts are detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The policy to end children being detained in adult facilities has been achieved with effect from the 31stMarch 2017. In the circumstances, I do not need to liaise with the Irish Prison Service in relation to children.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme supports volunteer-led youth work activities at a local level. These grants are made available to all youth clubs and groups through the local Education and Training Boards. Each year, in the region of 1700 local youth clubs are eligible to apply under the scheme. Organisations wishing to apply for funding under this scheme are required to contact their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection, and if necessary, to receive a child into the care of the State. The placement of children in care is governed by Regulations and National Standards. These provide for the welfare of the child, including their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Misuse of Drugs (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 207 together. Although I have no function with regard to monitoring substance abuse in children, my Department provides funding to youth projects that are located in disadvantaged areas where a significant addiction problem exists or has the potential to develop. The objective is to attract "at risk" young people into activities and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: While the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has ultimate responsibility for managing homelessness, I am committed to helping children and families who are experiencing homelessness by making services and supports available that will bring some normality and structure to their lives. This is part of the whole-of-Government response to the problem of homelessness. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security Policy (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department does not have a lead responsibility in this area and, accordingly, does not have specific measures of the type described by the Deputy. Combatting online child grooming is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Mr.Charlie Flanagan T.D., and is addressed as part of a wide-ranging package of measures aimed at the reform of Ireland's criminal law...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am satisfied that Department is adequately resourced to carry out its functions and services. Since my appointment as Minister, the staffing complement has grown from 181 to 248 people, with a further cohort currently being recruited which will bring the total staffing numbers to some 276 people before end 2018. The increase in staffing numbers reflects the continuing growth in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In Ireland, the administration of the protection process, including Direct Provision and supports to asylum seekers, comes under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality. However, 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, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (22 Feb 2018)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: From September 2018, all children meeting the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months will be eligible for a full two programme years on the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. The current take up of ECCE averages at 61 weeks, up from 38 weeks when ECCE was first introduced. From September 2018, the entitlement for all children will be 76 weeks. This further...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Data (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department was established in June 2011, and the number of freedom of information requests received since then is set out below.  All requests received were accepted and processed, and none have been escalated to the Office of the Information Commissioner. Following requests being processed, no requests were escalated to the Office of the Information Commissioner,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Thank you for your question.  I have requested Tusla to reply directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The National Development Plan sets out the Government`s capital investment priorities that will underpin the new National Planning Framework. My Department has been allocated €156 million in capital expenditure over the period 2018-2022 under the National Development Plan as set out in the following table: National Development Plan - 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, provides for the appointment of a nine person Board consisting of a Chairperson, a Deputy Chairperson and seven ordinary members all appointed by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Appointments to State Boards must be made in accordance with Government Guidelines for Appointment to State Boards that were approved by Government and...