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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Educational Welfare Board Remit (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised that a response will issue to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that no funding allocations were made to the three Town Councils mentioned since my Department was established in June 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Investigations (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: An Investigation and Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse has been established by the Northern Ireland Executive. The Inquiry will include a confidential 'Acknowledgement Forum' in which victims and survivors can recount their childhood experiences of living in institutions to members of the Inquiry Panel. The Inquiry is similar to the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Ryan...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Under the Child Care Act, 1991, the Health Service Executive has a duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care or protection. The policy of the HSE is to place children in care settings, preferably in foster care, as close as possible to their home and community. There were 6,259 children in the care of the state in July 2012, the vast majority of whom were in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Educational Welfare Board Remit (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised that a response will issue to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to inform the Deputy that no funding allocations were made to the three Town Councils mentioned since my Department was established in June 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: As provided for in Section 72 of the Adoption Act, 2010, the Adoption Authority of Ireland may establish administrative arrangements with another country which has ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. The administrative arrangements entered into concern the processing of applications between the central authorities of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 561, 572 and 573 together. The special Incentivised Career Break Scheme was announced in April 2009. To avail of this scheme, a career break of special leave without pay had to be taken for three years. The scheme provides for the payment of one third of gross pay to a maximum of €12,500 per annum to successful applicants. These amounts are reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The total cost in 2011 to my Department and to each body under the aegis of my Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003 was €31,721.20

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has received an application for Lottery funding from New Communities Youth Digi Club. The application is under consideration at present. A decision on the application will be notified to the organisation as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Children First National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children, which I published in 2011, provides clarity and guidance for individuals and organisations in identifying and responding appropriately to child abuse and neglect. It also sets out what organisations that care for or work with children should do to ensure they are safe whilst in the care of the organisation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (16 Oct 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 any 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. Where a child is coming into care the HSE allocated social worker...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme was introduced in January 2010 and provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children in the year before commencing primary school. About 66,000 children, that is approximately 94% of children in the year before school, availed of the free pre-school provision in 2011 at a cost of some €163 million. Additional funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Adoption (Information and Tracing ) Bill continues to be a priority of mine. The preparation of the Heads of Bill, which are being developed in consultation with the Adoption Authority, are at an advanced stage and I intend to publish the Bill in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has a funding provision this year of €500,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. To-date, some 300 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to over €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The centre referred to provides services to persons with alcohol and drug problem. Issues relating to funding of alcohol and drug services provided by this centre are a matter for the Department of Health. My Department provides funding for the provision of early childhood care and education through three support programmes - the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Banking (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Since its establishment in June, 2011 the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has been operating one Public Bank Current Account through Bank of Ireland. The account is used principally to facilitate EFT (electronic funds transfer) payments in respect of pay and non-pay transactions on behalf of the Department. There is no interest charged or bank fees incurred by my Department for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (16 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: No proceedings have been initiated against my Department arising from the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal.

Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: It is what the Deputy's party did.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (17 Oct 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: In accordance with established practice and the reporting mechanisms in place for the monitoring of prompt payments, Government Departments and public sector bodies are required to publish quarterly composite reports on performance in relation to payments to suppliers on their respective websites. Particulars relating to the payments made by my Department and the statutory agencies under...