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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: A person may be paid for minding a child for eight hours a day, but may only do so for two hours. I am not going over the same ground again.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: How does the Department prevent such practices? Are they still happening? Are spot checks carried out?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That will be done without inspections.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will there be regular spot checks in Carlow-Kilkenny, for example? Is every provider visited once a year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: What percentage of providers are compliant as evidenced by those visits.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: To follow up on a point made by Deputy O'Connell, is the policy to go for bigger or smaller crèches? In rural areas, there are small crèches with ten, 15 or 20 children. What is the general policy? Is Pobal in favour of bigger crèches which cater for 40, 50 or more children, or does prefer smaller crèches with ten or 15 children. What is the best policy?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: What is the average number of children in a crèche?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That is a large number of children.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: They will become regulated, as are other providers.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: An issue raised with me by constituents is that many crèches have moved to providing the two-year preschool scheme because that is where there is the most money, leading to younger children and babies being excluded. That seems to be becoming a problem. Younger children are being left out of the system and parents are finding it difficult to get places for them.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Another complaint raised with me by my constituents regards after-school care, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m., for example, which appears to be becoming a problem again. The recent compliance audit and compliance report audit of Pobal is putting pressure on childcare providers, particularly in Carlow-Kilkenny. I raised this issue with the Minister two weeks ago on the floor of the House....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: The services to which I refer are operating on a non-profit basis.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: There would have to be a parent at home.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will the ratio of 1:12 be enforced? The providers told me that a ratio of 1:20 was in place, but that the new rules and regulations will bring that down to 1:12. That will necessitate extra staff, but they do not have funding for those staff. The providers stated that some crèches or other childcare services may close. I refer to non-profit services in Kilkenny city in particular.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: I am referring to after-school care.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: The recommended ratio is 12:1.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will that 12:1 be enforced?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: So there cannot be any more than 12:1?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: The important question then is if that is being enforced is whether will additional funding will be made available to these voluntary community organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: This is all about staff, and the cost and provision of same. This is the problem.