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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question, and can confirm that I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for their appropriate attention. I have asked that they make contact with the person in question, and confirm to me when this action has occurred.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. In relation to my Department, I can confirm that the costs for the provision of social media training for staff development is as follows: Year Costs incurred by Department Social Media Training Delivered Number of staff attended 2017 €450 Social Media for Business 1 2017 €500 Social Media for Business 1 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Education and Training Boards (ETBs) act as grant administering bodies for the disbursement of funding under the various youth funding schemes. In this regard, earlier this year, officials from my Department corresponded with all ETBs requesting that each ETB seek a letter of assurance from each organisation in receipt of youth funding confirming that it is in compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can confirm to the Deputy that no contracts were awarded by my Department in the years 2010 to date in respect of the company mentioned.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have committed my Department to producing Ireland’s first-ever National Early Years Strategy later this year. Publication of the Strategy was identified as a key action in Better Outcomes Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People. The development of the Strategy is being informed by national and international evidence on what makes most...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy, there are no EU directives as referred to in the question under my Department's remit.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question, and can confirm that I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for their direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy may be aware, responsibility for the National Educational Welfare Board which included the School Completion Programme was transferred to my Department on its establishment in 2011. Upon the establishment of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency on January 1st 2014, operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme was transferred to the Agency. The School Completion...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The ABC Programme commenced in 2013 and was designed as a time-bound, co-funding agreement led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in conjunction with The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic), originally in the amount of €29.7m for the period 2013-2017. In late 2016, my Department secured additional funding to ensure that all 13 existing ABC sites remained in contract...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme is a joint prevention and early intervention initiative, led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in conjunction with The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic). The aim of the ABC Programme is to test and evaluate prevention and early intervention approaches to improve outcomes for children and families living in 13 areas of disadvantage...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Family Resource Centre Programme is administered by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have asked Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy's query with regard to the issue of funding.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I have requested the required information from Tusla in order to respond to this question. I will forward this information to the Deputy when it has been received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In accordance with section 9 of the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, it is essential to recognise that the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is independent in the performance of its functions. The engagement with witnesses is a matter for the Commission to manage and progress and I do not have any role or information in this regard. The legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In Budget 2018, I secured an additional €3.0m for Tusla to support the Family Resource Centre Programme. The additional funding provided is being used to support the 109 existing Family Resource Centres, and also provides for expansion of the Programme with the inclusion of 11 new centres. Following a public application process, Tusla recently announced the eleven centres which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As part of Budget 2018, I secured an additional €3.0m for Tusla to support the Family Resource Centre Programme in 2018, and was pleased to announce the inclusion of an additional 11 community organisations to the Programme. It is not possible at this stage to speculate as to the level of funding that may be available to Tusla to further support the Family Resource...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department has not written to employers of persons designated as mandated persons under the Children First Act. As with any regulatory regime, it is a matter for each organisation to establish whether it has any statutory obligations under the Act and to discharge those obligations accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: It is the responsibility of each organisation to ensure that its staff receive adequate and appropriate child welfare and protection training to meet their child protection obligations under the Act.  To assist organisations in this regard, my Department and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, worked collaboratively to produce a suite of information and training resources, which were...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Section 8 of the Children First Act defines a relevant person as "a person who is appointed by a provider of a relevant service to be the first point of contact in respect of the provider's child safeguarding statement." It is a matter for each provider to appoint a relevant person for the purposes of the child safeguarding statement. While this person may be the child protection officer of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department will not be monitoring all organisations providing relevant services to children to establish whether they have developed a child safeguarding statement. The obligations of all Government Departments regarding oversight and compliance with the Children First Act are set out in section 27 of that Act.  Section 27 requires each Government Department to prepare and publish a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Children First Act 2015 was fully commenced on 11 December 2017. The provisions commenced on that date include those relating to the obligations on organisations providing services to children to keep children safe from harm, to carry out risk assessments and to prepare and publish Child Safeguarding Statements. Providers of relevant services to children were required to meet...