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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (29 Nov 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is correct. I am aware of it.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (29 Nov 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Am I correct in stating that the Deputy is referring to the triple-P positive parenting programme?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (29 Nov 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I will address that matter.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (29 Nov 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Gordon Jeyes is examining the entire area of high-level support at present. There is an intention to rationalise the services in order to see if we can move children into high-support fostering. There has never been a national approach to this matter in the past. Mr. Jeyes has assumed overall responsibility for working with the sector on a national level. I completely take the Deputy's...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (29 Nov 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The only capital funding we have at present is that which relates to the youth cafés.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 546 together. In 2012, €39,712,927 will be distributed by my Department to 477 youth projects throughout the country. The allocations are distributed to the youth projects through 39 administering agencies/bodies that hold funding administration status. These include VECs, national youth organisations and 11 other bodies including some...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Service (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government has given approval to the drafting of a Bill to establish the Child and Family Support Agency. Work on the preparation of the legislation is proceeding as a priority and the intention is that the Agency will be established in early 2013. In order to inform the content of the legislation the Government has decided that upon establishment the Child and Family Support Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychotherapy and Counselling Services (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Family Support Agency (FSA) provides funding to support the work of voluntary and community organisations in the provision of marriage, relationship, child and bereavement counselling services. The objective is to support continuity and stability in family life. The grants support both national and local voluntary organisations in helping people to deal with difficulties they are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. I welcome the recent publication of the Economic Assessment of the Value of Youth Work carried out by Indecon on behalf of the National Youth Council of Ireland. The report illustrates the breadth, depth and value of the youth work sector in Ireland. It indicates that the youth work sector received in excess of €79 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those from disadvantaged communities, by the voluntary youth sector. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Work Advisory Committee (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: In line with the Youth Work Act 2001, invitations have been sought for the appointment of a new National Youth Work Advisory Committee (NYWAC). The Committee comprises 32 members representing voluntary and statutory youth work interests and a chairperson and most nominations have now been received. I expect to announce details of the membership of the Committee shortly. The NYWAC is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those from disadvantaged communities, by the voluntary youth sector. Funding of €56.806m has been provided to my Department to support the provision of youth services and programmes in 2012. Details of funding allocations in 2012 for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those from disadvantaged communities, by the voluntary youth sector. These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme, the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund and certain other provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Nearly all pre-school services in the State are now participating in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, which provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children in the year before they commence primary school. This programme requires that staff members acting as pre-school year leaders hold a childcare qualification equivalent to FETAC Level 5 on the National...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department is developing a new Children and Young People’s Policy Framework to cover the five year period from 2013 to 2017. It will build on Our Children - Their Lives, Ireland’s first children’s strategy which was published in 2000. This high-level policy framework will also facilitate the preparation of a number of more detailed strategies including...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Consultancy Contracts (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department was formally established on the 2nd June 2011. Information is provided from that date for the named individuals. Producing the Report on the Independent Child Death Review €74,133.58 Producing reports in his capacity as Special Rapporteur on Child Protection €39,952.50 Adoption Policy €8237.19 Geoffrey Shannon as above. No payments were made directly...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) has accredited ARC Adoptions Ltd. and Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency for activities in relation to facilitating adoptions from Vietnam. It is now open to both Irish agencies to apply to the Vietnamese authorities for a licence to operate in Vietnam prior to the commencement of adoptions from that country. The criteria which apply to all such...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cross-Border Co-operation (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: There are no projects in which my Department cooperates directly with the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister in the North. The ongoing North South work of my Department takes place under the auspices of the North South Ministerial Council. Examples of some of the important work approached on a collaborative basis between my officials and their counter parts in Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand that the Deputy is referring specifically to an application for Lottery Funding from the Early Learning Initiative at the National College of Ireland. I can confirm that an application for funding has been received and is currently under consideration. The Deputy may wish to note that over 500 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Service Executive Staff Responsibilities (4 Dec 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: Figures supplied by the HSE indicate that the number of whole time equivalent (WTE) social workers employed in the children and families area was 1,300 at the end of July 2012. In advance of the establishment of the new Child and Family Support Agency, work is ongoing regarding the disaggregation of the children and families resource base from the HSE. Consequently the number of social...