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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is fully funded by my Department and the rule in relation to the return of booking deposits relating to ECCE services remains unchanged. "Booking deposits may be taken from parents provided such booking deposits are no more than four times the weekly capitation fee applicable to the pre-school service. The deposit must be repaid in full...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Officials from my Department made enquires with Tusla on this matter. Tusla have confirmed that their Early Years Inspectorate is continuing to engage with the Registered Provider of this service as part of the inspection and registration process. They stated that there are a range of issues in relation to lack of compliance with regulations which need to be resolved. On 10 September 2018 the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the grants and funding issued to religious organisations and persons under the programmes and schemes administered by my Department since its establishment in 2011 are set out hereunder. Youth Service Grant Scheme- funding is made available on an annual basis to 30 national and major regional voluntary organisations. The continued funding of voluntary youth organisations through...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have been informed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency that, of the 22 cases to which the Deputy refers, 11 have been closed. Of the 11 cases that remain open, 9 are allocated to a social worker. The remaining 2 case are awaiting allocation.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have been informed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that there is one child residing at the Mosney Direct Provision Centre who is on the Child Protection Notification System (CPNS).

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that neither I nor any of my Department officials have had meetings with the person concerned or meetings with representatives of companies referred to. I was once briefly introduced to the person referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Educational Welfare Service of Tusla has advised my Department that it currently employs 12.2 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs) in North Dublin and 14.5 FTE EWOs in South Dublin. This averages out as 8,882 students per officer in North Dublin and 8,113 in South Dublin. The EWOs are divided among four teams, each of which is managed by a Senior Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP)Programmes are childcare programmes targeted to support parents/guardians on a low income to avail of reduced childcare costs at participating community and private childcare services. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA)pays for a portion of the childcare costs for eligible children, with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme provides for a programme of early learning for children before commencing primary school. The ECCE Programme currently runs for 38 weeks per calendar year, with eligible children entitled to a maximum of 61 weeks in the years before they begin primary school education. The table shows the cost of increasing the number of weeks available...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy may be aware, responsibility for the National Educational Welfare Board which included the School Completion Programme (SCP) 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 SCP was transferred to the Agency. The SCPs are funded in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Educational Welfare Service of Tusla (EWS) has advised that the table below outlines the numbers of primary and post-primary schools included in the School Completion Programme (SCP), since it transferred to Tusla on its establishment in 2014. Year No. Primary Schools in SCP No. Post-Primary Schools in SCP 2014 470 224 2015 470 224 2016 470 222 2017 470 220 2018 470 219 The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am very conscious that the School Completion Programme (SCP) delivers a valuable service for some of our most vulnerable young people. The Programme is a core and continuing component of provision under the Educational Welfare Services (EWS). Tusla EWS have advised that approximately 38,000 children and young people per annum have come into contact with the programme annually, since SCP's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The ABC Programme is a prevention and early intervention initiative, targeting investment in effective services to improve the outcomes for children and families living in areas of disadvantage, established in 2013. A key purpose of the ABC programme is to identify the learning across the sites, and transfer this learning into existing and established services. To this end, and in line...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The independent Selection Panel which I appointed to nominate representatives to the Forum for my consideration, selected 19 applicants from the expressions of interest received. All 20 members of the Collaborative Forum, which includes the Chairman, are Ministerial appointments. Should a vacancy arise, I will consider any further appointments on a case by case basis, having due regard...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that I have had no engagements, meetings or correspondence with the person concerned.  I was once briefly introduced to the person referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In my view the report from the Disclosures Tribunal is devastating in its assessment of the poor management, supervision and record management in Tusla's Cavan Monaghan area.  It is clear that the standards of local management and administration expected from a publicly funded body were not met. In this context, the apology made by Tusla to the McCabe family is the least...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy is referring to an independent review which I intend to commission, in agreement with the Minister for Justice and Equality, to examine and report on the management of a complex and serious case of alleged child abuse and neglect involving sixteen children in four families. While there is no evidence of any serious mishandling of the case by either Tusla or An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The types of funding available to local authorities from my Department primarily relate to youth programmes and services. In addition, my Department provides funding for national recreation and play funding, children participation activities and children and young people's services committees.  The amount of funding in the period concerned is set out in tabular format below. -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Protected Disclosures (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I would like to inform the Deputy that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on disclosures under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 relating to any individual. I have referred the Deputy's question to the Board of Tusla for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Protected Disclosures (23 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: It would not be appropriate to comment on disclosures under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 relating to any individual. I have referred the Deputy's question to Tusla for direct reply.