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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: Who is the playground run by?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: I presume that the county council is responsible for its maintenance.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy can supply the details to me and I can follow up on that matter.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: Obviously the child care capital grants would be the place. We have given out funding and I hope the same funding will be available next year. We did give out funding for capital grants to improve play group spaces. There might be a particular issue because the playground is in a park, as opposed to a centre. It probably falls under the remit of the council as opposed to our grounds.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 40 - Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (10 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: Play and recreational grants will also be available this year.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: What we are discussing here are circumstances where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of the mother and that regardless of the stage the pregnancy has reached, she has the right to have her life saved. That is the key point.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: We do not want to compromise in this regard but that is what the amendments seek to do. If accepted, they would lead to a compromise being made in the context of saving the life of the mother. It must be remembered that the obligation in both the legislation and the Constitution is to the effect that every effort must be made to save the life of the unborn as well. Unlike other countries,...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: That is not the case.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Reports (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has sought the information requested by the Deputy from the HSE and I will provide the Deputy with the information as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: In Budget 2013, €2.75 million in capital funding was secured to support the ongoing improvement of the childcare sector via the 2013 Childcare Capital Programme. This programme is being implemented by Pobal on behalf of my Department. The following details the county breakdown of the funding allocated to qualifying childcare services. Childcare Capital Programme 2013 - Approved...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: A sum of €25.760 million has been made available to my Department in 2013 to support capital developments. This funding package is for a range of projects and initiatives including the development of the National Children's Detention Facilities as well funding for the Childcare Capital Programme and Youth Organisations and Services. The items funded in Waterford were principally under...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 and 215 together. The 2013 capital programme, for which €2.75 million was available, was highly oversubscribed, with 1372 applicants seeking in total over €6 million. Applications within each strand were scored on the quality and need for the application and on the deprivation score of the area according to the Pobal Haas index. It was...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Financial Resolution (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move:That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution: - for the charging, in accordance with regulations made under the Act by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority, of fees by the Authority in respect of the performance of its functions, the provision of services and the carrying out of activities by the Authority under the Act; and - for the payment in accordance...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Supports (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: I thank Deputy Wall for raising this important topic. Many changes have been made in the after-care area to deal with the precise situation he described. Clearly, it is completely unsatisfactory that the young woman he met had 25 placements. If she has found a stable placement, we should be in a position to support her, even if she has reached the age of 18. I ask the Deputy to bring the...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Supports (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The issue of contact with natural family is dependent on a range of factors and I do not want to comment on an individual case. One must always ask whether it is in the best interests of the young person to have contact because there may be cases where it is not. I want to make that point. Sometimes young people deserve a second chance with another family and it sounds like that young...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy will be aware that the Minister for Social Protection has responsibility for social assistance and income supports, including the Guardian's Payment Scheme. A child requires to be taken into the care of the State, where they cannot live with their parents either on a short or long-term basis. The HSE will, in the first instance, seek a suitable relative or person known to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The responsibility for the registration of intercountry adoptions is a matter for the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI), an independent quasi judicial entity established under the Adoption Act 2010. It is a matter for the AAI to ensure that all adoptions are made in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Act 2010. Accordingly, as Minister, it is not open to me to intervene in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The overall budget for the youth sector in 2013 is €53.498m. Within this total funding, €1.75m has been provided for a new capital funding programme. This funding 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 work sector. The Youth Service referred to by...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (16 Jul 2013)

Frances Fitzgerald: The responsibility for the registration of intercountry adoptions is a matter for the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI), an independent quasi judicial entity established under the Adoption Act 2010. It is a matter for the AAI to ensure that all adoptions are made in accordance with the provisions of the Adoption Act 2010. Accordingly, as Minister, it is not open to me to intervene in...