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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access the ECCE programme. AIM is a child-centred model, involving seven levels of progressive support, moving from the universal to the targeted, based on the needs of the child and the pre-school service. It offers tailored, practical supports based on need and does not...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As per my Department's rules for childcare funding programmes, each building must have a unique reference number: "All facilities/locations operated by a service must have an individual DCYA reference numberand children must attend the facility/ location in which they are registered." Each building must also be inspected by Tusla's Early Years Inspectorate to ensure it meets all regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (2 Jul 2019)

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. The allocation of resources to individual services is an operational matter for Tusla. I have asked Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly with the requested figures. Since becoming Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I have secured...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (3 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Adoption Authority of Ireland is responsible for considering applications for domestic adoption orders, under the Adoption Act 2010 and the Adoption (Amendment) Act 2017. Information on the numbers of adoption orders applied for and granted by the Authority are contained in the Annual Reports of the Authority, which are available to the public on their website. In 2011, the Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Each year Pobal conducts research on behalf of my Department to examine a number of factors related to childcare services in Ireland, including the monitoring of capacity. The Early Years Sector Profile report, which was published in November 2018 and relates to the 2017/2018 programme year, indicates that existing childcare provision nationally meets current needs nationwide in terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is responsible for the administration of the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme. As the allocation of funds within the FRC Programme is an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly. I recognise and value the very positive impact of the work of the Family Resource Centres in supporting families and local...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct reply be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct reply be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct reply be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Offices (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department is located at Miesian Plaza, Lower Baggot Street , Dublin 2 which is leased by the OPW. There are four civil service Departments using this office space and there are 146 indoor and 34 outdoor bike parking spaces available to us. In addition, there are 176 staff lockers available for use of staff.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Transport (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The model of car I use to perform my official duties is a diesel run Hyundai Tucson.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct reply be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (4 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct reply be provided to the Deputy.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for raising this issue. I will restrict my comments to the questions relating to my Ministry, although I heard the Deputy raise some other issues there also. To provide some context for this discussion I will start by stating that I have been fortunate to secure an unprecedented increase of 117% in investment for early learning and care and school age...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: In his initial presentation and in his subsequent intervention, I heard the Deputy make the point that he has concerns about current capacity in his constituency as well as outlining the implications for future capacity of plans to expand housing, etc. To look a bit more at current capacity and unmet needs, one of the ways the Department gets its information, which is perhaps different from...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Applications for the 2019 Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Capital Programme opened on 25th of February and closed on the 27th of March. Under Strand C €1 million was available for the creation of new school age childcare places with a maximum of €20,000 per grant. In early June, following an appraisal process, applicants were notified of the outcome of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 685 and 686 together. The Deputy will be aware that investment in childcare has increased by an unprecedented 117% over the last four budgets, now totalling €575m per year. Given the large amount of public money that is used in funding these programmes, there needs to be an appropriate level of oversight and accountability. Ensuring that this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Six digital marketing campaigns have been run by my Department over the past number of years. Five of the six related to the promotion of LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018 - 2020. The Strategy provides an opportunity to build a more inclusive Ireland for LGBTI+ young people and is the first of its kind in the world. The digital campaign was targeted at social media users. In addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 694 together. My Department has engaged the services of Mazars in the period specified. Mazars have primarily provided consultancy services in respect of internal audits for my Department and are also engaged in a review of internal organisational structures at present. Details of the funding provided (to end of June 2019) is listed in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (9 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The publication the Deputy is referring to is the OECD Education at a Glance Report 2018. This publication, which estimates that Ireland spends 0.1% of GDP on pre-primary education, is based on public investment levels from 2015. I understand the OECD Education at a Glance Report 2019 is currently being drafted. The OECD adopt a number of approaches to calculate Ireland’s...