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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (15 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department has liaised with Tusla to answer this question. Tusla is the independent statutory regulator of early learning and care and school age childcare services in Ireland. In performing its regulatory function, its actions include responding to breaches of regulations while respecting fair procedures and natural justice. Tusla conducted an inspection of the service in question -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Reports (15 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that my attention has not been drawn to the report to which she refers or its contents. I am asking Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to respond directly to the Deputy with regard to the elements of her question that relate to Tusla.  Decisions with regard to the possible release or publication of a commissioned report would be a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department does not currently provide such supports. The Deputy may be aware that AIM - the Access and Inclusion Model - provides both universal and targeted supports for the meaningful participation of children with disabilities in the ECCE pre-school programme. AIM is a child-centred model, involving seven levels of progressive support, moving from the universal to the targeted, based on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency's in-house Legal Services Unit was established in March 2014. The Unit provides specialist legal services and support to Tusla staff and procures external legal services for some functions. I have requested Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy regarding the amount spent by Tusla on external legal...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 to 231, inclusive, together. Over the last two years My Department has received regular progress reports from Scouting Ireland with regards to their governance and safeguarding, and have also regularly met with officials from Scouting Ireland to discuss these.  The most recent progress report was 9 March 2019 and this was followed by a meeting to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy refers to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that they reply directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy refers to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that they reply directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy refers to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that they reply directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy refers to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that they reply directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla is the independent statutory regulator of early learning and care and school age childcare services in Ireland. In performing its regulatory function, its actions include responding to breaches of regulations while respecting fair procedures and natural justice. Tusla has provided my Department with the following information. The Early Years Inspectorate conducted an inspection of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Sector Funding (16 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides funding to many organisations that support children and families throughout the country. As the allocation of such funding is an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 to 285, inclusive, together. Tusla is the independent statutory regulator of early learning and care and school age childcare services in Ireland. In performing its regulatory function, its actions include responding to breaches of regulations while respecting fair procedures and natural justice. Tusla conducted an inspection of the service in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I have received representations from public representatives and members of the public, outlining concerns in relation to the proposed sale of the site to which the Deputy refers. I understand the centre located on the site to which the Deputy refers is in receipt of funding from a number of public bodies. Tusla provides funding to family and community...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The National Childcare Scheme is a key pathway to quality, accessible, affordable childcare in Ireland. It represents a landmark for parents, underpinned by an innovative IT system, and offering the option of paperless, automated assessment.  We know parents have a lot on their plate, so we are designing an application process that will be as safe, speedy and stress-free as...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Scheme (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Childcare Education and Training Support programme (CETS)  which is a part of the overarching Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programme will remain open for new registrations until February 2020 to facilitate certain modular education and training courses' registration requirements. The exact date will be communicated to all childcare providers closer to the time. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 290 together. My Department is expecting a progress report from Scouting Ireland on 30 October 2019 and are planning to have a meeting with officials from Scouting Ireland in November 2019 to discuss same (date to be confirmed).  The report will include an update on all aspects of governance and safeguarding, including relevant figures and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (17 Oct 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Childcare Support Act 2018 makes provision for the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to enter into formal agreements with specific statutory bodies ("sponsor bodies") for the purposes of referring vulnerable children and families to the National Childcare Scheme.  Engagement is progressing well between my officials and each of the bodies in relation to the terms of agreements...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Pobal administers a significant number of schemes and programmes for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, and there is almost daily interaction between the two bodies, involving correspondence to and from several officials of my Department.  The correspondence would arise, for example, in relation to the development of the new National Childcare Scheme, the operation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (17 Oct 2019)

Katherine Zappone: In order for a service to receive funding for AIM Level 7 support, an application must be received and approved on the Programmes Implementation Platform (PIP). Payments are then issued to Services at set intervals during the year. The first payment for the 2019-20 ECCE programme year was 13th September with a subsequent payment due on 18th October. To have received payment on 13 September,...