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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs about the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age who were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form, and the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. The goal of aftercare was to introduce a statutory duty on Tusla to prepare an aftercare plan for young people. I have been spokesperson for children and youth affairs for 12 months and in those 12 months, I cannot say that I have been convinced that it is being delivered. I have to hand last year's Empowering People in Care, EPIC, report, which spoke...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: Hearing that funding has been secured is welcome but could we look at this in a different way? When I hear about Youth Advocate Programmes, YAP, Ireland Ltd, the wonderful work it does and how it is trying to source funding for advocates, I wonder why we are not investing in the groups that are already there. Why do we not give funding to EPIC and YAP? We know there is a shortage of social...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on widespread forecasts that child care fees will increase in September 2017 as a result of increased demand under the single affordable childcare scheme, in view of the fact that up to 9,000 households that were initially promised targeted levels of subsidy will now receive the universal level of subsidy. [22523/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on widespread forecasts that child care fees will increase in September 2017 as a result of increased demand under the single affordable childcare scheme in view of the fact that up to 9,000 households that were initially promised targeted levels of subsidy will now receive the universal level of subsidy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. The reason I asked the question, in light of the fact the scheme would be in before September 2017 and the fact that people were led to believe what their entitlements might have been, is that there will be a gap between the qualifications for certain families. There are approximately 9,000 families more or less who will not qualify but who will get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: This all hinges on when the ICT infrastructure is up and running - in 2018 or whenever the Minister can indicate that it will be up and running. Will those parents then be in a position to get payments backdated if there was a difference in the fees during the year? They have been disenfranchised in the 12 months from 2017 to 2018. I know they will receive the universal level of subsidy,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures that have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number which remain unallocated; and the number of these that are deemed high risk. [22525/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: This is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures that have been referred to Tusla since 2011, the number which remain unallocated and the number of those that are deemed to be at high risk.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. I, too, acknowledge that it is a very complex issue. Although I have a script in my hand, I feel compelled to depart from it. People do not realise the gravity of this matter. It is about what happens when a person makes a disclosure in adulthood about an incident that happened during childhood. The person has found the courage to come forward, yet...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. Adult disclosure referrals are being categorised as low priority. I asked the chief executive of Tusla when he was before an Oireachtas committee recently how adult disclosures are categorised, and they are low priority. That set off alarm bells for me. I still think about the children who are at risk. We need a strategy that seeks to educate, create awareness...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the community crèches remain viable in view of the decision to exclude community employment workers from child-worker ratios; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22332/17]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister stated her view that the majority of community crèches were working well financially, but my opinion differs. Many community crèches are held together on a shoestring and by sellotape and are living on the lifeline presented by the introduction of the affordable child care scheme. With the removal of community employment workers, who played an integral part in child...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: To follow on from that, we can be innovative. One of the great services that community crèches provide is the baby room, but it is the largest cost in the community sector. The baby room ratio is 3:1. For every three babies, there is one worker. If six babies are in the room, perhaps a community employment worker could be brought in to facilitate the service. Could community...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns that up to 9,000 families that were to receive a targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable childcare scheme will now receive the universal level of subsidy instead; and her plans to support childcare affordability for these families, particularly if prices rise under the single affordable childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government has not recommissioned the SAVI report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22331/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures which have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number that remain unallocated; and the number of those which are deemed high risk. [22330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken in relation to strengthening the Fraud Act 2001 with regard to gambling on sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22541/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 May 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has conducted an economic analysis on the potential impact of the single affordable child care scheme on child care prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22427/17]