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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and involve approximately 1,400 youth work staff in 477 projects and 40,000 volunteers working in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection and, if necessary, to receive a child into the care of the State. I am satisfied that Tusla takes its responsibility very seriously regarding the welfare of children in care and that there is a robust framework of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to assure the Deputy that Tusla deals immediately with emergency cases, including for instance, if a child has been abandoned or is in immediate physical danger or at immediate risk of sexual abuse. Social work duty teams keep high priority cases under review by regularly checking to ascertain risk to the child, and where necessary will reprioritise the case. The Child and Family...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: It is important to note that a range of rehabilitative supports is offered to every child entering the children detention school as part of an overall programme, focused on their individual needs. The extent to which each child avails of these services depends on the individual profile in each case. On admission, every child is assigned a specific member of staff who acts as the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: A suggested living wage of €11.50 per hour would equate to an annual salary of €22,203. This is based on a standard civil service net working week of 37 hours. The annual additional cost of introducing the suggested living wage for those civil servants in my Department currently under this threshold would be in the region of €6,500 per annum. It should be noted that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Living Wage (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: It is important that Ireland’s statutory National Minimum Wage and the Living Wage concept are not conflated. The Living Wage is a voluntary societal initiative centred on the social, business and economic case to ensure that, wherever it can be afforded, employers will pay a rate of pay that provides an income that is sufficient to meet an individual’s basic needs, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: It is estimated that the cost of extending the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme to the number of weeks specified by the Deputy, assuming 60% of children will attend higher rate services and 40% of children will attend standard rate services, would be as follows: No of Weeks Estimated Cost 40 Weeks €17,520,704 42 weeks €35,041,408 The expansion of the ECCE...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Funding of €1.5m was allocated for Learner Fund 4 in Budget 2016 to support up to 1,000 early years practitioners to undertake and complete the Level 6 qualification, which is a requirement for pre-school leaders delivering the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. As of July 20th, funding of €548,760.00 has been approved, and €181,090.80 has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Family Resource Centres have an important role in offering early intervention and support to families in difficulty. The level of funding provided in 2016 demonstrates the Government's support for child and family services around the country. There are currently 108 communities supported through the Family Resource Centre Programme funded by Tusla. In 2016, Tusla is providing...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Since early 2015, my Department has supported intensive engagement with Pobal and Longford County Childcare Committee to maintain childcare provision in the service in question. Unfortunately, following an EGM of the board in March 2016, my Department was informed of the intention to proceed with an orderly wind-down of the service. My Department recognises that the service in question...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Data (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: My Department has received 43 Freedom of Information requests to date in 2016. Of those requests, 15 were fully refused and 4 partially refused.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Expenditure (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the mileage and other travel expenses claimed by me in the performance of my official duties since 6thMay 2016 to date are as follows: - the sum of €446.74 was obtained in mileage costs towards the use of my private motor vehicle. The total distance claimable was 756 km; - the sum of €424.37 was claimed in respect of the provision of Business Class 11 insurance cover...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Advisers Data (21 Jul 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Both of my Special Adviser appointments have been made in accordance with Instructions for Ministerial Appointments as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in June 2016. Name Position Held Current Salary Patricia Ryan Special Adviser €79,401 Jerry O'Connor Special Adviser (Media) €79,401

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Before I address the motion specifically, I thank the House for spending some time installing a sound system in the Dáil. As someone with profound hearing loss and as a user of hearing aids, I can now hear due to the fact that we have a loop system. I have been at an extreme disadvantage over the last number of months, but today I can hear and am grateful for that. I welcome today's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Early childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme is administrative in nature, and as such, ECCE enrolments are not offered on the basis of legislative or statutory provisions. However, any scheme funded by Government must have a strong governance regime in place to ensure taxpayers’ money is spent appropriately. From the inception of ECCE, services that have chosen to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency allocates funding for a network of 60 organisations that provide services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence in Ireland. This includes 20 services that provide some 145 family units of emergency refuge accommodation to women and children. Tearmann Domestic Violence service which is based in Monaghan town provides support, information...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commencement of Legislation (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Part 11 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 amends the Adoption Act 2010 to provide for the joint adoption of a child by civil partners and cohabiting couples. Part 11 of the 2015 Act requires amendment in order to ensure that the 2010 Act adequately protects the rights of those persons whose consent to an adoption is required and to generally ensure a robust legislative basis...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: AIM, which is a new programme of supports to enable children with a disability to access and fully participate in the free pre-school programme, is administered by Pobal on behalf of this Department. The degree of support provided will depend on the needs of the child in the context of the pre-school service. This Department has made enquiries of Pobal in relation to your query and it...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: In anticipation of increased demand for places in the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme, the Department introduced a number of measures to assist Early Years providers and ensure sufficient capacity. My Department provided capital funding of €4m to services throughout the country to increase capacity. I subsequently received approval from the Minister for Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The information requested by the Deputy relating to travel and subsistence expenses in the Department is set out in the following table: YEAR Tand S EXPENDITURE (€000) 2011 66 2012 102 2013 136 2014 78 2015 109 2016 (to end July) 94All travel and subsistence claims in my Department are paid in line with the travel and subsistence circulars as issued by the Department of Public...