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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme (NCIP) 2006-2010 under which capital grant funding is made available to community and commercial child care providers for the development of child care facilities. With the economic downturn Government expenditure, particularly in the area of new capital commitments, was reviewed earlier this...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware I have responsibility for the implementation of the new scheme to provide a free Pre-School year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), which will commence in January 2010. From September 2010, services participating in the scheme will be required to provide full rather than pro-rata pre school year places. Parents will be encouraged to avail of the free...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware I have responsibility for the implementation of the new scheme to provide a free Pre-School year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), which will commence in January 2010. A range of options is available to participating pre-school services to provide for the flexible delivery of the new ECCE scheme. A full or part-time day-care service will be required to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As the Deputy will be aware I have responsibility for the implementation of the new scheme to provide a free Pre-School year of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) which was announced recently by the Minister of Finance. During January to August 2010, to take account of the fact that some pre-school services currently accommodate a greater number of children than they have daily places...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291, 293 and 294 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: Under the Child Care Act 1991, as amended, "children's residential centre" means an institution for the residential care of children in the care of the Health Service Executive or of other children in need of adequate care and protection but does not include: (a) an institution managed by or on behalf of a Minister of the Government, (b) an institution in which a majority of the children...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: I understand that the work of the taskforce has recently been completed and that arrangements are being made for the publication of the resulting report and recommendations.

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: My colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, has the lead policy responsibility in relation to social housing. The most recent complete information available to the Health Service Executive indicates that in 2007, 2,991 families were reported to have child welfare concerns. Of these, 193 - or 6% - were deemed to be experiencing difficulty with...

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Social Services: Social Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: As this is a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (9 Jun 2009)

Barry Andrews: The SAVI Report was published by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre in 2002, based on research undertaken by the Health Services Research Centre, established by the Department of Psychology of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Funding towards this valuable research project was provided by my Department and the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. A follow-up report was...