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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Priorities (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Services which support children and young people structure and span the policy and operational domains of my Department. These are foregrounded in policy through Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures and supported by structures such as Children and Young People's Services Committees. These support and guide the range of services and supports across DCYA, its agencies and constituent sectors....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homelessness Strategy (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Homelessness among children and families remains a serious problem. In September there were 1,173 families in emergency accommodation, including 1,568 adults and 2,426 dependents. I am committing to supporting implementation of Rebuilding Ireland: the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. We have made some progress in this regard, but more remains to be done. The Dublin Region Homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: My Department does not have a dedicated scheme in place through which groups, bodies or organisations can apply for funding for the purposes mentioned by the Deputy. However, the Deputy will be aware that my Department provides funding for the Child and Family Agency, Tusla. Budget 2017 provides €713 million for Tusla, representing an increase of €37 million on the current...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: In recognition of the higher risks and life-long consequences of child poverty, the Government set a child-specific poverty target in Better Outcomes, Better Future: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020 to reduce consistent child poverty by at least two-thirds by 2020. This figure currently represents 100,000 children. In order to understand and improve the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bullying of Children (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Bullying Data from Wave One Data Collection from the Child Cohort in Growing Up in Ireland (at age nine) revealed: A total of 40% of nine-year-olds reported being victims of bullying in the past year, and boys and girls experienced similar rates of victimisation. Prevalence rates based on information provided by the child’s mother were substantially lower than rates based on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Currently, Oberstown Children Detention Campus (Oberstown) provides a total of up to 54 places for young people ordered to be remanded in custody or committed to serve a sentence of detention by the courts (48 boys and 6 girls). This provides places for girls up to the age of 18, for boys up to the age of 18 who are remanded in custody and up to the age of 17 who are sent by the courts to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (9 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: In 2016 some €2.6m has been allocated to my Department for a capital funding scheme for youth projects and services. The scheme was open to projects that are funded by the Department under the Special Projects for Youth scheme, Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund, Local Drugs Task Force Projects scheme and Youth Information Centres scheme. The scheme was also open to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The information requested is not readily available in my Department. My officials have requested the information from Tusla and I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with it.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (9 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: There are no contingent assets in my Department. I have also been informed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the Ombudsman for Children's Office and the Adoption Authority of Ireland that none of those organisations hold any contingent assets.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (9 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Consideration of financial contributions by my Department over the period 2016 – 2018 for a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland (SAVI 2) research project gives rise to a number of issues: the availability of funding, the prioritisation of expenditure, competing demands in the area of research and requisite public procurement considerations. With regard to funding, I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: As Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I remain concerned about the children who were in the unofficial camp near Calais. I am also mindful of our commitments to unaccompanied children in camps in Greece and Italy, some of whom are living in poor conditions. I have asked Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to review its ability to provide safety and protection to greater numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The School Completion Programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of young people who are risk of educational disadvantage. The programme is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’ DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Arising from Budget 2017, I will shortly be issuing Tusla with its 2017 Performance Statement in line with the provisions of the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013. Tusla will, in response to the Performance Statement, prepare a Business Plan for 2017 which will be submitted to me for consideration. The precise level of funding to be allocated to the Family Resource Centre Programme will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The information requested is not readily available in my Department. My officials have requested the information from Tusla and I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with it.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (10 Nov 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: Youth Employment Initiative (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Earlier this year, I announced details of the €600,000 Youth Employability Initiative which is funded under the Dormant Accounts scheme. Under the Initiative 28 youth projects will receive grants to support innovative programmes that target disadvantaged young people who are most at risk of unemployment and who are not in education, employment or training. The programmes will aim to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to increase the mandatory school leaving age to 17. The Education (Welfare) Act 2000, which is the relevant legislation in relation to this commitment, comes under the remit of my Department. I will work closely with the Minister for Education and Skills in the development of the legislative proposals and in the context of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 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: National Youth Strategy (10 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Programme for Government (2016) gives a commitment to develop a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Youth Strategy. This is a key commitment for my Department in the Programme for Government and also makes a contribution towards the Government’s broader commitment to continue to strive for full inclusion of LGBT people in Ireland. The development of this Strategy will be led by...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (15 Nov 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency provides a range of supports for families, including those affected by family breakdown. These supports include, for example, the provision of counselling services. I have asked Tusla to provide me with details of current service provision in this area and I will forward this information to the Deputy when available.