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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, which provides support for sessional pre-school, full time, part time and after school places, is targeted at disadvantaged or low income families and eligibility is based on means-tested entitlements. The Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme supports parents who are endeavouring to enter or return to the workforce...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The After-School Child Care (ASCC) scheme was introduced in October 2013 under the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme specifically to provide after-school care for primary school children for certain categories of working parents for a once-off period of 52 weeks. The number of children who availed of this support in the period up until 30 June 2014 is 154. My...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The financial allocation for the Child and Family Agency in 2014, its first year of operation, was set at €609m, including €7m in capital funding. This included an additional revenue provision of €6.7m (€12.0m in a full year) to support the reform of Child Welfare and Protection Services by the Agency this year. It is acknowledged that delivering the range of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Funding (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: Tusla was established on a statutory basis with effect from 1 January 2014. The new Agency took over responsibility for children and family services previously provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and also assumed responsibility for the operations of both the National Education Welfare Board (NEWB) and Family Support Agency (FSA). A due diligence process was undertaken to identify...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The legal costs incurred by the Child and Family Agency to May 2014 are €14.2 million. These costs include payments for services delivered prior to the establishment of Tusla and also include payments to Guardians ad Litem and to their legal representatives. The legal costs are in line with those incurred in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815 and 816 together. There are a number of services available to those affected by the matters being considered in the context of Mother and Baby Homes. My Department has worked with the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the need for access to information and support. The telephone Information line available for people seeking information or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 817 and 818 together. As pointed out to the Deputy in reply to a previous Question on this matter on 10 April 2014, this Department is in the process of introducing a number of reforms with a view to improving the quality of early years services. Legislation to strengthen the current inspection regime and underpin the Early Years Quality Agenda has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 819 and 820 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Area-Based Childhood (ABC) Programme funded by my Department with co-funding by the Atlantic Philanthropies, targets investment in evidence-informed interventions to improve the long-term outcomes for children and families living in areas of disadvantage. It aims to break “the cycle of child poverty...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The School Completion Programme (SCP) 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 its target cohort. The SCP is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills' DEIS Action Plan for Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has undertaken to establish a Commission of Investigation into the concerns that have arisen in relation to Mother and Baby Homes. The decision to establish a Commission of Investigation into these matters received the unanimous endorsement of this House and I intend to report back to the House before summer recess on the progress being made to establish the Commission. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: It is my intention to publish the 2013 Annual Report of my Department in Autumn of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Crèche Facilities (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 824 and 835 together. I refer the House to the reply of my immediate predecessor, Minister Flanagan, to Deputy McGrath on 9 July 2014 in this matter. It is a matter of record that the Centre at Darndale has been experiencing cash flow difficulties. The Centre incurred expenditure of €2.022m in 2013 and received funding amounting to €1.96m,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: 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. Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds 1 and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: In recent years capital funding has been made available to my Department to support the provision of new youth cafés. In 2013 a capital allocation of €1.55m for new youth cafés was made available by my Department. Pobal assisted my Department with the 2013 scheme. In all 95 applications were received and some 30 proposals were approved for funding. These projects are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Dialogue (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I am conscious of the efforts made by Philomena Lee to highlight issues in relation to adoption information and tracing and illegal registrations. I understand that an invitation to meet was issued by my predecessor Minister Fitzgerald. I would welcome the opportunity to meet Philomena Lee in the course of my work as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Data (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with this information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Suicide Prevention (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with this information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department and agencies under the remit of my Department engage with the public through a wide variety of means including electronic media, the national press and day to day engagement with those coming in contact with the Department and its agencies. Many of these engagements are not amenable to financial quantification. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs website is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Persons Hotline (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 831, 834, 836 and 837 together. Funding for the operation of the Missing Children Hotline is being provided by my Department and the EU, through its Daphne funding stream, and not by Tusla, (the Child and Family Agency). As is the case with other services, funding requirements for the operation of this service going forward will be considered in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (15 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a free and universal programme which provides a free preschool year to all eligible children. Children are eligible to avail of the free preschool year where they are aged more than 3 years 2 months and less than 4 years 7 months at 1 September in the relevant year. Children born between 2 February 2010 and 30 June 2011 will...