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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: In public law proceedings, under the Child Care Act 1991, a guardian ad litemmay be appointed by a Court where the Court considers this necessary in the interests of the child and in the interests of justice. Provision for such services in private family law proceedings is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality. Responsibility for guardian ad litempayments in child care...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Out of Hours Service (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency provides a range of services aimed at addressing emergency situations in the area of child welfare and protection. In the main, these emergency situations arise out of hours. At present, out-of-hours emergency services for children at risk in the greater Dublin area are provided by the Child and Family Agency through the Crisis Intervention Service (CIS). The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Children First Bill, 2014, which will put elements of the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children (2011) on a statutory footing was published in April. It has completed second stage in the Dáil, and the remaining stages will be scheduled after the summer recess. The introduction of this legislation is in line with a key Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Provision (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward this to the Deputy when it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Prevention and Early Intervention Programme was co-funded during 2007-2013 by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), to examine innovative and integrated ways to improve outcomes for children. Total funding of €36m was made available to the programme. It supported initiatives in three sites in Tallaght, Ballymun and Darndale. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: It is intended to proceed to finalise legislative proposals so that I may bring a general scheme and Heads of Bill on adoption information and tracing to the Government as soon as possible with a view to early publication. Subsequent consideration by the Oireachtas Health and Children Committee will allow the issues to be carefully teased out and the views of different interested parties...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Bullying Issues (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I share the member’s concerns and recognise the scale of our challenge is considerable: there are an ever increasing number of social media outlets and platforms to use them on. Research on the problem shows there are no simple answers and there is no magic solution to tackling this complex social issue. The Minister of Communications established an Internet Content Governance...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The statutory functions of the Child and Family Agency, established on 1 January 2014, include responsibility for child welfare and protection services formerly operated by the HSE; child and family-related services for which the HSE formerly had responsibility, including pre-school inspections and domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services; and services formerly provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Internal Audit of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme was initiated by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs as part of a programme of Internal Audits to review all major expenditure programmes in the Department. A total of some €175 million is spent on the ECCE scheme annually in which some 68,000 children receive free pre-school care. Objective review...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Homelessness Strategy (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department commissioned the Centre for Effective Services (CES) to undertake a review of the implementation of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, 2001 to establish the extent that the strategy has been successful and to identify any blockages or challenges to its implementation. The report, published in July 2013, found that there have been significant improvements in the service response...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The financial allocation for the Child and Family Agency in 2014, its first year of operation, was set at €609 million, including €7 million in capital funding. This included an additional revenue provision of €6.7 million (€12 million in a full year) to support the reform of Child Welfare and Protection Services by the Agency this year. It is acknowledged that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 822 and 829 together. I currently have two special advisors appointed to me, both of whom have been placed on the Principal Officer Standard Scale in accordance with Department of Finance instructions on Ministerial appointments. Special Adviser Point on Principal Officer Standard Scale Annual Remuneration Mark Costigan Max Point €87,258 Camille...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Gender Balance Issues (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I would like to inform the Deputy that since my Department was established in June 2011 to the present time, five non-commercial State agencies have been funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote, namely the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Family Support Agency, the National Educational Welfare Board and the Ombudsman for Children. With effect from...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be aware that I have just recently been appointed to this role. However, I can assure the Deputy that I will be giving full consideration, in conjunction with senior officials in my Department, to identifying my priorities for the remainder of my term of office. There is much work to be done and it is not without its challenges. Obviously, to deliver in full on our...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Briefing (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I can inform the Deputy that I have no difficulty in providing a copy of the briefing that I received on entering office in this Department or in publishing the same briefing, subject to any necessary redactions that might be appropriate and consistent with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department was newly established in June 2011. It brought together functions and staff from the Departments of Health, Justice, Education and Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs. When the amalgamation of all was complete in January 2012 the staffing complement in my Department was 132.19 whole time equivalents. In accordance with the moratorium on Recruitment and Promotions...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I understand that the Deputy is enquiring if sufficient resources are at the disposal of my Department in 2014 to meet the cost of programmes and services including those where Service Level Agreements are in place. The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2014 allocated gross funding to my Department of some €997 million which includes over €955 million in current funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Interdepartmental Meetings (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department engages on an ongoing basis with other Departments with regard to services for children. Interdepartmental engagement takes place at a variety of levels ranging from day-to-day contact between my officials and counterparts in other Departments, up to high level interdepartmental groups addressing issues of national importance. It is not feasible to quantify all meetings between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the committee for this opportunity address it. I know the Chairman might have a difficult job keeping the unruly visitors in the Visitors Gallery quiet, all one of them. On a serious note, I am very pleased to update the Joint Committee on Health and Children in support of its quarterly review of my Department's work. Today's meeting provides me with my first opportunity to meet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I thank members. I will try to go through as many of the questions as possible myself and will refer to the Secretary General where necessary. Deputy Troy asked me the reason I would not include my priorities into my opening statement. First, I would like to give further consideration to the areas I would like to prioritise. Second, the priorities that spring to mind immediately obviously...