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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: The Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), which is based in my Department, continues to work to progress its goal to strengthen and develop its evidence base in order to support more effective policies and services for children in conflict with the law, which is one of the goals of the current Youth Justice Action Plan for the period 2014-2018. The IYJS continues to collect and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: In some 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. In 2012 €.5m was allocated to the scheme. Pobal assisted my Department with the 2013 scheme. In all 95 applications were received and some 30...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: Decisions in relation to foster care rates for 2015 are under consideration and have not been taken as yet.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As pointed out to the Deputy in response to his previous question on this matter, additional capital funding of €5 million was made available to my Department in the current year under the Phase 4 Infrastructure Stimulus introduced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. However, this funding will not be allocated in the current year as it would not be possible for it...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: My Department implements the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme and three Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes - the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme, the Community Employment Childcare (CEC) programme and the Afterschool Childcare (ASCC) programme - which provide childcare supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As part of the Estimates process for Budget 2015 I secured additional funding to help drive key priorities in the reform of children and young people`s services in 2015. I believe that Budget 2015 confirms the Government’s commitment to supporting children and families. The level of funding provided, and the range of services available, is by any measure, very significant. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: In Budget 2013, this Department together with the Minister for Social Protection announced a new €14 million After-school Childcare (ASCC) Programme. The programme is part of the Government’s overall strategy to support low-income and unemployed persons to return to the workforce and is targeted at families that are most in need at a critical time in their progression into...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 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. 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: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As part of the estimates process for Budget 2015 I am pleased to say that I secured gross funding of €1,010 million for my Department to deliver important reform and service developments to support children and young people next year. This includes a provision of €975 million in current expenditure and €35 million in capital expenditure, which in Vote terms, represents an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children was published in 2011. Each Government Department has responsibility for child protection within its own sector, including compliance with the relevant guidance. On a more general note, my Department is taking a lead role in the cross-sectoral implementation of Children First. A Children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme provides for one free pre-school year for all eligible children before commencing primary school. The ECCE programme is funded by my Department through the provision of capitation grants paid directly to participating services. The standard capitation fee paid to participating services is €62.50 per week per eligible child....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Services (22 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: I have referred the issue to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency (the Agency) for attention and to furnish a report on the matter to my Officials. However, as this relates to an individual case, I would not consider it appropriate for me to comment here and I would note that the day to day management of a case is an operational matter for the Agency. As the Deputy may be aware psychological...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (22 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As these are service matters, I have asked the Child and Family Agency to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (23 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: A report prepared by the Child and Family Agency – "Measuring the Pressure" - indicates that at the end of June 2014, the Agency was providing 19,766 children with a social work service. The Report also highlights the increasing service challenge facing the Agency, with 9,548 cases waiting to be allocated to a dedicated social worker. Approximately one third of these, (3,240...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Complaints Procedures (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy may appreciate, I will be limited in my response as it is not customary to comment on individual cases. I have been informed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that earlier this year correspondence was received from the person referred to by the Deputy. This correspondence referred to issues that had previously been the subject of a substantive reply from the HSE, which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance Data (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The recognition of schools is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills under the Education Act 1998. The Child and Family Agency, established in 2014 under the aegis of my Department, has statutory responsibility to ensure that each child attends a recognised school or otherwise receives a certain minimum education. The Child and Family Agency maintains a register...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is implemented by my Department and provides a free preschool year to all children before they commence primary school. An advance payment is made to participating child care providers at the end of August each year and is based on the number of children which were enrolled in that service for the free preschool provision in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Records in relation to St. Mary's Children's Home, Dublin Road, Tuam, County Galway are currently held by the Child and Family Agency. Inquiries in relation to these records can be made to the Child and Family Agency, Adoption Services, HR Building, Merlin Park, Galway or Tel: 091 775057.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Section 14 (2) of the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 provides: ‘Where a parent chooses to educate, or to have educated, his or her child in a place other than a recognised school he or she shall, in accordance with this section, apply to the Child and Family Agency to have the child concerned registered in the register’. The Child and Family Agency has a statutory obligation to...