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

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme introduced the first-ever requirement for minimum qualifications for staff working in the child care sector. Prior to the introduction of the programme in January 2010 there was no requirement for staff working directly with children in preschool services to hold any education qualification. It is a requirement of the ECCE programme...

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

James Reilly: Capital funding of €2.5 million is being provided in the current year under the Childcare Capital 2014 programme for the maintenance and upgrade of community/not-for-profit child care services. The objective of this funding is to ensure that previously-funded community facilities remain fit-for-purpose, maintain and improve quality, and to make community services more efficient and...

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

James Reilly: The Centre at Darndale experienced cash flow difficulties in recent months and the matter was the subject of debate within the House previously. It is my understanding that these difficulties have been alleviated as a result of the development and implementation of a revised business plan for 2014 which included the putting in place of cost control and operational measures, identified in a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (4 Nov 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: Child Protection (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I assume that the child safeguarding policies referred to by the Deputy are child safeguarding statements, which are provided for in section 10 of the Children First Bill, 2014. The definition of "child" for the purposes of that Bill, is set out in section 2 of the Bill, and provides it has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Child Care Act, 1991, which is as follows: "child" means a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 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: Youth Cafés Provision (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: In 2013, €1.5m in capital funding was made available to my Department for a Youth Café scheme. Pobal assisted my Department to administer this scheme. In all 95 applications with proposals were received and some 30 proposals for new youth cafés facilities around the country were approved for funding. These projects are now working with Pobal to develop their projects to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Legal challenges to the Provisional Referendum Certificate issued in respect of the Referendum on the 31st Amendment of the Constitution (the Children's Referendum), held on 10 November 2012, are currently before the Supreme Court for determination. The matter of referring the 31st Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 to the President for signing into law, and to give effect...

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

James Reilly: The Adoption Authority of Ireland advises that a total of 320 intercountry adoptions from non-Hague countries have been registered by the Authority since the enactment of the Adoption Act, 2010 in November 2010. The breakdown of adoptions by country is as follows: Ethiopia - 110, Russia - 201, Taiwan - 8 and Ukraine - 1.

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

James Reilly: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs implements a number of childcare support programmes including the Free Pre-School year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes. In relation to the ECCE programme, only children who satisfy the age criteria are entitled to avail of the free...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Crèche Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The State promoted the development of childcare infrastructure by means of considerable capital investment in the period between 1998 and 2008 during which approximately €425 million was invested in the provision of quality childcare services. The majority of this investment was provided to the community childcare sector. This investment was provided to address the increasing demand...

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

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education programme was introduced in January 2010 and provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children before commencing primary school. Approximately 68,000 children are availing of the provision in the current academic year.The free pre-school provision represents an annual investment of approximately €175 million and this funding has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The research to which the Deputy refers is entitled "Examination of concepts of school-readiness among parents and educators"which was funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs under the Irish Research Council’s Research Development Initiative Scheme 2012/13. As part of my Department’s quality control of externally commissioned research, each study is peer reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 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: Departmental Agencies (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I would like to inform the Deputy that three agencies are currently funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency and the Ombudsman for Children's Office. The only one set up since 2011 in this Department is the Child and Family Agency which was established on 1 January 2014. The Child and Family Agency has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home-School Liaison Scheme (5 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 122, inclusive, together. Since its establishment on 1 January 2014, the Child and Family Agency has operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme and Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme, both of which are elements of the School Support Programme under the Department of Education and Skills' DEIS Action Plan for Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (5 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The introduction of a tax credit scheme in the Finance Bill is a matter for Government and the Minister for Finance in the first instance. I am aware of the relatively high cost of childcare in this country and of the difficulties that this presents, particularly where both parents are in employment outside of the home. To help address the issue, funding of €260 million is provided...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (5 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Balgaddy Child and Family Centre has sought to be included within the Family Resource Centre Programme operated by the Child and Family Agency. The Programme is closed at present to new applications. I understand that discussions have been held between the Agency and the Centre, most recently last month. The Centre has been in receipt of philanthropic funding and this funding arrangement...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (5 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I can inform the Deputy that two State Bodies which are currently funded by the Exchequer through my Department's vote have governing Boards. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency. Since 1st January 2012, the Board of Management for the Children Detention Schools at Oberstown, Co. Dublin, comes under the remit of my Department. I am responsible for...