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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (6 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The functions provided by the Family Support Agency transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs upon its establishment in June 2011. Details of the funding provided to the Agency by my Department are set out in the following table. Family Support Agency funding Year Amount 2011 €15.195m * 2012 €25.966m 2013 €23.599m *The balance of the Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Law Cases (6 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The issue raised by the Deputy is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (6 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: A response to the correspondence mentioned in the Deputy question has issued. Under adoption legislation, when a child is registered on the Register of Intercountry Adoptions the child is deemed to be the fully legal child of the adoptive parent/couple, having the same legal status as any biological child of the couple born to them within their marriage. Accordingly, it is open to any...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. I presume the Deputy is enquiring about the use of agency staff to meet a short-term service need or where some flexibility in staffing a service is required. In that regard, I can confirm that my Department does not presently engage such services. The information requested in respect of the agencies under my aegis is not normally...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: There has been no communication between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with the person concerned, since the establishment of the Department in early 2011. However, I understand that there were communications between the individual concerned and the then Department of Health and Children in the period up to and including 2010. I also understand that the individual concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Placement (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: 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 Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency is a statutory service supporting regular school attendance for all school age children and young people....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy may be aware, there is a joint protocol in place between the Child and Family Agency, and An Garda Síochána, referred to as Children Missing From Care - A Joint Protocol between An Garda Siochána and the Health Service Executive Children and Family Service, which includes a definition of a child being considered as missing for the purposes of reporting to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Under the Child Care Act, 1991 and the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, the Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. The majority of children in care, some 93%, are in foster care, and one third of those are placed with relatives. The budget for Foster Care and Other Allowances is reported by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together. Pre-school services are subject to the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No.2) Regulations 2006, as provided for under Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991. Section 58 of the Child Care Act 1991 provides for exemptions to certain categories of childcare providers to the provisions of Part VII of the Act. Those exempted include...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The development of Ireland’s first Early Years Strategy, for children in the early years of their lives, is being progressed in my Department. The objective is to create an innovative and dynamic blueprint for the future development of Ireland’s early years sector and a coherent approach to seeking to improve the lives of children from birth to 6 years. The Early Years...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on Children's Rights (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Ireland became a Party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992. Article 12 of the Convention covers the right of a child, who is capable of forming his or her own views, to express those views freely in all matters affecting him or her. In the case of legislation coming within the remit of my Department the views or wishes of the child are provided for in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department administers five childcare funding programmes: the universal free preschool year, known as the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), and four targeted programmes, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and three Training and Employment Childcare Programmes, Childcare Education and Training Programme (CETS); Community Employment Childcare (CEC) and Afterschool Childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Obesity Strategy (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Department of Health has primary responsibility for policy in relation to obesity and is supported by my Department in the effort to address the issue of childhood obesity. My Department launched ‘Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 -2020’ in 2014. ‘Better Outcomes: Brighter Futures’ is the first...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Protecting children from harmful tobacco products has long been a priority for me, both as Minister for Health and in my current role as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I supported this legislation when it was introduced as a Private Member's Bill, developed and introduced by Senator Jillian van Turnhout, whom the Chairman has welcomed and whose presence in the Visitrors Gallery is...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and members for their support. There are some things on which we agree, as well as the things on which we do not. Let me assure members that when the Bill is enacted, there will be a public information campaign to make people aware of its provisions. I again thank everybody involved but, in particular, Senator Jillian van Turnhout who is with us in the Visitors Gallery.

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: We now know only too well that our response to child abuse has often been lacking. Some have put protection of their respective institutions ahead of protecting the child. Whether by the Catholic Church or the IRA, alleged perpetrators have been moved to different locations, protecting them from justice and, unforgivably, exposing more children to risk. Too many of our children have paid...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Funding (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Tusla was established on a statutory basis with effect from 1st January 2014. The new Agency took over responsibility for children and family service 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). The financial allocation for the Child and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. 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 its target cohort. The School Completion Programme is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Justice Strategy (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Under the Social Investment Initiative led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department is supporting an Irish Youth Justice Service proposal to attract philanthropic and private funds to develop a robust supervision and support programme as an alternative to remand to detention for young people at risk of non-compliance with bail conditions. The proposal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency which comes under the remit of my Department, provides funding to support voluntary organisations offering the following types of counselling and support: - Marriage and Relationship Counselling; - Marriage preparation courses; - Child Counselling; - Rainbows peer support programme for children; - Bereavement Counselling and Support on the deaths of a family...