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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: There is clear evidence that investing in childcare services which provide quality care and education for children in their early years has significant dividends for both the children themselves and for society as a whole. Ensuring the best possible outcomes for children in their early years is therefore an important element in future economic planning. The case for investing in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters on Friday, 9th January. The investigation will thoroughly examine the experience of the many mothers and children who were resident in a Mother and Baby Home over the period 1922-1998. In the course of this announcement, I indicated my view that it would...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I have been assured by the Agency that this practice is not employed in advance of HIQA inspections. At the end of November 2014 a total of 1403.46 WTE social workers were employed by the Agency around the country. The Agency's Employment Control Group has a national remit and decides whether agency workers are to be employed. Agency workers are only employed when it is determined that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 141 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 young people who are risk of educational disadvantage. The Programme is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has a statutory responsibility to inspect the Child and Family Agency's children residential centres under Section 69 of the Child Care Act 1991. I view these independent inspection reports as an essential component of quality improvement for children's residential centres, which work alongside internal processes within the Agency....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: Staffing vacancies arise for a variety of reasons, including retirements, career breaks, paid and unpaid leave (including maternity and other family related leave) and resignations. The Child and Family Agency (TUSLA) has advised that there were 1,403.46 whole time equivalent social workers employed at the end of November 2014 and that they are currently recruiting an additional 193 social...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children [2011] is the current national policy which sets out the non-statutory child protection requirements which are in place for all sectors of society. This would include the youth element of political parties. Any person, or persons, who run an organisation which provides services to children and young people should be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: In accordance with section 185 of the Children Act 2001, the Health Information and Quality Authority have been authorised to undertaken inspections of the children detention schools, which are required to be undertaken at least once every 12 months. HIQA is independent in the exercise of its functions. I can confirm to the Deputy that HIQA conducted their last inspection of the children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: On 16 January 2015, there were a total of 16 boys aged 17 years detained in the adult prison system, comprising 6 boys remanded in custody in St Patrick’s Institution and 10 boys serving a sentence of detention in Wheatfield Place of Detention. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detainingchildren in adult prison facilities and significant...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I should inform the Deputy at the outset that responsibility for disability rests with the Minister for Health. The Department of Justice and Equality leads on the National Disability Strategy and my Department supports that effort. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People includes a number of commitments from across a range of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Victim Support Services (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I understand that the Deputy may be referring to a request made at a meeting with the Taoiseach, Minister for Education and I with Ms. Louise O'Keeffe late in 2014. During the meeting a number of matters were discussed including the need to ensure that all children have a trusted person to whom they can disclose any abuse which they may have been subject to. During the meeting, I outlined the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. Year Salaries (including Employers PRSI) Travel and Subsistence Total June - December 2011 €97,868 €1,055 €98,923 2012 €179,915 €2,641 €182,556 2013 €160,010 €1,250 €161,260 2014 €155,406 €276 €155,682 As my Department was established on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. Year Salaries (including Employers PRSI) Travel and Subsistence Total June - December 2011 €44,272 €2,348 €46,620 2012 €77,185 €4,964 €82,149 2013 €76,990 €6,880 €83,870 2014 €98,547 €12,533 €111,080 The higher expenditure in 2014 was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: My Department is in the process of introducing a number of reforms with a view to improving the quality of early years services, including revision of the existing Childcare Regulations as required under amendments to the Childcare legislation. The final draft of the new regulations will include a requirement that early years services have a person trained in first aid for children available...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 to 354, inclusive, together. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 - 2020 (BOBF),which was published and launched by Government in 2014, provides the overarching framework for the development and implementation of policy and services for children and young people. As provided for in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Jan 2015)

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. In 2015, funding of €49.9m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Jan 2015)

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: Children in Care (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection and, if necessary, to receive a child into the care of the State. I am satisfied that the Agency takes its responsibility regarding the welfare of children in care very seriously and that there is a robust framework of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: My Department has contact with various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well being of children. These contacts relate to a range of responsibilities that come within my remit and some bodies have multiple contacts with my Department in line with their respective areas of interest. On an ongoing basis, we have contacts with the State Bodies coming within...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The new education-focussed inspections will examine the quality of educational provision in early childhood settings participating in the Free Pre-school Year programme. These inspections will have a developmental focus looking in particular at the quality of children’s learning experiences and achievements and how this is supported in settings by management and leadership, curricular...