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- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (3 Feb 2015)
James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programmes is implemented by my Department and provides one free pre-school year for children in the age category 3 years 2 months to 4 years 7 months. The objective of the ECCE programme is to improve children's readiness for entry to primary school. It is considered that the 38 week model of delivery in one school year is the optimal model...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 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. Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds 1 and...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (3 Feb 2015)
James Reilly: I am aware of the relatively high cost of childcare in this country and to help address the issue my Department supports a number of childcare programmes that assist parents in accessing quality and affordable childcare. These programmes are, of course, in addition to the support provided to all parents in the form of the Children's Allowance, which is a key Government support to help...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (3 Feb 2015)
James Reilly: The Adoption Authority of Ireland has provided the following table of Declarations of Eligibility and Suitability granted over the past ten years. The Authority advises that it is not possible to say how many of these led to an adoption as some prospective adopters will have withdrawn from the process for a variety of reasons. I would point out that a Declaration remains valid for 3 years,...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (3 Feb 2015)
James Reilly: The Adoption Authority of Ireland has provided a table which shows the number of domestic adoption orders made from 2005 through 2014 in respect of non-family adoptions. The Authority advises that it does not maintain statistics on the numbers of sole applicants adopting a non-related child. However, it can be taken that the number of sole applicants adopting non-related children is extremely...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: I thank the committee for the opportunity to discuss the 2015 Revised Estimates for Vote 40 of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Revised Estimates for 2015 allocated gross funding to my Department of some €1,026 million, which includes over €991 million in current funding and €35 million in capital funding. When appropriations-in-aid receipts of just...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: I will deal with the Deputy's last question first. I cannot find the reference at the moment, but I know the answer to the question. That is national lottery funding and we decided this year that it would provide just a one-off lottery grant to various services. We made the decision together with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to forego that lottery funding in order to...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: Deputy Troy mentioned the issue of the GALs. This has also concerned Tusla, the Department and me. We have examined different systems in Europe, the UK and Northern Ireland, in particular. We have put proposals to Tusla, which are being examined currently. The agency's officials are exercised about this issue. There is no doubt that much greater regulation is needed in this area. For...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: We are only on head 1.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: With due respect, we will get into all of this-----
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: In regard to Deputy Troy's question on the ESRI report, I am not in a position to tell him precisely when that will be. When the ESRI is finished its work - I do not have an indication when that will be - we will take a number of weeks to examine the report. It would be unwise to do otherwise. I fully accept the Deputy's point that those involved in the school completion programme will be...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: I will reply to Deputy Troy's question first. There is money to staff these new units. We will introduce legislation very shortly to allow the three units to be run as one. I will give him an idea of the situation. The increase in the capacity of child detention schools also requires an associated increase in staffing levels. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has sanctioned...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: Yes, I do.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: This year.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: To respond to the first concern expressed by Deputies, the small reduction in the funding available reflects the smaller number of children who are using the service. This is the result of a small decline in the population. On a more general point, Pobal estimates that 24,000 people are employed in the child care sector. It is important to remember that these services are provided by...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: I am awaiting a paper on how that €75 million might be disbursed. Therefore, I am unable to provide the Deputy with any further information at this time. The review to which the Deputy alluded is not complete but that work will inform the interdepartmental group. With reference to the new mentoring better start and training support scheme and the Learner fund, €4 million has...
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: I confirm that the community child care subvention programme is included, as well as the CCS and CETS programmes. I have dealt with the mentoring services and the Better Start programme, etc. I will be before the committee in two and a half weeks.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: As the Deputy has pointed out, the scheme was piloted from April 2013 but the take-up was extremely low. As a result, the number of places under the scheme was reduced to 500 in 2014, from the original figure of 6,000. The funding allocation in 2014 was €2.205 million and this has been reduced to €1.323 million because of the decrease in the number of places from 500 to 300....
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: Yes.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (3 Feb 2015) James Reilly: To be technically correct, we handed that money back to the Exchequer because the national lottery does not directly give us money; it gives money to the Exchequer which in turn hands it to us. We hand it back to the Exchequer when we do not take it. We got a reasonably good deal, in so far as for that €900,000 plus we got €26 million extra for the agency.