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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency (TUSLA) has advised that at the end of February 2015, there were 3,439.87 whole-time equivalent members of staff employed as follows: Grade Grouping Whole time equivalents % of Staffing Social Work 1,397.04 41% Social Care 1,156.04 34% Family Support 177,64 5% Education and Welfare 63.72 2% Other Health professionals (including Psychology, Counselling...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The issue of local authority commercial rates comes within the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which has responsibility for fiscal policy, and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, which has responsibility for the local authorities. The Valuation Office, which comes under the remit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Inquiry (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was formally established by Government on the 17th February 2015. A general outline of structures and envisaged timelines is set out in the Terms of Reference contained in Statutory Instrument No. 57 of 2015 but it should be noted that the Commission is completely independent and the precise timing and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: A high level of funding support is provided by my Department each year to assist parents with the cost of childcare. This funding, which is in the region of €260 million annually, supports a number of childcare programmes and benefits more than 100,000 children each year. These programmes, which are in addition to the support provided to all parents in the form of Child Benefit,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, along with other agencies, provides counselling and support to children and families availing of its services including children who have been abused sexually. If a child is taken into care as a result of sexual abuse, the allocated social worker in Tusla will provide counselling and support. Where children have suffered sexual abuse, therapy services are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: In the region of €170 million is provided annually by my Department to support the provision of a free pre-school year under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. The free pre-school provision is provided over a period of 38 weeks with approximately 4,300 childcare services throughout the country participating in the programme. The funding provided under the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: In the region of €260 million is provided annually by my Department to support a number of childcare programmes which assist parents in accessing quality and affordable childcare. More than 100,000 children benefit from this investment each year. These programmes are in addition to the support provided to all parents in the form of Child Benefit. The childcare programmes include...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 and 438 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bullying of Children (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I share concerns about bullying and its consequences. We know from the Growing Up in Ireland survey that is commissioned by my Department that a total of 40% of nine-year-olds reported being victims of bullying in the past year, and boys and girls experienced similar rates of victimisation. Prevalence rates based on information provided by the child’s mother were substantially lower...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 to 441, inclusive, 443, 445 and 446 together. As part of governance arrangements, the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, provides my Department with regular performance activity reports for monitoring purposes. These include figures showing the number of referrals which are disaggregated by welfare concerns and abuse concerns. The most recent validated...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The 3 children detention schools, all located at Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin, currently provide a total of 54 detention places for children ordered to be remanded or committed by the courts, with 48 places for boys and 6 places for girls. The detention schools cater for boys up to the age of 17 years who are serving a sentence, boys up to the age of 18 years who are remanded in custody...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, provides funding to voluntary and community organisations providing relationship, child and bereavement counselling services. These services aim to support people to deal with difficulties they are experiencing in their relationships, to help children whose lives have been affected by parental separation and to support families who have experienced the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Programmes (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme (2013-2016) is an innovative prevention and early intervention initiative consisting of committed funding for an area-based approach to helping to improve outcomes for children and thereby impacting on child poverty. The ABC Programme targets joint investment of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and The Atlantic Philanthropies of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (15 Apr 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: Semi-State Bodies Dividends (15 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I can confirm that there are no semi-State commercial companies under the aegis of my Department.

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (21 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for her question. The school completion programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. It is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills DEIS action plan. It involves...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (21 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for her question. It is clear to me, given the number of times this specific issue has arisen in the Topical Issue Debate, that it is a matter of great concern to many Deputies and that its value is very clear to them. I believe in the programme. It has tremendous value and goes a long way towards levelling the playing pitch to ensure children at risk of finishing school...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: Childcare services are provided by private commercial or community childcare providers and decisions in relation to the ongoing provision of services are a matter for the owners or the boards of management of these services. I am aware that the Cork County Childcare Committee had been working with Dunmanway Community Playschool in an effort to resolve a number of internal issues relating...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Apr 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: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Adoption Act 2010 provides the legal basis for the adoption of children. This Act defines a child as 'any person who is under the age of 18 years'. I have no plans at present to amend the legislation to provide for the adoption of adults.