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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (29 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: There are strong legal provisions for deterring assaults on children of any age, irrespective of their circumstances. These come within the remit of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997, provides criminal sanctions in cases of persons convicted of assault against any other person, including a child. Section 2 of the Act...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (29 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The Report of the Independent Child Death Review Group (ICDRG) was published in 2012. The recommendations of the Review Group fall under three headings, namely the establishment of a child death review unit, the operation of the in camerarule and the reform of the child protection system in general. The status in relation to each is set out below. The National Review Panel (NRP) for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (29 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: 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 under the Department of Education and Skills DEIS Action Plan. It involves 124 locally managed projects and provides...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 to 140, inclusive, together. Efforts are ongoing in my Department in relation to a bilateral agreement on intercountry adoption between Ireland and the Russian Federation. It was intended to visit Russia in January of this year. However it has been decided to liaise with officials in the Ministry of Education and Science in Russia to ensure that Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (30 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: Child Protection (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I support the Hands Up for Children Campaign organised by the Prevention and Early Intervention Network with regard to the importance of prevention and early intervention. It is critical that we are in a position to intervene where required at a young age, or early in the onset of difficulties, or at points of known increased vulnerability such as school transitions, adolescence and...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, to delete line 28, and in page 6, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:“ “harm” means, in relation to a child—(a) assault, ill-treatment or neglect of the child in a manner that seriously affects or is likely to seriously affect the child’s health, development or welfare, or (b) sexual abuse of the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: These consequential amendments propose to change the definitions of "neglect" and "ill-treatment" arising from the change in the definition of "assault" in amendment No. 1. It is a technical kind of thing.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, lines 5 and 6, to delete ", in a manner that seriously affects or is likely to seriously affect the child’s health, development or welfare".

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, lines 11 and 12, to delete "in a manner that seriously affects or is likely to seriously affect the child’s health, development or welfare".

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: We can discuss this when we reach the Schedules themselves at the end of this debate. We can deal with it at that stage if that is okay.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I fully accept it is important. I will deal with it now if the Deputy prefers.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: Childminders have been deliberately left out. This requirement will fall on services where at least two people are providing the service. The standards have to be applied by someone so there needs to be at least two people involved in the service. There has to be an employer and an employee, if I can put it that way. A childminder who is minding a child on his or her own - on her own,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: If there are multiple providers-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: We define what a provider means in relation to the relevant service. That is defined from line 28 of page 7 of the Bill onwards. I refer to section 7, which sets out the definitions for the purposes of Part 2.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: It states: "provider" means, in relation to a relevant service, a person—(a) who owns, controls or manages the service, or is otherwise responsible for the running of that service, and (b) who, in respect of the provision of such relevant service—(i) employs (whether under contract of employment or otherwise) one or more than one other person to undertake any work or activity...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: The single person is being purposely or deliberately excluded.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: I hear the Deputy's concerns. There are concerns from a pragmatic point of view about the effect of the inclusion of a single person. There is a limit to how many children a single person can mind. That person would then be writing up the child safeguarding statement for herself or himself. That seems a little less than productive. In addition, childminders often mind children in their...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: If I may correct the Deputy, the line he has quoted is followed by sub-paragraphs (a), (b)(i) and (b)(ii). Sub-paragraph (b)(i) is very clear where it states, "employs (whether under contract of employment or otherwise) one or more than one other person to undertake any work or activity that constitutes a relevant service". The definition of "provider" is, therefore, qualified by...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

James Reilly: Yes.