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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I have requested information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with this information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: My Department is currently progressing the Early Years Quality Agenda with the objective of improving the quality of childcare services available to young children. As part of this process, all staff working directly with children in pre-school services will be required to hold a major award in early childhood care and education at Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ),...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children Services Committees (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: There are 31 City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs) presently established to advance the provision of childcare facilities in their local areas. The Committees comprise local representatives from the statutory, community and voluntary sectors, childcare providers and parents. The CCCs offer a wide variety of services locally including: advice on setting up a childcare business;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: More than €260 million is invested annually by the Government in childcare sevices with the greater proportion of this funding going to support the childcare support programmes – the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, and the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes, which are implemented by my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (25 Jun 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 programme builds on and continues the work of the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme (PEIP) 2007-2013 which was co-funded...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I have been informed by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that its total expenditure for 2014 was €627m. In accordance with the establishing legislation for the Agency I will be laying the full 2014 accounts of the Agency before both Houses of the Oireachtas over the coming weeks.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Services (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for raising the issue of Tusla's child protection and welfare services in the Louth-Meath area and I welcome the opportunity to address his concerns. The inspection by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, reported concerns the standard of services being provided to children and families in the area. This is a significant cause of concern to me, my staff...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Services (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I reiterate the point made by the Deputy that these are indeed very vulnerable children. Tusla has taken this issue very seriously indeed, so much so that the chief operations officer himself, Mr. Fred McBride, has taken direct control, as the Deputy acknowledged. As regards the whole issue, many lessons have been learned from the Laois-Offaly situation and a similar approach has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Staff (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that my Department has recently conveyed sanction to the Office of the Ombudsman for Children to fill 8 posts.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Requests (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I can confirm that my Department has not received a Freedom of Information request in relation to this matter. For the purposes of Freedom of Information requests, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, which comes under the remit of my Department, is an independent statutory body and is subject to the provisions of the relevant legislation. I have forwarded the details as supplied to Tusla...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: My Department has provided transitional funding of €10,000 on a monthly basis to both agencies currently accredited to provide intercountry adoption mediation services since January 2014. While it was understood that this funding would be used for day to day running costs, no specific instruction issued from my Department that states that Arc Adoption cannot use these funds to pay...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Philanthropy Initiatives (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: For more than a decade through its Prevention and Early Intervention Initiative, The Atlantic Philanthropies, sometimes in conjunction with Government and other organisations, has invested over €127 million in 30 partner agencies and community groups running 52 prevention and early intervention services and programmes across the island of Ireland. The key initiative co-funded by my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Since its establishment, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been engaged in a comprehensive and much needed programme of reform across our child welfare and protection system. In this regard, Tusla must ensure that it makes the most effective use of its resources in a way that is efficient, equitable proportionate and sustainable. Tusla's budget is now being directed towards services...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020)is the overarching national policy framework which comprehends the age ranges of children and young people from 0-24 years. It was launched by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in April 2014. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures provides for a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020)is the overarching national policy framework which comprehends the age ranges of children and young people from 0-24 years. It was launched by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in April 2014. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futuresis supported by a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (30 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020)is the overarching national policy framework which comprehends the age ranges of children and young people from 0-24 years. It was launched by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in April 2014. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures is supported by a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Value for Money Reviews (30 Jun 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 €49.93m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. Three of the targeted funding schemes, the Special Projects for Youth scheme, the Young People’s...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Employment Initiative (30 Jun 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 by the voluntary youth sector. The work of the voluntary youth work sector, in the provision of these services, has a significant contribution to make to the Government’s jobs agenda including the Action Plan for Jobs and Pathways to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (30 Jun 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: Youth Services Provision (30 Jun 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...