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

James Reilly: As I noted previously it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the individual circumstances of the particular case. My earlier reply also outlined the general conditions that would attach to the preparation and supports for after care plans that are available from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have made enquiries with Tusla and I will revert with their reply shortly.

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

James Reilly: A total of €7 million is being made available under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. Of this funding, €5 million is being made available for grants specifically for community/not-for-profit early years services. This funding will provide for the allocation of capital grant aid in the region of €500,000 for significant upgrades of services such as major...

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

James Reilly: The case raised by the Deputy refers to a youth café project that applied for inclusion in the 2013 Youth Café Capital Scheme. In 2013, €1.5m in capital funding was made available to my Department for a Youth Café scheme. Pobal assisted my Department with the application and evaluation process for the programme. In all 95 applications with proposals were received and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (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...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: That is rich coming from Sinn Féin.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: In the best Fianna Fáil tradition.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I would like to inform the Deputy at the outset that it is the policy of my Department to minimise to the greatest extent possible, professional fees. For the purposes of this response I have taken professional fees to refer to accountable persons from whom Professional Services Withholding Tax is deductible in respect of professional services provided. Based on the spend in 2014 a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I currently have two Special Advisers appointed to me in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Instructions for Ministerial Appointments. The Principal Officer standard scale applies to these appointments and provides for annual increments, subject to satisfactory performance and attendance. In accordance with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I am responsible for appointment of members to the boards of the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), Gaisce and the Board of Management for the Children Detention Schools in Oberstown, Co. Dublin. The following table sets out the total cost of fees for the current year. This takes account of members who have waived a fee or would otherwise not receive a fee. A...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 143 to 146, inclusive, together. The inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on the child and welfare services in Louth Meath describes serious concerns regarding the standard of services being provided to children and families in the area. Tusla had notified me on the problems in the services prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The information is in the table. Number of Meeting Requests Number of Meetings held with Minister Number of Meetings held with Officials of Department 6 0 1

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (2 Jul 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...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 1 proposes to insert a new provision in section 88 of the existing Children Act, which deals with the remand of children in custody. The effect of the proposed amendment would be to impose a maximum period of remand in custody for a child of three months from the date of being remanded in custody by the court. Section 88 of the Children Act allows that a court may remand a...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I hear what the Deputies are saying but I would contend that the primary policy issue being addressed by the Bill is the need to end the detention of children in adult prison facilities. However, I understand the concern expressed by Deputies, which has also been expressed by organisations outside this House, in relation to the relatively high use of remands in custody under section 88 of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: With respect the issue raised was discussed in fair detail in the Seanad and on Second Stage. Amendment No. 3 as proposed would result in a free-standing requirement that remanded children would be kept separate from sentenced children in all circumstances. Section 88(8) of the existing Children Act 2001 deals with the issue of the separation of remand children and detention children where...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The proposal is to substitute “what other” for "whether another” in the proposed new section 88(2) of the Children Act as contained in section 6 of this Bill. The purpose of section 88 is to introduce a new power to transfer children between remand centres where the remand centre to which the child is being transferred caters for that class of child or where the Minister...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 5:In page 9, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 143 of Principal Act8. Section 143 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (2), by the insertion of “in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child concerned” after “give its reasons for doing so in open...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 7 proposes to provide, in a new subsection (2) at section 149, that the Court shall not impose a period of detention in excess of three years and, where it imposes any period of detention, that it shall give its reasons in writing in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child. Detention is always a measure of last resort, and that is clearly...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I will make one point because the Deputy keeps mentioning prison. The point of this Bill is that children will not go to prison. It is a detention centre that has a different ethos very much focused on education and rehabilitation whereas the adult prison system has an element of restorative justice and punishment about it. Amendment No. 6 proposes to insert the words “and may be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I have a long response for the Deputy.