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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was formally established by Government Order on the 17th February 2015. The Commission is specifically tasked with investigating post-mortem practices and procedures including the burial arrangements for all mothers and children who died while resident in these homes and the Bon Secours Home in Tuam is,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The information provided by the Deputy was forwarded to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as soon as it was received. I understand that officials from my Department are following up on the request to Tusla for a short report on the matter, and I will be in touch when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The figure of 25 deaths contained in the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Mother and Baby Homes is taken from a table based on the 1934-35 Annual Report of the Department of Local Government and Public Health which, as its title suggests, is a report on a single year and covered the entire country. This table was originally published in 2007 in Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: My Department currently provides approximately €260 million annually to early years and school-age care and education services. This funding is largely directed towards a number of childcare programmes, which aim to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of early years and school-age care and education. These programmes support the provision of early years and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I understand that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has compiled responses to parliamentary question numbers 482 to 505 of 16 June 2015 put by the Deputy and that these have been issued by my office to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 to 287, 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. I can assure the Deputy that all significant risks were addressed immediately. In...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities. A number of actions have been taken on foot of this commitment. These include the gradual transition of responsibility for older children to the Oberstown campus, the construction of the expanded detention facilities, the introduction of cross - campus procedures and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The majority of childcare services in the country are commercial or community/not-for-profit services. Anyone wishing to become a childcare provider must comply with all relevant childcare legislation and with Tusla requirements, and the planning requirements of the relevant local authority. The provision of pre-school childcare services are governed by the Child Care Act 1991 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Funding of more than a quarter of a billion euro is invested annually by my Department in early years services 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. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Carers Strategy (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The National Carers' Strategy is led by the Department of Health and many Departments including the Department of Children and Youth Affairs have a role to play in its implementation. In September 2014 officials from my Department and the Child and Family Agency met with the National Carers' Association to discuss the role of the Department and the Agency in relation to the National Carers'...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: As of Friday 3 July 2015 the occupancy of the Oberstown campus, Lusk, Co Dublin was as follows. There were 16 boys detained in Oberstown Boys School, comprising 4 boys on remand and 12 boys serving a sentence of detention. There were 19 boys detained in Trinity House School, comprising 8 boys on remand and 11 boys serving a sentence of detention. There were no girls detained in Oberstown...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is not readily available in the format requested. However, I can confirm that in 2014, a total of 33 boys were remanded in custody to Trinity House School. In 2013, the comparable figure was 30 boys. The Deputy may wish to note that many boys who are remanded in custody are remanded on more than one occasion. I have requested my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The average number of days for which children were remanded in custody to the Children Detention Schools at Oberstown, Lusk, County Dublin in 2013 was 25 days and in 2014 it was 22 days. Data in respect of 2015 is not currently available. The judiciary are independent in the performance of their functions and the discretion as to whether or not to remand a child in custody is solely for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Section 88 of the Children Act 2001 provides that a court may remand a child in custody who is charged with or found guilty of an offence, who is being sent forward for trial or in respect of whom the court has postponed a decision. The section also provides that a court shall not remand a child in custody if the only reason for so doing is that the child is in need of care or protection or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The 3 children detention schools currently in operation are Trinity House School for males, Oberstown Boys School and Oberstown Girls School, all of which are located on a campus in Oberstown, Lusk, Co Dublin. Under current arrangements, the children detention schools are authorised to detain: males remanded in custody from 10 years of age up to 17 years; males serving a sentence of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The question of where a child resides while detained in a children detention school is a matter of individual professional assessment and regular review by Oberstown management in each case. Relevant criteria include whether the child is remanded in custody or serving a sentence of detention, the age of the child, any physical or mental health issues presenting, the child’s...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for his question. The area based childhood, ABC, programme is an innovative prevention and early intervention initiative. It consists of committed funding for an area based approach to improve outcomes for children and thereby reduce child poverty. The programme builds on and continues the work of the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme 2007-2013, which was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy has pointed out, prevention is much better than cure, and I have always been a strong proponent of that. Evidence based interventions are critical and because of constraints on our budget, we want to ensure the money we spend delivers the results we seek. What we are looking for here are better outcomes for children and to address the issue of those who face disadvantage,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Area Based Childhood Programme (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I agree with the Deputy regarding prevention, not just in terms of value for money in the context of the money saved, but in terms of offering something invaluable, namely, a better outcome for a child, a fuller life, a better educational achievement and a better standard of living for the child and his or her family. The evaluation is critical because it will form part of how this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Regulation (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for her question. Childminders play a very important role in the care and protection of children. At present, childminders who mind four or more unrelated preschool children must notify Tusla and are inspected by the agency. The statutory notification process is set out in the 2006 child care regulations. As of April 2015, just 154 childminders had been notified to the...