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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in discharging its functions, is placing a strong emphasis on prevention, early intervention, family support, therapeutic and care interventions, all of which are key to the provision of integrated, multi-disciplinary services for vulnerable children and families. Tusla has specific responsibility for psychology services for children as set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I have been advised by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that work has commenced in ensuring there are robust systems supporting Tusla's practices in relation to the Vienna Convention. Part of this work included reviewing current policies and establishing national structures to support this work. The protocol has been agreed and is in operation. Tusla has also advised me that a...

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

James Reilly: A total of €7 million was provided under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. Under this Programme, applications were invited from all early years services contracted to deliver the Department of Children and Youth Affairs childcare programmes. All applications submitted under the following strands were evaluated by Pobal, who administers the Programme on behalf of my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: My Department has not provided funds to the company mentioned by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I have asked Tusla, the Child and Family Agency to look into the case raised by the Deputy and provide a report to me on the situation. I will revert to the Deputy when the report is to hand

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: My Department does not make pension payments to retired civil servants. All civil service pensions are paid directly by the Paymaster General's Office which falls under the aegis of my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. As such I am not in a position to provide the information requested.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 712 and 713 together. The majority of children with special needs are able to access the free pre-school year, provided under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, in mainstream pre-school services, without the provision of any additional supports. In the region of 67,000, including children with special needs, avail of the free...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I want to thank the Deputy for bringing this to my attention. The Deputy will appreciate that this is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the matter raised. My Department has, however, referred this to Tusla for attention and asked that they liaise directly with the person concerned.

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

James Reilly: A total of €7 million was made available under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. €5 million of the grant funding was made available specifically for community/not for profit childcare services while the other €2 million was made available to both private and community/not for profit childcare facilities to access grants for quality improvement measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I want to thank the Deputy for bringing this to my attention. The Deputy will appreciate that this is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the matter raised. My Department has, however, referred this to Tusla for attention and asked that they liaise directly with the person concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: Interim funding of €10,000 on a monthly basis has been provided to Arc Adoption and Helping Hands Mediation Agency, who are both currently accredited to provide intercountry adoption mediation services since January 2014. This interim funding was suspended in June 2015, until deliberations in relation to the provision of intercountry adoption services, including the issue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: My Department has an established Internal Audit Unit and an Audit Committee both of which operate under charters approved by the Secretary General and the Audit Committee. The Department’s Audit Committee is part of its control environment, tasked with providing independent advice to the Secretary General, as Accounting Officer, regarding the suitability and robustness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (23 Sep 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 100 together. The Adoption Act 2010 provides for adoption of children into Ireland from countries that have signed and ratified the Hague Convention and from countries where a bilateral agreement on adoption is in place. The Hague Convention is a landmark in regard to inter-country adoption and provides an international architecture that prioritises...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: Go raibh maith agat. I accept the Senator’s bona fides on this, however, I wish to point out that the threshold at which a report is required to be made to the Child and Family Agency by a mandated person is set out in section 2 which is the definition section of the Bill. The requirement is that the mandated person reports harm or risk of harm to a child. Harm is defined as...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I have no further comments to add. I have made it clear that the section already covers the proposals in the two amendments, which Senator van Turnhout has withdrawn and not moved. I have explained why I cannot accept them.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: Section 14 provides that certain professionals and other persons in specified occupations listed in Schedule 2 are mandated persons for the purpose of the Act. The section sets out the circumstances whereby a mandated person is required to make a report to the Child and Family Agency. Section 14(9) provides that the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs may make regulations regarding the...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: While I know amendment No. 4 has been ruled out of order, I share the Senator's concern and am happy for her to have spoken on the issue. Section 7 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 provides for a review of the operation of the Act. Both the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, have stated that it is intended that this review will incorporate issues concerning...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I appreciate the Senator's understanding and confirm that the Government's view would be very clearly the same as her own, that this is a crime. There is no possibility of a child being able to give consent in these circumstances. I will certainly pass on the Senator's concerns to the Minister for Justice and Equality and will work with her to find a formulation that will allow us meet the...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2015: Committee Stage (23 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: It was John Boland.