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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (31 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a free and universal programme to which all children who are within the age range for eligibility and who hold an Irish PPS number qualify. This includes children from ethnic minorities and children with special needs. Approximately 65,000 children are availing of the programme in the current school year with children born...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (31 Mar 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: Commissions of Inquiry (31 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (The Ryan Report) was published in 2009 and detailed disturbing and significant levels of historic abuse of Irish children who were placed, by the State, in residential institutions run by religious orders. The Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Ryan Report, and in response developed an Implementation Plan. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (31 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: In 2013, €1.5m in capital funding was made available to my Department for a Youth Café scheme. Pobal assisted my Department to administer this scheme. In all 95 applications with proposals were received and some 30 proposals for new youth cafés facilities around the country were approved for funding. These projects are now working with Pobal to develop their projects to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (26 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: Statutory responsibility for the promotion of child welfare and protection rests with the Child and Family Agency, which is the appropriate body to receive reports of concerns relating to all forms of child abuse. In accordance with Children First National Guidance and the Agency's standard business processes and policies and procedures for carrying out initial assessments of child abuse...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 to 177, inclusive, together. Tusla, along with other agencies, provides counselling and support to children and families availing of the Agency's services including children who have been abused sexually. I am advised by Tusla that it does not collect data on waiting times for children to access counselling services. Where children have suffered sexual...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (26 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: Two pieces of legislation have been subjected to pre-legislative scrutiny by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs since 2011. These are the Children First Bill 2014 which is currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Child Care Act (Amendment)/Aftercare Bill which is currently being drafted. The Minister intends to submit the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (26 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The objective of the After-School Childcare (ASCC) programme is to support low-income and unemployed people to take up a job, increase their days of employment or take up a place on a Department of Social Protection employment programme. The programme, which provides after-school care for primary school children of eligible parents for a period of 52 weeks, contributes €40 per week...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Deputy might note that my Department did not award any contract or tender to the company in question.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: It is true.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: Deputy Martin wandered all over the place asking the question.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Completion Programme (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The school completion programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. It is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities, identified through the DEIS action plan for educational inclusion run by the Department of Education and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Completion Programme (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: I am pleased that the Senator has acknowledged that these programmes work and have an impact. Of course they do not work in all cases and that is why I pointed out, in my main response to him, that we are continually reviewing to see whether we are getting the desired outcomes from our inputs. Where things are working well we want to see those replicated in other areas. Where things are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Family Resource Centre referred to by the Deputy receives funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Family Resource Centres are independent companies, limited by guarantee, and are managed by a voluntary Board of Management which is representative of the local community. In order to qualify for funding, a resource centre is required to have formal policies and procedures in place...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education programme provides one free preschool year to all eligible children before commencing primary school. This programme represents an annual investment of €175 million in preschool services. The introduction of a second preschool year would require considerable additional funding, broadly in line with the cost of the current provision. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Investigation (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 provides an effective, prompt and transparent mechanism to investigate complex and sensitive matters of significant public concern while also respecting fair procedures and natural justice. The 2004 Act gives the Commission robust powers to conduct investigations within its terms of reference in the manner it considers appropriate while adhering to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Grant Payments (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency and I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency and I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (The Ryan Report) was published in 2009 and detailed disturbing and significant levels of historic abuse of Irish children who were placed, by the State, in residential institutions run by religious orders. The Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Ryan Report, and in response developed an Implementation Plan. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (25 Mar 2015)

James Reilly: I must inform the Deputy that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs does not maintain a list which details the ownership of companies with which it has contracts. However, from the information available, I am not aware that my Department has any contracts in place with the businesses or subsidiaries to which the Deputy refers.