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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to inform the Deputy that I am not in a position to comment on individual cases. I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, drawing attention to the age of the individual concerned, and have requested confirmation that the matter is receiving the appropriate attention.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: While my Department does not specifically or directly fund organisations solely to provide advocacy services, a key strategic objective for my Department is to ensure evidence-based policy is promoted and supported and that children and young people participate in decisions that effect their lives. As a result, a number of organisations funded by the Department and its agencies often involves...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for the provision of support services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence. Tusla provides funding to 59 organisations nationally which deliver front line services to victims of domestic and sexual violence. Twenty-two of these organisations provide specialist emergency accommodation to victims of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department does not hold any medical files from these institutions. Consequently, I have no plans to employ an independent medical person to review such matters. The Government established the statutory Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) to independently examine a broad range of concerns relating to the care and welfare arrangements for those...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The new Affordable Childcare Scheme will open to applications in October 2019, with payments flowing from November 2019. Its launch will mark a milestone in our quest to transform Ireland's childcare system from one of the most expensive in the world into one of the best. Positive progress continues to be made in the development of the legislative, administrative and ICT infrastructure for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Correspondence (15 Jan 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department’s procedures for dealing with customer complaints are detailed in the Department’s Customer Service Action Plan and Charter, which is available on my Department's website. If a complaint is made by customer it is dealt with by the Unit of my Department responsible for the issue to which the complaint relates. If the complaint is not resolved by the Unit to...

Personal Explanation by Minister (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to return to the House to correct the record of the Dáil. When responding to Question No. 11 on Thursday, 13 December, I misread a piece of information that stated something did not happen when it did, in fact, take place. In response to Question No. 11 I stated that factual accuracy checks of the operational review report of the Oberstown...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am very conscious that the School Completion Programme (SCP) delivers a valuable service for some of our most vulnerable young people. The Programme is a core and continuing component of provision under the Educational Welfare Services (EWS). Tusla EWS have advised that approximately 38,000 children and young people per annum have come into contact with the programme annually, since SCP's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I refer the Deputy to my response to Dáil Question number 601 (Proof Number 614) of 17 December 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres Staff (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I am informed by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that the cost of recruiting an extra 80 Residential Social Care Workers on the first point of scale is €3,076,529.78 per annum including allowances and employer's PRSI.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the costs incurred by my Department in relation to public advertising and communications support over the course of 2018 are set out in the tables below. The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum and these services are only used when deemed necessary in the course of Departmental activity. Advertising (including social media) Campaign Cost Public...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The matter raised by the Deputy is primarily a policy matter for the Department of Health. I would recommend that the Deputy contact my colleague, the Minister for Health, for a substantive reply on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Programme for a Partnership Government 2016 committed that a new in-school speech and language therapy service would be established to support young children as part of a more integrated support system. The demonstration project is developing and evaluating a model for the delivery of in-school and early years therapy support (both speech and language therapy and also occupational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country. In 2018, youth funding of €58.9m was provided to my Department. These youth funding schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme under which funding is made available on an annual basis to 30 national and major regional youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homelessness Strategy (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The government is determined to end the homelessness crisis. I take part in all cabinet discussions on homelessness and actively contribute across all policy responsibilities with my lens as the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I have had 8 bi-lateral discussions with the Ministers with responsibility for Housing, Planning and Local Government since my appointment as Minister to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 505 and 506 together. The detailed information is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (19 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for care and protection for victims of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence, whether in the context of the family or otherwise. Accordingly, Tusla has provided funding to rape crisis centres since its creation in 2014. I have requested that Tusla respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Chairman and members of the joint committee for inviting me to discuss the operational review of the Oberstown facility. When I last spoke to the committee about the Oberstown facility on 24 January, I was pleased to note the positive changes which were becoming evident at the time. I am pleased to say there appears to be continuing improvement in the operation of the campus. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I ask the Chairman to repeat his question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I will take that first part, if I may. The Chairman is asking me if the board asked the reviewers to provide a report in line with the terms of reference.