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

Katherine Zappone: That is correct.

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

Katherine Zappone: Is that a contradiction? Does it not sound a little bit like they are saying different things?

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

Katherine Zappone: I respect what Deputy Sherlock has said. The reviewers are men with an international reputation. I have met them. Deputy Sherlock has stated what they said and the board has said something different. Let us at least agree with that. The question is how to resolve that. It is part of what we are trying to resolve here. Maybe there is another way to do it. We are not resolving it.

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

Katherine Zappone: I respect the Deputy's responsibilities.

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

Katherine Zappone: As I said, I have received, as the Deputy has, a lot of ongoing correspondence and communication with the board on what is from its perspective, as well as others' perspectives, a very unsatisfactory process. On that basis, at this point, I am not asking for the report's publication because of the legal risks involved. I have indicated that. The Deputy's question has to do with the fact...

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

Katherine Zappone: That is also my interest.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have not requested this data from Tusla. As Tusla outlined to the Deputy in its response to his question of 13 December, Tusla does not collate this data centrally. To do so would necessitate an examination of information held locally in individual files, which would require a significant investment of time and resources. It should be noted that Tusla collates a great deal of information...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Court Orders (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As this is an operational matter, I have written to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and requested that they contact the Deputy directly. As I noted previously, under section 20 of the Child Care Act 1991, a Court, may of its own volition or on the application of any person, adjourn proceedings and direct the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, to report on the safety, care, health or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Early Years Inspectorate in Tusla (the Child and Family Agency) is aware of the circumstances of the Registered Provider given in details provided by the TD and is working to finalise this matter as expeditiously as possible. A previous response was given in relation to this case in Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 17 October 2018 The Early Years Inspectorate continues to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cúram Leanaí (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: D'fhorbair Tusla an clár ríomhfhoghlama do Thús Áite do Leanaí chun tacú le cur i bhfeidhm Thús Áite do Leanaí. Modúl oiliúna 90 nóiméad is ea é atá ann, saor in aisce, do dhuine ar bith ar mhaith leo leas a bhaint as. Cé nach clár oiliúna éigeantach é seo, molann RLGÓ agus Tusla araon an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising the matter regarding an Early Learning and Care setting in Co. Kerry. I am pleased to note that the service in question has successfully availed of the Early Years Capital funding strand provided by my Department. Clearly the 2018 Early Years and School Age Capital programmes have concluded, and their budget has been allocated in full....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585 and 586 together. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency was established on the 1 January, 2014, following the enactment of the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013. Section 28 of the Act deals with the Appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It provides that the Minister can appoint the first CEO but otherwise the Board of the Child and Family...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to advise that my officials have requested Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The aftercare provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 came into force on 1 September 2017. This means that there is now a statutory obligation on Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to prepare an aftercare plan for each eligible child and young person. This plan encompasses the range of supports that a young person may need from all service providers to help them make the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bereavement Counselling Services Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department has undertaken to clarify this question but have been unable to contact the Deputy. In light of this, I am not in a position to answer the Deputy's question at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla Family Support Centres engage with parents and children with a range of difficulties and either provide direct services or signpost them to relevant services for advice, intervention, support and training, as appropriate to their needs. Examples include parenting training, addiction services, and domestic violence services. Tusla do not have a role where adult children are proving a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question. However, clarification is required from the Deputy as to whether the supports in question relate to parental or child addiction. In addition, clarity is also required as to whether the child, the subject matter of the question, is residing within his/her birth family or elsewhere. Once clarification is received, either this Department or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the relevant policy document “Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery” is the responsibility of the Department of Health, the matter is more appropriate for my colleague, the Minister for Health to respond.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: This matter does not fall under the remit of my Department. It is more appropriate for my colleague the Minister for Health to reply in this instance.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides family support and child welfare and protection services to families and children identified as needing such services. Tusla provides some tailored programmes to children and families but in general does not provide counselling, educational assessment or clinical psychological assessments. Arrangements can be made for a family member or a child...