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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 657. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding allocated to the UBU Youth Programme by his Department; and the amount of this total provided respectively for funded organisations and the total provided for ETBs. [51164/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 658. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of audits carried out on youth services by education and training boards and other bodies funded through his Department; the total cost of these audits; and the total time required to comply with same. [51165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost incurred by education and training boards in administering the UBU Youth Programme on behalf of his Department including staffing, expenses, indirect costs, audit fees and any other similar or related expenditures. [51166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 660. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of education and training board youth officers, youth development officers, similar staff and administrative staff funded by his Department by education and training boards and ETBI; and the total costs of same. [51167/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will begin with some of the positives. I welcome that there was recognition of the early years childcare sector in the budget. I also welcome that the Minister is in the Chamber. It is the first time I have ever responded to a budget where the relevant Minister has been present, which is welcome. However, I am disappointed that the measure will not be introduced until September. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education, ECCE-only childcare providers, that are providers that do not offer a service outside of ECCE provision; the amount of annual funding they received; the number of childcare providers in receipt of State funding in same; the amount of annual funding they...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the programmes, further supports and initiatives that are funded under programme B:5 sectoral programmes for children and young persons in the 2021 Revised Estimates. [49604/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49677/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will focus my response on the NCS and the funding, where children are falling through the cracks. I have raised this with the Minister on a number of occasions and I acknowledge that he came out to meet people at the protest on Tuesday. However, I can give a few practical examples. There are several services, not just in my constituency but nationwide, which point out that siblings are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: To comment on that, most people would accept that if something is not working, there has to be a period of time in which one looks at fixing it, but this has dragged on. What people are seeking in the interim is that the older funding be kept in place until a solution is found. In that way nobody is paying a price and nobody is disadvantaged. Otherwise, we are potentially coming up with a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will honour the commitment to children to double State investment in childcare by 2028; if the ongoing future funding model and workforce development plan processes and the national childcare scheme review will inform budgetary allocations for the sector in time for the budget 2022...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Will the Department honour the commitment to double State investment in childcare by 2028? Will the ongoing future funding model and workforce development plan processes and the national childcare scheme review inform budgetary allocations for the sector in time for the budget announcement? I wish to focus on the issue of the NCS and after-school care, which was the reason for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has prioritised the reduction of parents' childcare fees as part of his Department’s budget 2022 proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: My question, which follows on from the motion my party tabled the other night, is in respect of fees for childcare and early years education. I ask the Minister to comment on his Department's priorities for the upcoming budget and if they include the reduction of the fees paid by parents.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome his statement that childcare is a priority and that he regards it as a public good because that is the model we need to adopt for our childcare and early years sector. It needs to be seen for what it is, namely, an excellent public service on which everybody relies and that ultimately benefits children. That has to be at the heart of everything...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I agree that these issues are linked. I consistently make the argument that fees are an issue for parents, wages are an issue for those working in the sector and sustainability is an issue for providers. In fairness, the vast majority of providers started out as small businesses run mainly by women from home. All of a sudden, the whole system has gone insane in terms of paperwork and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the Government’s plans for a restorative recognition scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; and his views on the on the provision that has been made to compel religious orders to contribute to said redress scheme. [48270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the current status of the Childminding Action Plan considering the crisis in capacity within the childcare and early years sector; and if he will consider reducing overall target dates to meet pressing demand in the near future. [48272/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commitment will be given to increase the number of domestic violence refuge spaces above the current allocation of one refuge space for every 10,000 persons; his views on the current review being undertaken by Tusla into emergency accommodation; when the review will be published; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Medical Records (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the case that some survivors submitting subject access request applications for their records are being informed they cannot have their records until they nominate a general practitioner and that it is the role of the general practitioner to then decide if it is appropriate to pass their own medical...