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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. Year Salaries (including Employers PRSI) Travel and Subsistence Total June - December 2011 €97,868 €1,055 €98,923 2012 €179,915 €2,641 €182,556 2013 €160,010 €1,250 €161,260 2014 €155,406 €276 €155,682 As my Department was established on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Transport (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. Year Salaries (including Employers PRSI) Travel and Subsistence Total June - December 2011 €44,272 €2,348 €46,620 2012 €77,185 €4,964 €82,149 2013 €76,990 €6,880 €83,870 2014 €98,547 €12,533 €111,080 The higher expenditure in 2014 was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: My Department is in the process of introducing a number of reforms with a view to improving the quality of early years services, including revision of the existing Childcare Regulations as required under amendments to the Childcare legislation. The final draft of the new regulations will include a requirement that early years services have a person trained in first aid for children available...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 to 354, inclusive, together. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 - 2020 (BOBF),which was published and launched by Government in 2014, provides the overarching framework for the development and implementation of policy and services for children and young people. As provided for in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Jan 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. In 2015, funding of €49.9m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Jan 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: Children in Care (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection and, if necessary, to receive a child into the care of the State. I am satisfied that the Agency takes its responsibility regarding the welfare of children in care very seriously and that there is a robust framework of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: My Department has contact with various voluntary groups, bodies and organisations dealing with the rights and well being of children. These contacts relate to a range of responsibilities that come within my remit and some bodies have multiple contacts with my Department in line with their respective areas of interest. On an ongoing basis, we have contacts with the State Bodies coming within...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The new education-focussed inspections will examine the quality of educational provision in early childhood settings participating in the Free Pre-school Year programme. These inspections will have a developmental focus looking in particular at the quality of children’s learning experiences and achievements and how this is supported in settings by management and leadership, curricular...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme provides for one free pre-school year for all eligible children in the year before commencing primary school. The programme is normally provided for 3 hours per day, 5 days per week, over 38 weeks. The Government has made a very significant commitment in maintaining the pre-school year on a universal and free basis despite the current...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (20 Jan 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 young people who are risk of educational disadvantage. The Programme is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’ DEIS...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: The Centre referred to by the Deputy has sought to be included within the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme operated by the Child and Family Agency. I understand that the Agency was due to meet with the Centre on 19th January to discuss its application to join the FRC Programme, having regard to the level of funding available in 2015 in this area. I am currently awaiting the outcome...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters on Friday, 9th January.Relevant details are available on my Department’s website, www.dcya.gov.ie. In developing the Terms of Reference due regard was given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: There is clear evidence that investing in childcare services which provide quality care and education for children in their early years has significant dividends for both the children themselves and for society as a whole. Ensuring the best possible outcomes for children in their early years is therefore an important element in future economic planning. The case for investing in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (20 Jan 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. In 2015, funding of €49.9m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. My Department has prioritised the development of a National Youth Strategy for completion this year....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (20 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: Appropriate education, training and other programmes and facilities for children are provided by the children detention schools on the Oberstown campus in line with the principles of the Children Act 2001, in conjunction with the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board. The delivery of children detention services is focused on education and rehabilitation of those young people...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters last week. In developing the Terms of Reference due regard has been given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in the motion approved by Dáil Eireann on the 11th June 2014 and the investigation will examine a wide agenda of matters in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: In responding to the details supplied by the Deputy, it is important to clarify that the central focus of the Commission is on mothers and children accommodated in the specified Mother and Baby Homes for the purposes of extended ante- and post-natal maternity and infant care services. While due regard has been given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in the motion...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (15 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. Efforts are ongoing in my Department in relation to a bilateral agreement on intercountry adoption between Ireland and the Russian Federation. Following a meeting with a delegation of Russian officials in October 2013 my Department prepared revised draft wording on a number of specific points, which was forwarded to the Russian...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jan 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 162 together. I announced the proposed Terms of Reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters last week. Relevant details are available on my Department’s website. In developing the Terms of Reference due regard has been given to the emphasis on “Mother and Baby Homes” in...