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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting of Personnel (11 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I am not aware of any specific correspondence referred to by the Deputy between my Department and the Departments of Health, Justice and Equality, and Education and Skills. The Children First Inter-departmental Implementation Group is chaired by my Department and the Departments named above are all represented on this group. While there are regular updates at these meetings in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Policy (11 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: Responsibility for the funding of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence services previously funded by the HSE became the responsibility of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, upon its establishment on 1 January, 2014. In 2014, the Agency is providing over €17 million in funding to support the provision of Domestic and Sexual Violence services. This includes the funding of 60...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: My Department does not employ staff in roles in respect of which the types of apprenticeship referred to by the Deputy are required. The information required to respond in respect of agencies under the remit of my Department is not normally held by the Department. I have asked my officials to arrange for the agencies concerned to supply this information directly to the Deputy.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I refer to Deputy Troy’s opening comment in his riposte about the record of the Government on child care. We could do well to talk about the record of his party in government over 14 years and its failure to disclose for many years the number of children dying in care. Deputy Alan Shatter had to drag that out of the Government over a prolonged period in order to bring it to the light...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: Yes, indeed, I was there for three and a half years and we made progress.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I made much more progress than the Deputy’s party leader, Deputy Martin, ever made.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: However, notwithstanding that, the reality in which the children of this country and their parents and those who care about children are interested is that we have a service that is appropriate to the needs of children. I believe the ISPCC, the new Child and Family Agency, Tusla, and my Department will get the best result by co-operating, examining how the service is delivered, drawing up a...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I echo the Deputy's sentiment that they need our support. I fully subscribe to that. I will refer to the review for a moment because I think it is making people nervous and it should not. It is being overseen by a steering committee involving officials of the Child and Family Agency, my Department and the Department of Education and Skills, and it is being carried out by the Economic...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Troy for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to clarify the Government's approach to the funding of ISPPC services, including Childline. The Irish Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children has a long history of service delivery and advocacy on behalf of children. I acknowledge the work of the society over the years in providing support services to...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. As the Deputy knows, the school completion programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system until their completion of the senior cycle and to improve generally their school attendance, participation and retention in education. The programme is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities that are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has undertaken to establish a statutory Commission of Investigation into matters relating to Mother and Baby Homes in accordance with the Motion passed by the Dáil on 11 June. Considerable progress has been achieved since this date, including the publication of the Inter-Departmental Group’s Report, the announcement that Judge Yvonne Murphy will chair the Commission...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: In response to Deputy Byrne's point, it is critically important that we learn from mistakes of the past. The only way we will do that is by having a good, long, hard look at what happened to so many people in the past which was so hurtful. In response to Deputy Troy's points, this is a Supplementary Estimate and has nothing to do with budget 2015. He argued that many people do not like the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I welcome the opportunity to appear before the select sub-committee to outline particulars relating to the Supplementary Estimate for 2014 under Vote 40, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The committee will be aware that the Supplementary Estimate is for the sum of €1,000. It is purely of a technical nature, to allow for the creation of a new subhead in my Department's...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: We will be coming back early in the next session to discuss the Department's Vote, so all those questions will be appropriate for that.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: It is three and a half years - just over 1,300 days - since the Government came to office. It is worth recalling what things were like when we came to power. I refer to an article published in The Irish Timesin March 2011, which states:Ireland’s appalling implosion still elicits a sense of astonishment. By far the prime response is to wonder how things became so bad so quickly in a...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: You were talking about spin a few minutes ago.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Martin was removed from government because of his proposals.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 283 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: In 2014 some €500,000 in capital funding has been made available to my Department for small capital projects in the youth services. Last week, I was pleased to announce the allocation of capital grants to 50 youth projects and organisations throughout the country. The aim of this capital funding scheme is to provide much needed assistance to youth projects to improve the facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Tobacco Control Measures (9 Dec 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, on 10 June 2014 Government approved the publication of the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 and the presentation of the Bill in the Seanad. The Bill was passed in the Seanad in June, and completed Second Stage in the Dáil on 2 October 2014. On 17 June, formal notification of the publication of the Bill was made to the Commission...