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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Prior to the introduction of the free pre-school year under the Early Childhood Care and Education programme in January 2010, there were no qualification requirements for staff working with children in the childcare sector. The new programme required that pre-school leaders in childcare services delivering the free pre-school provision hold a Level 5 qualification or equivalent on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I am taking a positive and pro-active approach to introduce measures to address the provision of a robust legal and operational services in the realm of information and tracing for those affected by adoption. In this context I have instigated the following policy and operational developments: 1)Development of an Adoption (Information and Tracing) General Scheme and Heads of Bill which will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: There is a wide range of child support services available through both the statutory and non statutory sectors. These include services provided through Government Departments, other state agencies and an extensive network of non governmental organisations. In the area of child welfare and protection services we now have, with the establishment this year of the Child and Family Agency, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 Nov 2014)

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 those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education programme was introduced in January 2010 and provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children before commencing primary school. Despite the challenging budgetary situation, the pre-school year has been maintained as a universal and free programme, ensuring that a significant number of children can avail of quality pre-school services who would...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency provides a range of services aimed at addressing emergency situations in the area of child welfare and protection. In the main, these emergency situations arise out of hours. At present, out of hours emergency services for children at risk in the greater Dublin area (Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow) are provided by the Child and Family Agency through the Crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Statutory responsibility for the delivery of child welfare and protection services rests with the Child and Family Agency which is the appropriate body to receive all reports of concerns relating to all forms of child abuse. In accordance with Children First (2011), the Agency's standard business processes and policies and procedures for carrying out initial assessments of child abuse and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 Nov 2014)

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 those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Dr. Helen Buckley in her recent submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children on 4 November last, raises a range of significant issues in relation to the capacity of the Child and Family Agency to deal with the demands being place on it, now and into the future. These issues include numbers and location of social workers, waiting lists, early intervention and family support,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 Nov 2014)

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 those school communities identified through the Department of Education and Skills’...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (19 Nov 2014)

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 schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme under which funding is made available on an annual basis to 31 national and major regional youth organisations. Targeted supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: As pointed out to the Deputy in replies to previous Questions on this matter, this Department is in the process of introducing a number of reforms with a view to improving the quality of early years services. The revised Child Care Regulations which are required under the new amendments to Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991 are currently being developed in association with the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Adoption Act, 2010 was commenced on 1 November 2010. The commencement of the Act coincided with Ireland's ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption. The legislation, which incorporates the provisions of the Hague Convention, is designed to provide a framework to ensure that appropriate procedures are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency does not have a national role in the delivery of mental health services for children and young people as this remains the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. The Agency does currently fund a small number of secure placements outside of the State and a number of these are in a service that provides a residential mental health facility for children and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The financial allocation for Tusla, The Child and Family Agency, in 2014, its first year of operation, was set at €609 million. This is comprised of €602 million in current funding and €7 million in capital funding. The overall level of funding available to the Agency, which is significant by any measurement, is designed to ensure that the Agency can provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Currently the registration, monitoring and inspection of private residential child care centres are carried out by the Child and Family Agency, and at the end of August 2014 such centres accommodated 152 children (2.3% of children in care) nationally. The Health Information and Quality Authority which was established under the Health Act 2007, is under the aegis of my colleague the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Nov 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 this House 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Rights Referendum (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The use of public funds by my Department in connection with the referendum on the thirty-first amendment of the Constitution of November, 2012 has been the subject of a ruling and judgment of the Supreme Court of 8th November and 11th December, 2012, respectively. These arose from proceedings taken by Mark McCrystal against the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, The Government of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I am taking a positive and pro-active approach to introduce measures to address the provision of a robust legal and operational services in the realm of information and tracing for those affected by adoption. In this context I have instigated the following policy and operational developments: 1)Development of an Adoption (Information and Tracing) General Scheme and Heads of Bill which will...