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

James Reilly: The Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) is an independent project established under Section 3 of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007, in accordance with the Regulations made under that Act, with the support of the One Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The aims and objectives of the project are to: - Provide information to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, I am consulting with a number of key stakeholders, including the Bethany Survivor's Campaign and Survivors of Protestant Children's Institutions whom I have met in recent days, in order to update the parties on the emerging issues and to seek their further views. Requests to include a range of institutions, and concerns related to particular practices are being...

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

James Reilly: Balgaddy Child and Family Centre has sought to be included within the Family Resource Centre Programme operated by the Child and Family Agency. The Programme is closed at present to new applications. The Centre has been in receipt of philanthropic funding and this funding arrangement is due to cease from 2015 onwards. I understand that discussions have been held between the Agency and...

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

James Reilly: The Agency publishes a range of reports on performance indicators on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Among these indicators is information relating to referral and assessment processes, and numbers of substantiated cases which have led to a child's name being placed on the Child Protection Notification System and having a Child Protection Plan. The Agency also provides an annual Review...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 103 together. The recent Unicef report raises the important issue of child poverty. The collection and collation of data for this report is a matter specific to the research design adopted by Unicef with specific regard to the response to this multi-faceted issue. I would like to outline the following: Support for families who require income...

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

James Reilly: Responsibility for addressing disadvantage is a matter for all Departments and Ministers and indeed for wider society. The provision of intervention and supports to target the particular needs of children will be dependent on the type of disadvantage, be it social, financial, educational, health etc. Responsibility for the identification and provision of those interventions will fall to my...

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

James Reilly: I see the role of my Department as working in an integrated way to develop strong linkages between early prevention and intervention, developing closer working relationships between the care system and the justice system with the main focus of keeping children out of the criminal justice system as much as possible. For the relatively small number of young people whose behaviour has...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 110 together. Children who require care placements come within the statutory remit of the Child and Family Agency. The Agency operates a number of services including family support, foster care and residential care services. These services are primarily demand led so there is no fixed capacity in terms of the places available to care for children....

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 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: Departmental Functions (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: "Better Outcomes Brighter Futures", the national policy framework for children and young people 2014-2020 represents a whole of government approach to improve the lives of children and young people. The framework gives appropriate priority to the importance of physical and mental wellbeing with a single national outcome focussed on "Active and Healthy". The key Departmental Sponsor for this...

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

James Reilly: I assume the Deputy is referring to facilities within the children detention school system operating on the Oberstown campus at Lusk, Co. Dublin. As prescribed under Section 158 of the Children Act 2001, as amended, the principal object of the children detention schools is to provide appropriate education, training and other programmes and facilities for children referred to them by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Transport (19 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department was established in 2011. The expenditure relating to Ministerial transport, encompassing overseas and domestic travel transport costs is set out below. Year Ministerial Transport Costs 2011 €19,599 2012 €14,600 2013 €20,832

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home-School Liaison Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Since its establishment on 1 January 2014, the Child and Family Agency under the Department of Children and Youth Affairs has operational responsibility for the Home School-Community Liaison Scheme along with the statutory Educational Welfare Service and the School Completion Programme. The Home-School-Community Liaison Scheme is an integral part of the Department of Education and Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (18 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: Early Child Care Education (18 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme provides for one free pre-school year for all eligible children before commencing primary school. The ECCE programme is funded by my Department through the provision of capitation grants paid directly to participating services. The standard capitation fee paid to participating services is €62.50 per week per eligible child....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (18 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I am advised by the Child and Family Agency (TUSLA) that discussions with the relevant trade union and other interested parties are ongoing in respect of the proposed graduate scheme. The views of the various parties are being considered and I have asked my officials to keep me informed.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (18 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department provides funding to this Centre under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) free pre-school year programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, the Childcare Education and Training Support programme (CETS) and the Community Employment Childcare (CEC) Programme. Details of funding provided for 2013 / 2014 and to date for the funding year 2014/2015 are set...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (18 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...