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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I did not interrupt Deputy Robert Troy. The bottom line is that there has been a budget increase as we have restored the economy through the hard work and sacrifice of the Irish people and we know people want to see services restored and improved as befits a just society and a just republic. That is what we intend to do but we must be realistic in the moneys available to us. I welcome the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Ó Caoláin asked about the post of the Secretary General, which will be an appointment managed by the top level appointments committee, TLAC. The appointment is imminent. The closing date for applications was 30 October so matters are in hand and progressing. I agree with the Deputy about the mother and baby homes investigation. It is important we get it right. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: We are in negotiation with suitable individuals. We want to get the best of the people who are very experienced in the area and beyond reproach. We have spoken to a number of people who are of the highest calibre and, if we can land them, we will be very pleased. The Deputy also referred to the 130 social workers recruited. Another 193 are at various stages of recruitment. The overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I thank members for their questions. I note that Deputy Troy has returned. I will address the terms of reference, which a number of Deputies have raised. The challenge for me and the Department is to set terms of reference that will establish a successful commission of inquiry. We are guided in the first instance by the Oireachtas motion that was agreed earlier this year. We know that at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Gabh mo leithscéal, tá botún i gCeist Uimh. 30 don Teachta Séamus Healy. The latest figures available to my Department show 1,130 social workers. That figure is obviously a typo, it is 130 social workers. That is in Question No. 30, Deputy Healy's question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Yes. It is in Question No. 30, first line of third paragraph.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Affairs: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the committee for its invitation. I am pleased to have the opportunity to update the Joint Committee on Health and Children in support of its quarterly review of my Department's work. On the last occasion when I appeared before the committee in July, it was less than a week since my appointment as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I found the experience to be a useful...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Justice Strategy (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Under the Social Investment Initiative led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, my Department is supporting an Irish Youth Justice Service proposal to attract philanthropic and private funds to develop a robust supervision and support programme as an alternative to remand to detention for young people at risk of non-compliance with bail conditions. The proposal has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency which comes under the remit of my Department, provides funding to support voluntary organisations offering the following types of counselling and support: - Marriage and Relationship Counselling; - Marriage preparation courses; - Child Counselling; - Rainbows peer support programme for children; - Bereavement Counselling and Support on the deaths of a family...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (13 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. 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 1stJanuary, 2014. In 2014, the Agency is providing over €17 million in funding to support the provision of domestic and sexual...

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: We now know only too well that our response to child abuse has often been lacking. Some have put protection of their respective institutions ahead of protecting the child. Whether by the Catholic Church or the IRA, alleged perpetrators have been moved to different locations, protecting them from justice and, unforgivably, exposing more children to risk. Too many of our children have paid...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Funding (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Tusla was established on a statutory basis with effect from 1st January 2014. The new Agency took over responsibility for children and family service previously provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and also assumed responsibility for the operations of both the National Education Welfare Board (NEWB) and Family Support Agency (FSA). The financial allocation for the Child and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (12 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 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 its target cohort. The School Completion Programme is a targeted intervention aimed at those school communities identified through the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Protecting children from harmful tobacco products has long been a priority for me, both as Minister for Health and in my current role as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I supported this legislation when it was introduced as a Private Member's Bill, developed and introduced by Senator Jillian van Turnhout, whom the Chairman has welcomed and whose presence in the Visitrors Gallery is...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and members for their support. There are some things on which we agree, as well as the things on which we do not. Let me assure members that when the Bill is enacted, there will be a public information campaign to make people aware of its provisions. I again thank everybody involved but, in particular, Senator Jillian van Turnhout who is with us in the Visitors Gallery.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: There has been no communication between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with the person concerned, since the establishment of the Department in early 2011. However, I understand that there were communications between the individual concerned and the then Department of Health and Children in the period up to and including 2010. I also understand that the individual concerned was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Placement (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency, established in 2014 under the aegis of my Department, has statutory responsibility to ensure that each child attends a recognised school or otherwise receives a certain minimum education. The Educational Welfare Service of the Child and Family Agency is a statutory service supporting regular school attendance for all school age children and young people....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy may be aware, there is a joint protocol in place between the Child and Family Agency, and An Garda Síochána, referred to as Children Missing From Care - A Joint Protocol between An Garda Siochána and the Health Service Executive Children and Family Service, which includes a definition of a child being considered as missing for the purposes of reporting to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Under the Child Care Act, 1991 and the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, the Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. The majority of children in care, some 93%, are in foster care, and one third of those are placed with relatives. The budget for Foster Care and Other Allowances is reported by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (11 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together. Pre-school services are subject to the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No.2) Regulations 2006, as provided for under Part VII of the Child Care Act 1991. Section 58 of the Child Care Act 1991 provides for exemptions to certain categories of childcare providers to the provisions of Part VII of the Act. Those exempted include...