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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 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: National Lottery Funding Applications (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I assume that the child safeguarding policies referred to by the Deputy are child safeguarding statements, which are provided for in section 10 of the Children First Bill, 2014. The definition of "child" for the purposes of that Bill, is set out in section 2 of the Bill, and provides it has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Child Care Act, 1991, which is as follows: "child" means a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 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: Youth Cafés Provision (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: In 2013, €1.5m in capital funding was made available to my Department for a Youth Café scheme. Pobal assisted my Department to administer this scheme. In all 95 applications with proposals were received and some 30 proposals for new youth cafés facilities around the country were approved for funding. These projects are now working with Pobal to develop their projects to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: Legal challenges to the Provisional Referendum Certificate issued in respect of the Referendum on the 31st Amendment of the Constitution (the Children's Referendum), held on 10 November 2012, are currently before the Supreme Court for determination. The matter of referring the 31st Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 to the President for signing into law, and to give effect...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Adoption Authority of Ireland advises that a total of 320 intercountry adoptions from non-Hague countries have been registered by the Authority since the enactment of the Adoption Act, 2010 in November 2010. The breakdown of adoptions by country is as follows: Ethiopia - 110, Russia - 201, Taiwan - 8 and Ukraine - 1.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs implements a number of childcare support programmes including the Free Pre-School year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes. In relation to the ECCE programme, only children who satisfy the age criteria are entitled to avail of the free...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Crèche Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The State promoted the development of childcare infrastructure by means of considerable capital investment in the period between 1998 and 2008 during which approximately €425 million was invested in the provision of quality childcare services. The majority of this investment was provided to the community childcare sector. This investment was provided to address the increasing demand...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (4 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. Approximately 68,000 children are availing of the provision in the current academic year.The free pre-school provision represents an annual investment of approximately €175 million and this funding has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: The research to which the Deputy refers is entitled "Examination of concepts of school-readiness among parents and educators"which was funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs under the Irish Research Council’s Research Development Initiative Scheme 2012/13. As part of my Department’s quality control of externally commissioned research, each study is peer reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: My Department has a funding provision this year of some €900,000 in respect of National Lottery Funding. In excess of 800 applications for grant support have been received from individuals, groups and organisations. The current value of these applications amounts to approximately €8 million which far exceeds the available resources. The organisation to which the Deputy refers is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies (4 Nov 2014)

James Reilly: I would like to inform the Deputy that three agencies are currently funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote. These are the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency and the Ombudsman for Children's Office. The only one set up since 2011 in this Department is the Child and Family Agency which was established on 1 January 2014. The Child and Family Agency has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (23 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: A report prepared by the Child and Family Agency – "Measuring the Pressure" - indicates that at the end of June 2014, the Agency was providing 19,766 children with a social work service. The Report also highlights the increasing service challenge facing the Agency, with 9,548 cases waiting to be allocated to a dedicated social worker. Approximately one third of these, (3,240...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Services (22 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: I have referred the issue to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency (the Agency) for attention and to furnish a report on the matter to my Officials. However, as this relates to an individual case, I would not consider it appropriate for me to comment here and I would note that the day to day management of a case is an operational matter for the Agency. As the Deputy may be aware psychological...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (22 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As these are service matters, I have asked the Child and Family Agency to respond directly to the Deputy with the most up-to-date information.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: My Department implements the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme and three Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes - the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme, the Community Employment Childcare (CEC) programme and the Afterschool Childcare (ASCC) programme - which provide childcare supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As part of the Estimates process for Budget 2015 I secured additional funding to help drive key priorities in the reform of children and young people`s services in 2015. I believe that Budget 2015 confirms the Government’s commitment to supporting children and families. The level of funding provided, and the range of services available, is by any measure, very significant. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (21 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: In Budget 2013, this Department together with the Minister for Social Protection announced a new €14 million After-school Childcare (ASCC) Programme. The programme is part of the Government’s overall strategy to support low-income and unemployed persons to return to the workforce and is targeted at families that are most in need at a critical time in their progression into...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 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...