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

James Reilly: As part of the estimates process for Budget 2015 I am pleased to say that I secured gross funding of €1,010 million for my Department to deliver important reform and service developments to support children and young people next year. This includes a provision of €975 million in current expenditure and €35 million in capital expenditure, which in Vote terms, represents an...

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

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children was published in 2011. Each Government Department has responsibility for child protection within its own sector, including compliance with the relevant guidance. On a more general note, my Department is taking a lead role in the cross-sectoral implementation of Children First. A Children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (21 Oct 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: Children in Care (16 Oct 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: Education Welfare Service Provision (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy may be aware,the Visiting Teachers Service for Travellers was discontinued with effect from September 2011, in line with Department of Education and Skills policy on the phasing out of segregated Traveller provision. The Child and Family Agency, established in 2014 under the aegis of my Department, has statutory responsibility in relation to school attendance and supports for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. I have requested the budget allocation and the outturn to date for placing children in private residential child care centres for 2014 from the Child and Family Agency and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand. In relation to the list of private residential child care centres including the names of the providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. 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: Child Detention Centres (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: The Irish Youth Justice Service (IYJS), which is based in my Department, continues to work to progress its goal to strengthen and develop its evidence base in order to support more effective policies and services for children in conflict with the law, which is one of the goals of the current Youth Justice Action Plan for the period 2014-2018. The IYJS continues to collect and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: In some recent years capital funding has been made available to my Department to support the provision of new youth cafés. In 2013 a capital allocation of €1.55m for new youth cafés was made available by my Department. In 2012 €.5m was allocated to the scheme. Pobal assisted my Department with the 2013 scheme. In all 95 applications were received and some 30...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: Decisions in relation to foster care rates for 2015 are under consideration and have not been taken as yet.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 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: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (16 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: As pointed out to the Deputy in response to his previous question on this matter, additional capital funding of €5 million was made available to my Department in the current year under the Phase 4 Infrastructure Stimulus introduced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. However, this funding will not be allocated in the current year as it would not be possible for it...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: It is clear that the Government's plan for economic recovery is working and that the economy is moving in the right direction. The core aim of the budget is to secure and solidify that recovery. However, we are aware that the economic recovery remains fragile. The Government's determination to ensure the mistakes of the past are not repeated has meant that some difficult choices have had...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: The establishment of the Child and Family Agency, or Tusla, in January saw the delivery of a key programme for Government commitment involving the integration of services previously delivered by three organisations - the HSE, the National Educational Welfare Board and the Family Support Agency. In and of itself, this is a significant challenge, even more so when we consider that the agency...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: In 2015 the agency will have a budget of €635 million which includes over €12 million in capital funding. This is an increase of €26 million or 4.3% on the 2014 provision.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: While I understand this level of funding cannot address all of the challenges the new agency faces, the additional funding will allow it not only to alleviate the pressures on the range of services in place but also to build on the extensive programme of reforms across the services for children and families which is well under way. My Department will continue to work closely with the board...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: I can confirm that no member of staff in my Department has received performance-related pay for the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: My Department implements the 3 Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes - the Childcare Education and Training Programme, the Community Employment Childcare programme and the Afterschool Childcare Programme - which provide childcare supports to eligible parents returning to work or to education. The process involved in making these payments begins when a parent gets a letter...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (15 Oct 2014)

James Reilly: Under adoption legislation, when a child is registered on the Register of Adoption the child is deemed to be the fully legal child of the adoptive parent/couple, having the same legal status as any biological child of the couple born to them within their marriage. Accordingly, the Child and Family Agency would have the responsibility for investigating a case where it has been brought to their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (15 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...