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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social Workers Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: There is no question that we face challenges from a financial point of view. There will always be demand and we need to ensure that the way we are delivering care and services is done in an efficient manner. As is the case in other areas, sometimes social workers are being tasked with other work of a more clerical nature from which they could be freed in order to address the area in which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Services (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: This is a very important service for the young people of Longford. It is an issue Deputy James Bannon has brought to my attention repeatedly since I became Minister. I raised the matter with my Department last week. In 2013, €1.5 million in capital funding was made available to my Department for a Youth Café scheme. Pobal assisted my Department to administer this scheme. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: I did not interrupt the Deputy. If the truth hurts so much, perhaps he would be as well to leave the Chamber.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Troy's Government established the HSE and this legal process.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: It has left the inheritance for the people with which we are all very familiar. To come in here and demand that a new agency, that has inherited all these problems from his Government, should solve them all within a year of being established is preposterous, and Deputy Troy knows it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for his question, and I have met with him on the issue. The Government is committed to establishing an effective commission of investigation into matters relating to mother and baby homes. Considerable progress has been achieved in this important task, including the publication of the interdepartmental group’s report and the announcement that Judge Yvonne Murphy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be well aware, as we all are, of the cost and duration of previous tribunals. We do not intend to put people through a long process of years before they get the answers they require and resolution they seek. My officials are consulting the Office of the Attorney General on draft wording. The challenge is to draft terms of reference that are inclusive enough to provide an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: I hope, in the interests of all concerned, that we will continue to co-operate to expedite this as quickly as possible and also to ensure the terms of reference are as comprehensive as possible. Many groups which have an interest are involved, and their interests must be represented. The Deputy has asked me to give specifics, but that would be to pre-empt the Department's work, which will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The financial allocation for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in 2014 which was 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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy has raised the issue of the number of children who are waiting for further social work intervention. They have been categorised into different groups of low priority and high priority. There is no question or doubt that the agency is under pressure. However, we are employing more social workers. Over 100 social workers have been recruited and another 90 are in process. I share...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: To be clear around these figures, approximately one-third of 9,473 cases awaiting a dedicated social worker are deemed to be high priority. They comprise the following: a child subject to care proceedings, where there is an ongoing child protection concern; a child with non-approved foster carers; a child in care for less than six months; and a child in an non-stable placement. All these...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: Efforts are ongoing in my Department in relation to a bilateral agreement on intercountry adoption between Ireland and the Russian Federation. Following a meeting with a delegation of Russian officials in October 2013 my Department prepared revised draft wording on a number of specific points. This was forwarded to the Russian Authorities in February 2014. In transmitting these revisions...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991and the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. Depending on the nature of the individual circumstances, a child may be received into the care of the State. At the end of July 2014, there were 6,466 children in care. The majority -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has undertaken to establish a Commission of Investigation into the concerns that have arisen in relation to Mother and Baby Homes. The decision to establish a Commission of Investigation into these matters received the unanimous endorsement of this House on the 11th June. Since this date, considerable progress has been achieved in advancing the necessary legislative and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Policy (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, my Department recently launched Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures,the first overarching national policy framework which comprehends the age ranges of children and young people 0 – 24 years. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futuresis a cross-government strategy aimed at ensuring that all children and young people get the best possible foundation in learning and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund (25 Sep 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. In 2014, funding of €49.78 m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. From within this budget, my Department provides funding to projects under the Young People's Facilities...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: Pobal provides a significant level of service to my Department and it would be impossible to deliver the various Departmental programmes without Pobal's support. The majority of these services relate to Early Years programmes and services, some of which are: - Conducting contractual compliance visits to participating childcare services under the large-scale Early Years funding programmes:...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment Measures (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: My Department works closely with the Departments of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Education and Skills, Social Protection and others as part of a cross departmental effort to tackle youth unemployment. My Department administers a range of funding schemes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country by the voluntary youth sector. In 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Iniúchtaí ar Sheirbhísí Chúram Leanaí (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: Tá freagracht ag Tusla, an Ghníomhaireacht um Leanaí agus an Teaghlach, as iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar áiseanna réamhscoile faoin Acht um Chúram Leanaí 1991. Tá mórchlár athchóirithe ar siúl laistigh den Ghníomhaireacht le cur chuige soiléir náisiúnta a fhorbairt i dtaca le hiniúchtaí. Tugadh...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Expenditure (25 Sep 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...