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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (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 €49.78m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The 3 children detention schools, all located at Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin, currently provide a total of 46 detention places for young people ordered to be remanded or committed by the courts. These comprise 6 places for girls up to the age of 18 on admission and 40 places for boys up to the age of 17 on admission. Boys aged 17 on being ordered to be detained are currently accommodated by...

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

James Reilly: This Government is committed to establishing a comprehensive and effective Commission of Investigation into matters relating to Mother and Baby Homes in accordance with the Motion passed in this House on the 11th June last. This Motion focused on a number of specific concerns, including that Dáil Eireann "acknowledges the need to establish the facts regarding the deaths of almost 800...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres Provision (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities, which under the Children Act 2001 means all young people up to the age of 18 years. This will be met in full later this year when the extension of the Oberstown campus results in the transfer of responsibility for 17 year old boys from the adult prison system to the...

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

James Reilly: A number of amendments were made to the Child Care Act 1991 in the Child and Family Agency Act 2013. Regulations giving effect to the legislative changes are expected to be published shortly. The new Regulations will impose qualification requirements of a minimum Level 5 award in early childhood care and education for all staff working in early years services (no requirement currently...

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

James Reilly: My Department implements the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme which provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children before they commence primary school. The programme is a free and universal provision to which all children have access. To ensure that the ECCE programme is more accessible to children with special needs a number of additional provisions have been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Standards (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: At Government level responsibility for the early years sector is split between the Minister for Education and Skills and myself, and our two departments collaborate on developments, particularly in terms of building quality. There has been no change in these responsibilities, nor is any change planned. Recent announcements by Minister O'Sullivan have related to her areas of responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: My legislative priority in the area of adoption is the preparation of information and tracing legislation. In addition, my Department is also working closely with the Department of Justice and Equality on the Children and Family Relationships Bill, which it is proposed will contain measures in relation to guardianship and adoption by civil partners. It is intended to proceed to finalise...

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

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency compiles monthly performance reports which include statistics in relation to children in care. These reports are published on the Agency's website. The report for July 2014 shows that 6,062 of the 6,466 children in care had an allocated social worker and 5,854 had an up to date written care plan. 6,000 children were in foster care, 5,609 of whom had an...

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

James Reilly: It is a matter for the Adoption Authority of Ireland to identify suitable Hague Convention countries and to engage with those Central Authorities to pursue administrative agreements to facilitate Hague compliant intercountry adoptions. The Adoption Authority of Ireland advises that while Belarus ratified the Hague Convention in July 2003, the Belarusian authorities suspended intercountry...

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

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation into matter relating to Mother and Baby Homes, once established, will be statutory and independent and will operate in accordance with the Commission of Investigations Act 2004. Discussions are on-going with my Government colleagues and the Attorney General with a view to finalising our deliberations on the Commission's terms of reference in early course. The...

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

James Reilly: This Government is committed to establishing an effective Commission of Investigation into matters relating to Mother and Baby Homes. Considerable progress has been achieved to date in this important task, including the publication of the Inter-Departmental Group’s Report and the announcement that Judge Yvonne Murphy will Chair this independent statutory investigation. It is my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Carers Strategy Consultation (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be aware that the National Carers Strategy is led by the Department of Health and many Departments including the Department of Children and Youth Affairs have a role to play in its implementation. Earlier this month officials from my Department and the Child and Family Agency met with the National Carers' Association to discuss the role of the Department and the Agency in...

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

James Reilly: The financial allocation for Tusla, The Child and Family Agency, in 2014, 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. It is acknowledged that delivering the range of service required of the Agency, within this budget, is challenging. Notwithstanding the significant level...

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 151, 152, 154 and 155 together. 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. Despite the challenging budgetary situation, the pre-school year has been maintained as a universal and free programme, ensuring that a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: I assume the Deputy's reference to clients concerns children in custody in the children detention schools. I am not aware of any complaints regarding the treatment of children and the use of funds at the Oberstown campus.  There are complaint mechanisms available to children who are in custody in Oberstown. The campus has a designated liaison officer who is available to all children...

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

James Reilly: The correspondence to which the Deputy refers relates to the closure of a Community Playschool. I understand that his service had insufficient children participating in the various childcare schemes and was therefore not sustainable. and took the decision to close. Only 2 children were signed up for the 2014/15 academic year. I am aware that the group made considerable efforts supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (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 €49.78m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (25 Sep 2014)

James Reilly: The 3 children detention schools, all located at Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin, currently provide a total of 46 detention places for young people ordered to be remanded or committed by the courts in relation to criminal matters. These comprise 6 places for girls up to the age of 18 on admission and 40 places for boys up to the age of 17 on admission. Boys aged 17 on being ordered to be...

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

James Reilly: Statutory responsibility for the delivery of child welfare and protection services rests with the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, which is the appropriate body to receive all reports of concerns relating to all forms of child abuse. Each referral received by the Agency is assessed and progressed on an individual basis by the relevant social work team. Preliminary screening is aimed at...