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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Internal Audit of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme was initiated by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs as part of a programme of Internal Audits to review all major expenditure programmes in the Department. A total of some €175 million is spent on the ECCE scheme annually in which some 68,000 children receive free pre-school care. Objective review...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Homelessness Strategy (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department commissioned the Centre for Effective Services (CES) to undertake a review of the implementation of the Youth Homelessness Strategy, 2001 to establish the extent that the strategy has been successful and to identify any blockages or challenges to its implementation. The report, published in July 2013, found that there have been significant improvements in the service response...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The financial allocation for the Child and Family Agency in 2014, its first year of operation, was set at €609 million, including €7 million in capital funding. This included an additional revenue provision of €6.7 million (€12 million in a full year) to support the reform of Child Welfare and Protection Services by the Agency this year. It is acknowledged that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 822 and 829 together. I currently have two special advisors appointed to me, both of whom have been placed on the Principal Officer Standard Scale in accordance with Department of Finance instructions on Ministerial appointments. Special Adviser Point on Principal Officer Standard Scale Annual Remuneration Mark Costigan Max Point €87,258 Camille...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Gender Balance Issues (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I would like to inform the Deputy that since my Department was established in June 2011 to the present time, five non-commercial State agencies have been funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote, namely the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Family Support Agency, the National Educational Welfare Board and the Ombudsman for Children. With effect from...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be aware that I have just recently been appointed to this role. However, I can assure the Deputy that I will be giving full consideration, in conjunction with senior officials in my Department, to identifying my priorities for the remainder of my term of office. There is much work to be done and it is not without its challenges. Obviously, to deliver in full on our...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Briefing (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I can inform the Deputy that I have no difficulty in providing a copy of the briefing that I received on entering office in this Department or in publishing the same briefing, subject to any necessary redactions that might be appropriate and consistent with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department was newly established in June 2011. It brought together functions and staff from the Departments of Health, Justice, Education and Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs. When the amalgamation of all was complete in January 2012 the staffing complement in my Department was 132.19 whole time equivalents. In accordance with the moratorium on Recruitment and Promotions...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I understand that the Deputy is enquiring if sufficient resources are at the disposal of my Department in 2014 to meet the cost of programmes and services including those where Service Level Agreements are in place. The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2014 allocated gross funding to my Department of some €997 million which includes over €955 million in current funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Interdepartmental Meetings (17 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: My Department engages on an ongoing basis with other Departments with regard to services for children. Interdepartmental engagement takes place at a variety of levels ranging from day-to-day contact between my officials and counterparts in other Departments, up to high level interdepartmental groups addressing issues of national importance. It is not feasible to quantify all meetings between...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for his expressions of support for this important programme. We know that any money invested in children yields the biggest return, regardless of whether it is spent in health, in education or on an important educational scheme like this one. This programme is aimed at the most vulnerable people, including those likely to leave education before they have had an...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I thank my constituency colleague for raising this important issue. The school completion programme, SCP, aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to generally improve their school attendance, participation and their retention in education. The SCP is a targeted intervention, aimed at those school communities which are identified through...

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

James Reilly: I refer the Deputy to my reply yesterday to Deputy Finian McGrath and Deputy Michael Kitt in this matter. It is a matter of record that the Centre at Darndale has been experiencing cash flow difficulties. The Centre incurred expenditure of €2.022m in 2013 and received funding amounting to €1.96m, resulting in a deficit of €62,000. Projections by the Centre show that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware the functions and operational responsibilities of the former National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) are now part of the Child and Family Agency, which was established on 1st January 2014. Since this date the staff of the former NEWB, including its Education Welfare Officers (EWOs), have transferred to the new Agency. Within the Agency, the statutory Education...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 318 together. My Department is responsible for the administration of funding for the development of youth services. The funding schemes support the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for young people including those from disadvantaged communities by the voluntary youth sector. In October 2012, the Department selected certain...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: As part of the Child and Family Agency's commitment to develop a comprehensive continuum of care services to meet the divergent and complex needs of all children in care, Crannóg Nua High Support Unit in Portrane is to be redesignated to function as a Special Care Unit. I am advised that the last child left Crannog Nua on 23rd June 2014. There are approximately 14 days remaining in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Proceedings (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I am committed to reforming the established, largely ad hoc, basis of the existing arrangements in relation to guardians ad litem. The position is that in public law proceedings, under the Child Care Act 1991, a guardian ad litem may be appointed by a Court. In accordance with the Act, guardians ad litem are appointed where the Court considers this necessary in the interests of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward this to the Deputy when it becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: Special Care involves the detention of a child on order of the High Court. The child is not detained as a result of criminal offences but for his or her own welfare and protection in one of three special care units in Ireland. The Deputy is correct when he says that the one of the criteria for placement in special care is that children do not have a psychiatric disorder. However, sometimes...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Jul 2014)

James Reilly: The Child and Family Agency has provided the following data in relation to the children/young people who have been placed in secure Out of State placements from 1 January 2014 to 11 July 2014 : 1/1/2014 – 11/7/2014 Age Gender Date Order Discharged St. Andrews, Northhampton 18 F 8/6/2014 – returned to Ireland St. Andrews, Northampton 17 M 18/07/2014- Returned to Ireland St....