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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has advised that the number of permanent staff employed by Tusla in each of the year 2014 to 2017 and up to the 28 February 2018 (latest data available), is as follows: 2014 2015 2016 2017 Feb-18 Headcount WTE Headcount WTE Headcount WTE Headcount WTE Headcount WTE 3666 3265.61 3835 3238.79 3738 3326.81 3821 3424.09 3859 3433.53

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has advised that the number of agency staff deployed in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in February 2018 (latest data available), is as follows: December 2014 307 December 2015 225 December 2016 280 December 2017 503 February 2018 453 Given the front-line nature of Tusla's services, agency staff are essential to ensure services for vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: From September 2018, all children meeting the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months will be eligible for a full two programme years on the Early Childhood Care and Education programme (ECCE). This measure refines the development introduced last year and increases the duration of each registered child on ECCE from a current average of 61 weeks, to a potential duration of 76 weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: From September 2018, all children meeting the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months will be eligible for a full two programme years on the Early Childhood Care and Education programme (ECCE). This measure refines the development introduced last year, whereby three intake dates were adopted, and will increase the duration of each registered child on ECCE from a current average of 61...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the provision of care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. In discharging its statutory responsibility, Tusla supports 20 emergency refuge and support services in providing services for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Twenty four community-based domestic violence support...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1343 and 1344 together. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is responsible for the administration of the Family Resource Centre Programme. A high number of applications - 47 in total - were submitted to Tusla, who carried out an assessment process. The assessment included consultation with Tusla staff in operational and regional roles, and with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department currently employs four temporary clerical officers (TCO's) who came from the Public Appointments Service (PAS) Temporary Clerical Officer panel in May, June July and October 2016 respectively. All four TCO's have been provided with contracts to undertake specified project work, on completion of which, their services will no longer be required. Permanent clerical officer...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (17 Apr 2018)

Katherine Zappone: From September 2018, allchildren meeting the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months will be eligible for a full two programme years on the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. The current take up of ECCE averages at 61 weeks, up from 38 weeks when ECCE was first introduced. From September 2018, all eligible children can avail of two full years of ECCE (76 weeks). This...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question, and can confirm that I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for their appropriate attention. I have asked that they make contact with the person in question, and confirm to me when this action has occurred.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 and 382 together. In relation to my Department, I can confirm that the costs for the provision of social media training for staff development is as follows: Year Costs incurred by Department Social Media Training Delivered Number of staff attended 2017 €450 Social Media for Business 1 2017 €500 Social Media for Business 1 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Education and Training Boards (ETBs) act as grant administering bodies for the disbursement of funding under the various youth funding schemes. In this regard, earlier this year, officials from my Department corresponded with all ETBs requesting that each ETB seek a letter of assurance from each organisation in receipt of youth funding confirming that it is in compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can confirm to the Deputy that no contracts were awarded by my Department in the years 2010 to date in respect of the company mentioned.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Publication (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I have committed my Department to producing Ireland’s first-ever National Early Years Strategy later this year. Publication of the Strategy was identified as a key action in Better Outcomes Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People. The development of the Strategy is being informed by national and international evidence on what makes most...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: EU Directives (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy, there are no EU directives as referred to in the question under my Department's remit.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to thank the Deputy for her question, and can confirm that I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for their direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As the Deputy may be aware, responsibility for the National Educational Welfare Board which included the School Completion Programme was transferred to my Department on its establishment in 2011. Upon the establishment of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency on January 1st 2014, operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme was transferred to the Agency. The School Completion...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The ABC Programme commenced in 2013 and was designed as a time-bound, co-funding agreement led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in conjunction with The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic), originally in the amount of €29.7m for the period 2013-2017. In late 2016, my Department secured additional funding to ensure that all 13 existing ABC sites remained in contract...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme is a joint prevention and early intervention initiative, led by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) in conjunction with The Atlantic Philanthropies (Atlantic). The aim of the ABC Programme is to test and evaluate prevention and early intervention approaches to improve outcomes for children and families living in 13 areas of disadvantage...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (29 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Family Resource Centre Programme is administered by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have asked Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy's query with regard to the issue of funding.

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputies Rabbitte, Mitchell and Funchion, all of whom spoke very passionately about this in the context of knowing what was going on with providers of children's services and the various circumstances which exist. It is being aware of and attentive to those contexts which provides the best impetus for good law. I appreciate the fact that the Deputies raised that with me and am glad...