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- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (8 Mar 2018)
Katherine Zappone: My Department does not have a designated Press Officer or stand-alone Press Office. One of my appointed Special Advisors, Mr Jerry O'Connor, has special responsibility for communications. He is remunerated at a point on the Principal Officer scale. Mr O'Connor took up the role after my appointment in mid 2016. Prior to that, a Special Advisor to my predecessor Dr James Reilly, Mr Mark...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (8 Mar 2018)
Katherine Zappone: No panel has been established in my Department for communications officers. My Department does not have a designated civil service role of head of communications or similar. I have no plans to make such an appointment. The day-to-day press office function in my Department has usually been serviced by an Executive Officer in recent years; in 2017, a clerical officer was assigned to assist in...
- Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Katherine Zappone: I regret that I was unable to attend earlier to listen to previous contributions. Deputy Farrell addressed this issue. I had an opportunity to make a statement when we commenced the debate during which I spoke about my feelings on this issue and identified some of the actions I have taken in response to the horrific findings in respect of the mother and baby home in Tuam and, more...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I am very pleased to be here, together with my outstanding officials, to discuss my Department’s Revised Estimate for 2018. In my opening statement I will provide a summary of what is included in each of the programme areas and may not need to do so again when we come to discuss each of those areas. As Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I remain completely committed to...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I thank the Chairman. As I indicated, I tried to summarise that in my opening statement. That is sufficient.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes, Deputy Rabbitte, there were a number of areas, both in terms of my priorities, which I indicated to Tusla, as well as its own. The key priorities are obviously an increase in staff, with the recruitment of 442 new staff. It wants to respond to expected further increases in referrals following the introduction of mandatory reporting. There will be a further expansion of the Tusla...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes, absolutely, we took 41 minors from Calais. Those minors had been vetted and were identified and were able to come. I had the opportunity about a year and a half ago to visit one of the places where we were receiving unaccompanied minors. It is extraordinary the way the people work with these young people. They were able to give the minors support, especially as they learned the...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I thank the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I thank the Chairman. I deeply appreciate his statement and I believe they will be as appropriate as they can be as well. I want to acknowledge and express my appreciation for the great interest the committee has taken in this issue. That helps and makes a difference, and it supports their movement towards these kinds of improvements. I thank Deputy Funchion for asking about the school...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I totally agree with the Deputy. For example, of the four who came to the Farmleigh event, we asked if they would identify themselves and that they would report back to the other school completion co-ordinators. Subsequent to that, I have been to a couple of other regional locations including Kilkenny and my own constituency of Dublin South West. I also intend to meet other co-ordinators...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: The Deputy is asking about the numbers of children in care.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I have the number of open cases with Tusla needing a social work service. In 2015, there were 26,665; in 2016, there were 25,034; and in 2017, there were 24,891.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I have data here to the end of December 2017.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: I appreciate that. That is the updated data.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: Programme B?
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Katherine Zappone: To be clear, in respect of ECCE, we are still taking enrolments in January 2018 and April 2018. Then we move to the other items we have indicated, in September 2018, that one entry point.