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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: For the statutory provider. Sorry, for the statutory both-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Does the Deputy mean for all of them?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Okay.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Is the Deputy referring to section 14?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The overall subsidy rates can be adjusted in the context of the Bill and the ministerial setting of those regulations. Our intention is, and our hope is, that they would be based on the cost of provision, which is why we are conducting an independent review of the costs. I, as Minister, want flexibility more than anything else in the world. We need to work towards that and the first step...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: One of my departmental officials has helpfully reminded me of something that might help me to answer the question. The independent review of costs will provide evidence that will assist us to move forward in terms of all of our combined intentions. This spring, some interim data will be available that will inform the 2019 Estimates. Maybe such information will help to answer part of his...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In the light of the issues raised by the Deputy, we will look at the provision again and, if we can, come back with something positive.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 26:In page 15, to delete line 22 and substitute the following:“(d) the applicant is in receipt of financial support under section 14 in respect of that child.”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The phrase “at all reasonable times” in relation to the ability of authorised officers to enter premises for the purposes of carrying out an inspection is the standard wording. Section 55(1) of the Child Care Act 1991 contains this wording to allow an authorised person, a Tusla preschool inspector, to enter at all all reasonable times any premises where a registered preschool...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I fully agree with the necessity to treat data protection issues with the utmost care and attention. Any existing regulations in this regard, both Irish and European, will be complied with as a matter of course. This is the crucial part. As both Irish and EU data protection regulations, including the EU general data protection regulation, which will come into force in May 2018, will have...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 30:In page 22, line 15, after “partner” to insert “and any children named in the application for financial support”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: As I have already stated, I agree in principle with the amendment. I will consult with the Attorney General's office on the precise wording to be adopted and I hope the Deputies will appreciate that. We will then propose an amendment on Report Stage along the lines which the Deputies have suggested. The proposed amendment is, of course, in line with the policy intention set out in the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: We have to check the wording.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Sorry?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I want to have the time to check and to come back on Report Stage to ensure that the wording is acceptable to the Office of the Attorney General. If it is not, we will slightly amend it while keeping it effectively the same as the amendment the Deputies have proposed.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 32: In page 25, to delete lines 23 to 31 and substitute the following: “ Health Service Executive To enable participation in a childcare service where there is an identified need for childcare as an additional support to the home environment to meet child development needs for a child who is under the age of 4 years and who is not...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Feb 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 (ECCE) scheme. The current take up of ECCE averages at 61 weeks, up from 38 weeks when ECCE was first introduced. From September 2018, the entitlement for all children will be 76 weeks. This further...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Data (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department was established in June 2011, and the number of freedom of information requests received since then is set out below.  All requests received were accepted and processed, and none have been escalated to the Office of the Information Commissioner. Following requests being processed, no requests were escalated to the Office of the Information Commissioner,...