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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: My question asks the Minister what supports are in place for young people who have been severely hit by Covid-19, particularly in terms of their education, career, employment and the impact on their mental health.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcomed the increase. I will be honest: I was critical and stand over my criticism of the lack of funding for early years but I welcome the money that was invested for youth. It is a sector that got a bit forgotten about during Covid. I know people involved and who work in the sector did their best to reach out to young people and include them. There is a huge number of young people...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: The Minister was on the Zoom conference the National Youth Council of Ireland had a few weeks ago. That was excellent. There were two young people, in particular, who addressed it. Now that we are coming into lockdown two or phase 5, the plan is to keep schools open. The reality is that school is one important part but there are all the other social activities. Anyone who hears me...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding allocated to women’s refuges as part of their response to Covid-19 will continue (details supplied). [31305/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: My question relates to domestic violence services. Will the funding allocated to women's refuges as part of their response to Covid-19 continue?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome that. Unfortunately, there has always been the issue of domestic violence but, as we will all have seen, it has been one of the very negative highlights of Covid-19. While men are affected too, it primarily affects women. Children have been sneaking out to cars to try to make phone calls, and that is in cases where people may have felt able to reach out. For so long, so many...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the situation in regard to disadvantaged children being locked out of after-school programmes under the national childcare scheme (details supplied); and the reason new children to after-school services are ineligible for the national childcare scheme due to the employment status of their parents. [31304/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: This question is on after-school services. What is the situation with regard to disadvantaged children who are locked out of after-school programmes that are under the national childcare scheme? Why are children who are new to after-school services ineligible for the national childcare scheme due to the employment status of their parents?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I often think there is a disconnect between what we hear in the Chamber and what people experience. The reason I have raised this point is that a number of people not only in my constituency but throughout the country have raised the difficulty they are having in accessing after-school services, particularly where parents are unemployed or stay at home. They could fall into a vulnerable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: After-School Support Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Is the Minister open to a review or consultation or submissions, particularly in this regard? It is definitely coming up as an issue with more than one or two people. I know we have an issue with Covid, and some after-school services have closed for a variety of reasons, but there is definitely an issue with funding after-school services. I would appreciate if he would examine it. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason that, in order to qualify for the national childcare scheme, NCS, parents need to have a public services card, given that other Departments have done away with requiring the public services card to access their services, namely the passport service. [31308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the issues surrounding the registering of CHICK numbers as this is also having an impact on the quick turnaround of NCS applications. [31310/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the letters issued by Pobal to providers in relation to refunds; and the reason his officials are seeking refunds from providers whose businesses are at risk of closure due to historical inadequate funding. [31307/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are some serious ongoing issues in terms of the service Pobal is providing for childcare providers (details supplied). [31311/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 304. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the soldiers who were involved in the siege of Jadotville will be receiving medals of recognition; if so, when they expect can this; and if not, the rationale in this regard. [31628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can apply for back payment of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. [31633/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 445. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans under way for a collaborative forum for survivors of mother and baby homes. [31119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 450. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to raise investment in the early years sector to bring Ireland from the bottom of the investment league in the OECD. [31384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to deal with the precarious position of school age childcare, SAC, services in view of an internal poll of Early Childhood Ireland’s SAC members found that 79% of members have seen their numbers reduce since they reopened. [31385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Oct 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if information on the sustainability fund will be provided; the way in which it can be applied for; and the locations in which information can be found in this regard. [31631/20]