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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: On Budget Day, I was pleased to announce that additional resources of almost €3.0m were secured to support the work of existing Family Resource Centres, and to facilitate the inclusion of an additional 11 community organisations to the Family Resource Centre Programme. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre Programme. Applications to the programme...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the publication of the tenth edition of the Children’s Rights Alliance Report Card evaluating the Government's progress on actions for children. The 2018 report acknowledges progress made and the Government’s efforts to improve the lives of children in Ireland. The report rightly highlights the continuing impact of the homelessness crisis on the lives of children. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The DCYA capital grant funding scheme for play and recreation provides capital funding to support new and existing play and recreation facilities for children and young people. The total amount of funding made available each year is €250,000. A maximum grant of €20,000 is allocated to each Local Authority through the Local Authority Play and Recreation Network (LAPRN). The LAPRN...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Community (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I must inform the Deputy that my Department has no responsibility with regard to this issue. If the Deputy has any particular questions regarding health issues, including infant mortality, he should address these to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD. As a lifelong campaigner for equality, social justice and fairness, I regard the recognition of Traveller ethnicity in 2017 as a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The factors impacting on the costs across delivery of services in any sector are complex and multifaceted. The cost to childcare providers is affected by many factors such as rates, rent, labour costs, and insurance amongst other things. In September 2017 this Government introduced a number of measures to make childcare more affordable for families in Ireland. These measures involved: - A...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In September 2017 my Department introduced a series of measures to make childcare more accessible and affordable for families in Ireland. These included: - A new, universal (non-means tested) subsidy for all children in Tusla-registered childcare aged between 6 months until they are eligible for the ECCE programme, which amounts to up to €1,040 per year for children in full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 provides for the first time a statutory entitlement to identity information for adopted persons. It provides for a structured and regulated access to information and tracing services for those affected by adoption. It sets out the information that can be provided  and the circumstances in which it can be provided to adopted persons and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: A child can be received into voluntary care by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, under Section 4 of the Child Care Act, 1991. This section allows Tusla to receive a child into care without a court order, and with the consent of the child's parents, when this is required for the child’s welfare or protection. A voluntary care agreement may be appropriate in situations where a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services Provision (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Children or teenagers  who are in a situation of immediate risk may initially be dealt with by An Garda Síochána or by Tusla, but in the main both agencies work together in such cases.  Tusla, when alerted to a child at immediate risk, for instance a young child left alone at home or abandoned and  if the child needs to be removed from that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department continues to invest significant resources in the childcare sector generally. In the last three Budgets (2016, 2017 and 2018) investment in childcare has increased by 80% which reflects the emphasis being placed on improving access to high quality and affordable services . This investment includes funding of the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and the After School...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Programme for Government commits to full implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention). Responsibility for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Istanbul Convention is a significant legal...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Homelessness Strategy (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: Under the Child Care Act, 1991 and the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla has a duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care or protection, including children who present as  homeless, and are not in the care of their parents.  Tusla provides assessment  and care to children in this situation, understanding that there is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people in Dublin city, including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding provided to youth services in the Dublin city area for the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018 is provided in the following table. Year Youth funding provided for youth services in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Sector Pay (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 and 196 together. City of Dublin Youth Service Board is a statutory body which administers grants to approximately ninety youth projects throughout Dublin city. I am aware that a number of youth workers based in Dublin City and employed in projects administered by the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, are on scales linked to public pay scales and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I can inform the Deputy that none of my advisors or officials travelled to the launch to which he refers.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 199 together. City of Dublin Youth Service Board is a statutory body which administers grants to approximately ninety youth projects throughout Dublin city. I am aware that a number of youth workers based in Dublin City and employed in projects administered by the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, are on scales linked to public pay scales and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In 2018, €58.9 m has been allocated in current funding to support the provision of youth services, an increase of €1.5m on 2017. The additional funding is being used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people and to assist national youth organisations in their work to support local voluntary youth services. Funding to staff led youth services has generally been...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: My Department maintains close contact with the national youth organisations and I and officials from my Department meet formally with these organisations twice a year to share knowledge and information on developments in the youth sector. A separate meeting is held on that day with national organisations in receipt of targeted youth funding to keep them updated on the ongoing work on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Irish Prison Service (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: There are no children detained in adult prisons. All children who have been sentenced to a period of detention by the Courts are detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The policy to end children being detained in adult facilities has been achieved with effect from the 31stMarch 2017. In the circumstances, I do not need to liaise with the Irish Prison Service in relation to children.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme supports volunteer-led youth work activities at a local level. These grants are made available to all youth clubs and groups through the local Education and Training Boards. Each year, in the region of 1700 local youth clubs are eligible to apply under the scheme. Organisations wishing to apply for funding under this scheme are required to contact their...