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- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: The Child Care Act 1991 is currently the primary legislation governing the welfare of children who are in need of care and protection. That Act recognises the principle that it is generally in the best interests of a child to be brought up in his or her own family. We welcome the progress made with the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the Minister's acknowledgement that the current...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (19 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding withdrawn from childcare subvention programme, CCSP, services via Pobal compliance visits during the full contract year from 2018 until the end of August 2019; and the number of services nationwide that have had funding cut during that timeframe accordingly. [38018/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (19 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have had their childcare subvention programme, CCSP, funding cut either partially or fully via Pobal compliance visits in the past full contract year 2018 up until the end of August 2019. [38019/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (19 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week, respectively, while extending maternity benefit by two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, based on most recent maternity leave uptake numbers in tabular form. [38017/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to install kitchen facilities to all State-run primary schools which do not have those facilities. [36947/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to install kitchen facilities to all State run secondary schools which do not have those facilities. [36948/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1724. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of taking on the cost of all private childcare classroom staff at all levels nationwide; the number of childcare staff employed by private, not community run crèches at level 5, 6 and 7 based on current numbers. [36938/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1725. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of an additional ten social workers for one full year of employment on a full-time basis. [36939/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1726. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average salary of a full-time Tusla social worker; and the number of full-time social workers employed nationwide. [36940/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1727. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to increase all full-time social workers pay by 25%. [36941/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1728. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of administrative staff employed to assist Tusla social worker workloads. [36942/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1729. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of hiring an additional ten administrative staff to assist Tusla social worker workloads. [36943/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1730. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on the most recent Tusla social worker recruitment drive; the length of time the recruitment drive ran for; and the number of social workers employed as a result. [36944/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1731. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on car travel mileage by Tusla crèche inspectors in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [36945/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 Sep 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: 1771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in one year to roll out the hot meals programme to all children of State run primary schools which have cooking and kitchen facilities. [36946/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I did not think it would be possible to be angrier than when I watched the programme but I am finding it extremely difficult in this meeting as I feel nobody really understands the seriousness of this. There has been very little mention of children or the responsibility that both the present organisations have towards kids. I am disgusted and it is not the first time we have seen Tusla in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: If Mr. Lee takes it so seriously, has he met with those families in the past week? What communication has there been with them since this matter emerged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I have a list of 16 questions if Mr. Lee wants me to call them out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: I will group them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Issues Regarding Childcare Facilities: Discussion (31 Jul 2019)
Kathleen Funchion: Did Tusla contacted them or did they contact it?