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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I do not know. It is a good scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I will take those points and raise them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I do not know the answer to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I think the question is a good one. When we do know and as they come to light we, Pobal and the county childcare committees, CCCs, need to hear from the insurers because of the implications for the children and parents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: Not us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: We are just suggesting this. It is reasonable for parents to ask that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: We are getting updated again tomorrow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: All of those points are very important. I have already indicated that we would like to get the information on premia for ourselves to understand the costs in the sector and therefore the kind of investment we need to make to continue to support it. Was the Chairman's second issue the databases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: Yes, there may be times when those reports are not published and there might be due processes going on. At the same time I am aware that these are issues for parents and for insurers. I have dedicated a resource in the Department to examine that and other issues that Tusla has recommended to us to increase transparency in the provision of information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I have not. My officials have been in conversation directly with the broker and the insurer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: It is a requirement-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: -----as part of the Tusla process of administering-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: Yes, it does. Before I respond to the high-risk issue raised by the Deputy, I would like to say I understand from Tusla that as of 12 December last, almost all the providers had been registered. They had insurance certificates at that time, but those certificates do not necessarily mean that providers are covered from January onwards. Tusla needs to know whether every service is insured.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: We will know more tomorrow. Virtually all of the providers, but not quite all of them, are registered. In order for those that are registered to have been accepted in the first instance, they will have had to submit some initial documents that are not very hard to provide, one of which is an insurance certificate. Tusla inspectors have information on how long each insurance certificate lasts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: As I have said on several occasions this afternoon, it is important that we attract at least one more insurance organisation, and preferably a couple of such organisations, into the market. As I indicated earlier, I have information to suggest that increases in the region of 100% represent one of the reasons for certain companies deciding to move or leave. I have not met them directly, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: I thank the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: It is important.
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Dec 2019)
Katherine Zappone: From September 2018, all children meeting the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months have been eligible for a full two programme years on the Early Childhood Care and Education programme (ECCE). This measure refined the development introduced in 2017 and increased the eligibility of each registered child on ECCE from an average of 61 weeks, to a potential 76 weeks (two programme...