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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (18 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to advise that this is an operational matter for Tusla and my officials have requested that they reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (18 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Information on the number of referrals received by child and family social work services is not collated by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in the format requested by the Deputy. The latest referral figures published by Tusla are for each administrative area, and indicate that a total of 2,509 referrals had been received in the Louth/Meath area in the first three quarters of 2016. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (18 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding schemes support national and local youth work involving approximately 1,400 youth work staff working in youth services and communities throughout the country. I am pleased to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (18 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Community childcare facilities are important partners in the delivery of affordable, accessible, high quality childcare. The majority of community childcare services are operating well and have been able to manage issues they face within the structures available, including by availing of support from County and City Childcare Committees, Pobal and my Department. Nevertheless, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (18 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 312 and 313 together. My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding schemes support national and local youth work involving approximately 1,400 youth work staff working in youth services and...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am delighted to be in the Seanad to bring forward the Second Stage of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. Some of my colleagues in this Chamber from former times are particularly aware of the importance of this Bill to the Seanad, especially in light of the work done by Senator Bacik, former Senators Jillian van Turnhout and Averil Power and others in respect of the...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Senator for staying this long. I will only say a few things now as we will have a lot of time to cover this ground in the following Stages. It is great that we are completing the Stage now. That is wonderful and I thank the Senators for staying along with me to do that. As I began my remarks by saying I have a sense of urgency in regard to this legislation, I would like to...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the opportunity for statements on the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters. I welcome all our guests in the Chamber. Following a short first interim report last July, the commission submitted its second interim report to me in September 2016. This second report focuses on a number of issues which had come...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: We are past the time.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Nobody told me.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Did somebody ask me?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: This is a different time schedule.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I will respond, but from a procedural perspective I do not remember being asked if I was available beyond 4.15 p.m., which is challenging for me, but I will do my best.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I very much appreciate the depth of the analysis and the questions posed by Senators. That is why I would like to have a little more time to respond but I will do my best in eight minutes. We can continue the conversation at another point.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am happy to come back because I do not know whether I will be able to answer all the questions that have been raised. If that is so, perhaps there is another way to do that. In response to some of the questions Senator Clifford-Lee posed, in particular about the coroner, as she may know, the coroner is independent in the discharge of his statutory responsibilities but, to date, he has...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I will.

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: My Department has not incurred any direct expenditure for the rental of car parking spaces since its establishment in June 2011. The lease for my Department's building and car park is held by the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Oberstown Children Detention Campus and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children are under the aegis of my Department. The Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Oberstown Children Detention Campus have confirmed that they have not incurred any expenditure for renting car parking spaces during the specified time period. With regard to Tusla, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I am aware of the closure of The Nest in Drumcondra. Officials from my Department have made contact with the Dublin City Childcare Committee (DCCC) and are currently liaising with the DCCC in sourcing alternative provisions. The owner of this crèche confirmed that the service will remain open in its current manner until the end of June, and that they will be able to fulfil their ECCE...