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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Consultation Process (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information as requested by the Deputy. This information will be supplied to the Deputy in no later than 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) has provided the table attached below identifying a number of Educational Welfare Officer Posts that are open. Tusla has advised that it continues to work towards its target of having all 98 EWO posts filled and I have secured an additional €500,000 in Budget 2019 and €400,000 in Budget 2020 to assist with TESS's work towards this goal....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Tusla Education Support Service has advised that this post is vacant due the Educational Welfare Officer being on maternity leave. The delay in replacing her arose because two other candidates accepted the post initially but then declined it some way into the recruitment process. Another candidate has now accepted the post and is in the recruitment process to fill the vacancy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. This includes the provision of emergency refuge accommodation for individuals and families that experience domestic violence. I have requested that Tusla respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: There are two Bills from my Department which are currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Child Care (Amendment) Bill completed Committee Stage in the Dáil in October of this year, and the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill has commenced Committee Stage in the Seanad.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the costs incurred on photography by my Department since its establishment are set out in tabular form below. Date Photographer Used Event/Occasion Photographer was booked for Cost (€) Date Photographer Used Event/Occasion Photographer was booked for Cost (€) 2011 Report ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Data (4 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information as requested by the Deputy. This information will be supplied to the Deputy in no later than 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 534 and 535 together. Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information as requested by the Deputy. This information will be supplied to the Deputy in no later than 10 working days. I have asked my officials to follow up on this to ensure delivery as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to advise that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Thank you for your query regarding an application for support through the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM). As you are aware, AIM is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with a disability can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) (free pre-school) programme. The key objective of AIM is to support early learning and care providers to deliver an inclusive...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency funds a range of services in the community and voluntary sector to provide services to children and families, including counselling services such as those provided at the facility referred to by the Deputy. I have requested Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the allocation of funding for 2019 to the facility referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department is currently compiling the information requested and will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) opened on the 20th November 2019. The National Childcare Scheme is designed to improve the accessibility and affordability of quality childcare for families in Ireland. Through the National Childcare Scheme and a range of other measures, I am committed to changing Ireland’s childcare system from one of the most expensive in the world to one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As the matters to which the Deputy refers are an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Custody and Access (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I wish to advise the Deputy that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases. I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and asked them to reply directly to the Deputy, outlining the policies and procedures used by Tusla in the situation as described.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As the matters to which the Deputy refers are an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As the matters to which the Deputy refers are an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Administration (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As the matters to which the Deputy refers are an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The information requested by the Deputy is quite specific and not normally held at that level in my Department. I have requested the relevant organisations involved to collate the information and I will revert again to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Thank you for your query regarding AIM support funding awarded to an early learning and care setting. As you are aware, the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with a disability can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) (free pre-school) programme. The key objective of AIM is to support early learning and care providers to...