Results 6,561-6,580 of 7,359 for speaker:Katherine Zappone

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Children Detention Schools, based in Oberstown, Lusk, Co. Dublin, continue to deliver services focused on education and rehabilitation of all young people detained in order to address offending behaviour and to support their early re-integration into the community. The development project recently completed in Oberstown includes a new purpose-built education, training and recreation...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1198 and 1199 together. At present, adoption information and tracing services are provided by Tusla – the Child and Family Agency, the Adoption Authority and a number of accredited agencies that hold adoption records. Applicants are generally provided with any non-identifying information that is available as soon as possible. The person to whom...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Rape Crisis Network Funding (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: With effect from its establishment on 1 January 2014, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Prior to the 1 January, 2014, responsibility for these services rested with the Health Service Executive (HSE). Tusla funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Rape Crisis Network Funding (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services. Tusla, is providing approximately €20.0m in funding for these services this year. This funding supports some 60 services across the country including: - 16 Rape Crisis/Sexual Violence services - 20 Crisis Refuges and support services - 24 Domestic Violence...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency provides funding to Rape Crisis North East for provision of counselling and support services for victims and survivors of sexual violence in the north eastern part of the country. Additionally, the 24 Hour sexual violence national helpline, operated by Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is accessible 24/7 for individuals from any part of the country who have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Ireland ratified the Hague Convention on the protection of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption on 1 November 2010. The Adoption Act 2010 provides for intercountry adoption between countries that have ratified the Hague Convention such as Bulgaria, or between countries with whom Ireland has a bilateral agreement under Section 73 of the Adoption Act 2010. The Act,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Capital funding of more than €420 million was provided by the State to support the development of childcare infrastructure in the period up until 2008. Since the economic downturn the limited funding available to this Department has been targeted to support the refurbishment and maintenance of childcare facilities in which there has already been considerable investment. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I should inform the Deputy at the outset that responsibility for disability services rests with the Minister for Health. The statutory duty of the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, is to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. There are many reasons for children coming into Tusla's care including abuse and neglect but disability alone, whether...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: In Budget 2016 it was announced that, from September 2016, children will be eligible to start free pre-school when they reach the age of 3, and can continue in free pre-school until they start primary school (once the child is not older than 5½ years at the end of the pre-school year i.e. end June). The age range for eligibility for children enrolling for the Early Childhood Care and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1207 to 1210, inclusive, together. I have referred the Deputy's questions to the Child and Family Agency, Tusla for a response, and will revert when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (17 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Programme provides funding to community/ not-for-profit services to enable them to provide quality childcare at reduced rates to disadvantaged and low-income working parents. Parents qualify as disadvantaged or low income on the basis of means-tested entitlements. As part of Budget 2016, the Department announced an expansion of the CCS...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I begin by expressing my great gratitude to be able to sit in this seat. I appreciate the Taoiseach nominating me to be Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I express gratitude to my constituents in Dublin South-West who elected me what seems like a long time ago now, but I suppose it is just a few short months. I also express my gratitude to all of the speakers, my colleague...

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: The debate is timely and is an important opportunity to review Ireland's response to the refugee crisis at national as well as EU level. I will focus my remarks on the plight and circumstances of women and children refugees, although other Deputies have referred to them in their contributions. As the Minister and everybody here are aware, women and children are at a particular risk in...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I welcome the opportunity to make a statement on Irish Water. I agree with others in the House that we should have been able to speak on this issue sooner, as represented by the manner in which I voted yesterday. In my view one of the primary reasons the establishment, governance and operation of Irish Water has been so excessively problematic is because there was not and still is not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (26 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures in place to monitor and evaluate the employment and education attainment of former recipients of the one parent family payment after they exit the payment or the jobseeker's transitional scheme when their youngest child reaches 14 years of age. [8401/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to expand the access to job activation, training and education for jobseekers who do not qualify for the live register due to their spouse's or partner's income. [8402/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Today, I reached a decision on Government formation and voting for a Taoiseach. My Independent colleagues issued a statement that went otherwise. I was not invited to the meeting from which the statement came, which I believe was inadvertent. I agree with the statement that we need to hasten the formation of a Government and give stability to the people. I also agree with the statement in...

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I thank Deputy Pringle for sharing the time available. I welcome the interim report and the frank, open and positive tone that clearly was in the committee because it is being reflected in the contributions of members of the committee here as well as those of us who are responding briefly to their work. I thank them for their generous efforts. It is a great lesson to listen to this debate...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Katherine Zappone: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, and congratulations on your election. Thank you for chairing the House without fear or favour, as you promised. Dublin South-West, like many places in Ireland, suffers from a chronic shortage of social and affordable housing. A total of 291 people are registered as homeless with South Dublin County Council, not including the 64 families living in temporary...

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jan 2016)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 48:In page 32, after line 4, to insert the following: “PART 8Abuse of a position of dependence and trust 46. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 is amended by substituting the following for section 5:“Offence of abuse of position of dependence and trust 5. (1) Any person who being in a position of dependence and trust— (a) takes advantage...