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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (15 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new Action Plan for Youth Services will be costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (15 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to conducting a scoping exercise and workforce development plan for the youth services sector, in line with the recommendation from the Oireachtas Committee report on the Future of Youth Work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to move to multi-annual funding, to allow medium and longer-term programming with greater confidence, as recommended by the Future of Youth Work report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7189/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when will the details of the youth employability scheme be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I thank and welcome all of our witnesses. It is very insightful for me and very concerning. AI has huge potential and has proved positive, as has been alluded to here, in safeguarding children online from sexual predators and all of that. There are benefits but there are real concerns there. I wrote down four or five areas that these could be condensed into. Privacy is a huge one....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has scoped the resources and supports provided to teachers and schools in supporting children in care; how her Department promotes policy alignment relating to educational needs of children in care such as those outlined in the National Standards for Foster Care (2003) and National Standards for Children’s Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5046/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection 16th Report; when he expects the report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of special derogations that have been sought and granted annually from 2018 to 2023, regarding the placement of a child under twelve years of age in a residential care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5008/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of children supported by Tusla under section 5 of the Child Care Act 1991 annually from 2018 to 2023 broken down by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5009/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to separated children seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare by ethnicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Children in Care (7 Feb 2024)

John Brady: 579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has explored the creation of links between higher education institutions' access offices and Tusla aftercare services to ensure that students with care experience are linked in to on-campus supports to promote retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

John Brady: I welcome the rather large delegation in with us this morning. It is certainly one of the largest delegations I have seen for a considerable time. I daresay the recruitment embargo is not impacting negatively on senior management in the Department or the HSE. I will start with a couple of questions posed to Mr. Watt about the secret dossiers compiled by the Department on children with...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Mr. Watt imagines it was paid. Does he think that fine was severe or that the Department got off lightly?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

John Brady: Would Mr. Watt have been briefed by some of his officials that the Department got off lightly and the fine fell far below the maximum that could have been levelled? Would he have been briefed on this aspect by any of his officials?