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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The death of any child or young person is a tragedy, and a profound loss for their families and carers and I deeply sympathise with all those affected.In order to identify learning about how to better address the needs of vulnerable children and families, the National Review Panel (NRP) was established in 2010 to review serious incidents and deaths of children in care, in aftercare, and those...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: In order to deliver key commitments in relation to children and young people and to put in place a unified framework of policy, legislation and provision across Government in respect of children and young people, it is at times necessary to commission reports and utilise expertise from a range of expert individuals and bodies. My Department ensures that all reports commissioned are of direct...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Inquiries (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: My Department was established on 2 June, 2011. There is one body of the type referred to in the question. Commissions of Investigation Name: Terms of Reference: Cost to Date: (to 26/01/2016) Projected Date of Conclusion 1 Commission of Investigation - Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters Set out in the schedule to S.I. No. 57 of 2015 €1.78 million. This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Allowances (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Minister Year Total Distance in Miles Amount Claimed Subsistence Accommodation Total Cost Frances Fitzgerald TD 2011 18214 €10,565.65 - - €10,565.65 2012 22145 €12,131.65 - - €12,131.65 2013 20328 €11,457.63 - - €11,457.63 2014 5752 €4,974.68 €2,254.95 -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The costs of these services are set out in the following tables. Supplier - MediaWorld Year Total 2011 € 3,611.85 2012 €25,555.12 2013 €17,109.30 2014 €15,012.15 2015 € 1223.85 (for Dec 2014) Supplier - NewsAccess Year Total 2015 €21,282.81

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Retirements (27 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: No such cases have arisen in my Department. My officials have asked the bodies under the aegis of my Department to respond to the Deputy directly in relation to this question as this information is not readily available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: A care plan for each child who is received into care is required under the Child Care Regulations, 1995. The regulations stipulate that all care plans are to be reviewed and updated on a regular basis and sets out the frequency for these reviews to take place. A review of the care planned for a child under the Child Care Act 1991 is a process to monitor and review the progress of the plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is developing a strategy for the future commissioning of services. The strategy will be based on a comprehensive needs analysis and review of current service provision. It will take account of the total resources available to the Agency, the statutory duties assigned under legislation and services that can best be provided by partner agencies and statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (27 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 129, inclusive, together. There are currently 109 communities supported through the Family Resource Centre Programme which is funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Family Resource Centre Programme is a national programme with its own dedicated budget. Tusla provides core funding to Family Resource Centres to cover the employment of two...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff Recruitment (27 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: I have allocated extra funding of €6.1m to Tusla to address risk associated with unallocated child protection and welfare cases. This funding will be used to recruit an additional 201 staff in 2016, 168 of which will be social workers. The remaining staff will be recruited to provide important related business support functions such as clerical and ICT supports. The cost for each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: Under the current provisions of the Child Care Act 1991, grandparents may foster their grandchildren. In cases where parents are unable to provide an appropriate level of care and welfare for their children, they may agree to their children being taken into the care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency (the Agency) on a voluntary basis. Where the Agency has serious concerns for the care...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: I have been conscious for some time of the difficulty experienced by some children with a disability in accessing and benefitting fully from the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. With this in mind, I requested that an Inter-Departmental Group, led by this Department, be established with a brief to bring forward recommendations to address this issue. The Group has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The extension to the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme which was announced in Budget 2016 will allow children to access the free pre-school programme from the time they are 3 years of age until they start primary school. The measure will come into effect from September 2016. The extension to the programme will cost an additional €47m in 2016. The full year...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Human Rights Issues (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The submission made by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), in December, included a proposition relating to Public procurement and children's rights. In that context the Commission stated that reform of the type it recommends could take place in the wider context of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Anti-Poverty Strategy (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: At my recent appearance at the Review of Ireland by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, I stated that the Irish Government acknowledges that dealing with child poverty in Ireland has been a major challenge. In recognition of the higher risks and life-long consequences of child poverty, the Government set a child-specific poverty target in Better Outcomes,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence. A network of 60 organisations provides services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence in Ireland, including 20 services providing emergency refuge accommodation to women and children and 24 community-based domestic violence...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (26 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The Deputy will appreciate that changes in public services may be subject to the normal industrial relations processes which may include discussions with union representatives and referral to the independent industrial relations machinery under the relevant public service agreements. The information requested by the Deputy would not normally be held by my Department and I have asked each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (21 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: There are currently 109 communities supported through the Family Resource Centre Programme which is funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Family Resource Centre Programme is a national programme with its own dedicated budget. Tusla provides core funding to Family Resource Centres to cover the employment of two to three members of staff and partial overhead costs. In 2015, Tusla...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (21 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: Currently, children are entitled to one year’s free pre-school (i.e. 38 weeks during the academic year) under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. For the 2015-16 programme year, children who were born between 2 February 2011 and 30 June 2012 are eligible. In Budget 2016 it was announced that, from September 2016, children will be eligible to start free...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (21 Jan 2016)

James Reilly: The childcare support programmes funded by my Department are administered by Pobal through the Programmes Implementation Platform (PIP). These programmes include the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, which  supports low income and disadvantaged families in community childcare facilities, and the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme providing the free...