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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (2 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People (2014-2020)was developed following consultation with 66,705 children and young people, and a public consultation with parents and individuals who work with and for children and young people. It identifies the five national outcomes towards which all of government, and indeed all of society, must...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (2 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: 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 provision to some 380,000 young people and involve approximately, 1,400 youth work staff in 477 projects and 40,000 volunteers working in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Ireland formally ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption on 1 November 2010. The Adoption Act 2010 was commenced on the same date. The Adoption Authority of Ireland was also established on that day. The Authority has responsibility for maintaining the Register of Intercountry Adoptions. The Adoption Authority of Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The Adoption Authority of Ireland has advised me that as of the 25th November, 2015 the Authority has 22 staff which comprise of employees directly employed by the Authority and employees on secondment from their substantive employers.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Arc Adoption was accredited by the Adoption Authority of Ireland to provide adoption mediation services on February 8th 2011. Since accreditation, Arc Adoption has facilitated 13 adoptions. The Adoption Authority of Ireland advised my Department in mid-September that Arc Adoption would not be seeking re-accreditation next year. The Department’s immediate concern was to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The Adoption Act, 2010, provides for adoptions from countries that have ratified the Hague Convention on adoption and from countries where there is a bilateral agreement in place. During the drafting of the Act a considered and detailed transitional process to deal with the change from previous legislation to the new Act was put in place. Adoptions are ongoing from Vietnam, China, Thailand,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The Adoption Act, 2010, provides for adoptions from countries that have ratified the Hague Convention on adoption and from countries where there is a bilateral agreement in place. Syria has not ratified the Convention and adoptions cannot currently take place from Syria. The issue of refugee resettlement is matter for my colleague Frances Fitzgerald Minister for Justice Equality and Defence.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Care Services Funding (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy was requested from Tusla and is set out in the table. The Deputy should note that residential care funding is based on the cost of placement. Placement costs are not broken down into sub-headings and no capital allocations are made available to private providers. Private Provider Amount   Number of Centres/Locations YP in Placements at...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Early years services in this country are provided by private commercial and community/ not-for-profit services and the remuneration provided to staff and the conditions of employment are matters for the management of these services. However, in recognition of the link between staff qualifications and the quality of early years services, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: I and my Government colleagues are extremely concerned about the issue of homelessness. The Government continues to work hard to house families living in hotel rooms and guest houses. A number of measures to strengthen supports for families with children have been included in the social welfare Budget package for 2016, which was announced by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The evidence supporting "demand-side" over "supply-side" subsidies referred to in my previous reply was drawn from several sources, including a report published by the OECD in 2006. Following an in-depth study of 20 countries’ systems for early care and education, the OECD in this report - Starting Strong II - found that the most effective way to make early childhood care and education...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: At present, children qualify for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme when they are within the qualifying age range which is 3 years and 2 months to 4 years and 7 months in the September of the relevant year. This means, for example, that children born between 2 February 2011 and 30 June 2012 qualified for free pre-school from September 2015. Children who turn 3 from 1...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: There are currently 109 communities supported through the Family Resource Centre Programme which is funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla provides core funding to Family Resource Centres to cover the employment of two to three members of staff and some overhead costs. In 2015, Tusla provided €13.09 million in funding for the Family Resource Centre Programme. Family...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency provides a range of services aimed at addressing emergency situations in the area of child welfare and protection. In the main, these emergency situations arise out of hours. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that Tusla commenced the new Emergency Out-of-Hours Social Work Service last month. The 2016 allocation to Tusla includes provision for the full year...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Funding will be provided in 2016 as part of the Early Years Capital Programme. I am currently considering how best this funding can be targeted in the context of building capacity in the early years sector to meet the new demands for places under the extended Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. I hope to be in a position to announce the details of this programme of capital...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme, which is one of a number of childcare support programmes implemented by my Department, provides subsidised childcare places to qualifying trainees and students participating in certain Solas and Education Training Boards (ETB) training and education courses. The eligibility criteria for CETS are determined by Solas and ETB. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is the statutory body with responsibility for providing effective responses to victims of domestic violence and sexual violence. At all times, Tusla’s key priority is to ensure that the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual violence are being met in the best way possible. In 2015, Tusla provided over €19 million euro in funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: The review of the School Completion Programme was published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) on 7 October. The review, which is available from the ESRI’s website, was undertaken for Tusla the Child and Family Agency under the remit of my Department. It presents the findings of an examination of the operation of the School Completion Programme and makes...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 and 376 together. Arc Adoption is a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and operates on a “not-for-profit basis”. I am aware that there is an issue regarding the repayment to clients of refundable registration fees they are owed by Arc Adoption. These fees were paid as part of an agreement between Arc Adoption and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

James Reilly: As I stated in my reply to the Deputy's previous question , the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme is funded by my Department through the provision of capitation grants paid directly to participating services. This capitation payment is for the provision of services, including preparatory and supportive work such as engagement with parents, training, planning and...