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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Refugee Resettlement Programme (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your question on this pressing matter. I am extremely concerned with the plight of the refugees in Moria following the fires there, especially young people who are without parents or family in the camp. Ireland has committed to bringing four children from Moria in the coming weeks. The state’s capacity to bring unaccompanied children to Ireland is determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: In recent years funding for the provision of youth services has increased on an annual basis. Between 2016 and 2020 the annual current youth funding available to my Department increased from €51.9m to €61.79m. This additional funding is being used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people and to assist national youth organisations in their work to support local...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The organisation referred to by the Deputy receives annual funding as a national youth organisation under the Youth Service Grant Scheme, and in 2020, it has been allocated some €418,000 under this scheme. In early 2019, the organisation was advised of the capital funding that was available from my Department for youth organisations. Following a successful application,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: An external independent review of operations and best practice at the Campus was commissioned by the Board of Management of Oberstown Children Detention Campus in September 2016. The report of the review was submitted to the Board of Management in February 2017 and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in March 2017. The Board of Oberstown took independent legal advice on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. To avail of ECCE for their child, parents/guardians must provide the child’s full name as per birth certificate or passport, child’s date of birth and child’s PPSN in order to register their child on the programme....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 and 617 together. I have requested Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy regarding the information sought.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme was launched in November 2019 on the new Early Years Platform. This platform was designed to meet the current and future needs of all childcare schemes under the remit of the Department. The Service Provider portal, the HIVE, has been in use since the NCS opened for applications and has been designed with future proofing in mind for the users. The ECCE scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: For the 2020-21 programme year eligible applicants to the Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) programme will continue to have full access provided their child is in attendance in a Tusla registered service and registered on the CCSP Saver Programme before the close of the programme year i.e. up to and including Friday 13 August 2021. As per previous programme years the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Pobal are the administrators of all childcare funding programmes on behalf of my Department. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that ECCE funding will be applied from the date each child first attends the service rather than from the date the funding agreement was activated. Pobal have responded directly to the service in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Pobal administer all childcare funding programmes on behalf of my Department. Pobal have informed my Department that there are 450 services which commenced provision of ECCE services in advance of the activation of their ECCE funding agreement. My Department has directed Pobal to fund ECCE service providers from the date of a child's registration on an ECCE programme, where the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has no record of any financial support provided to the given organisation since the Department's establishment in June 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your question on this important matter. The answer to your question is no UAMs were received into Ireland during 2019. The first cohort of 8 young people relating to the agreement arrived in June 2020. The state’s capacity to bring unaccompanied children to Ireland is determined by the available care placements, and the commitments the state has made to unaccompanied...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your question on this pressing matter. I am extremely concerned with the plight of the refugees in Moria following the fires there, especially young people who are without parents or family in the camp. Ireland has committed to bringing four children from Moria in the coming weeks. The state’s capacity to bring unaccompanied children to Ireland is determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (29 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.