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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reviews (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: A full list of live studies, reviews and research currently being undertaken by staff in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, or being carried out under commission from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, is provided in the following table. Also included are the scheduled completion dates for these pieces of work. Name of study, review or research Scheduled completion...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guardian's Payment (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy may be aware that it would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual cases. I can advise that an application can be made for a Guardianship Payment to the Department of Employment and Social Protection. This payment may be appropriate if a child, who is an orphan or abandoned, is being cared for on a full time basis by adults who are not their parent/guardian. I hope you...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access the ECCE programme. AIM is a child-centred model, involving seven levels of progressive support, moving from the universal to the targeted, based on the needs of the child and the pre-school service. It offers tailored, practical supports based on need and does not...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As per my Department's rules for childcare funding programmes, each building must have a unique reference number: "All facilities/locations operated by a service must have an individual DCYA reference numberand children must attend the facility/ location in which they are registered." Each building must also be inspected by Tusla's Early Years Inspectorate to ensure it meets all regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (2 Jul 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. The allocation of resources to individual services is an operational matter for Tusla. I have asked Tusla to respond to the Deputy directly with the requested figures. Since becoming Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I have secured...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Registration for the Community Childcare Subvention programme (CCS) is specifically based on actual attendance of a child in the service during a snapshot window. For the 2018/2019 programme year, this was from the 17th September to 12th October 2018. While there is no specific cap on the number of CCS children in a service, service provider's are subject to the ratios as outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Programmes (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Officials from my Department contacted the service provider in question. It is my understanding that the issue has been resolved and the service provider can now verify their login credentials.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Community Childcare settings provide a valuable service to children and families across the country, including the provision of vital services to vulnerable families in areas of disadvantage. Over the last four budgets, my Department has increased funding for early learning and care and school age childcare by 117%. A significant proportion of this funding has been targeted at families...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Under Part 8 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla funds a range of organisations which provide services to vulnerable children and families, including those providing parenting supports. Organisations providing parenting supports can also apply for funding under various schemes operated by Government Departments and agencies. As part of the First 5 Strategy for Babies, Young...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department funds 30 City and County Childcare Committees across the country. Part of their role is to advise my Department on capacity issues. I would encourage anyone having difficulty in securing a place to make contact with their local CCC. Contact details for all of the CCCs, in addition to other information about the services they provide, may be found on www.myccc.ie. As regards...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Sessional services usually refer to a preschool service offering a planned programme to preschool children for no more than 3.5 hours per day for between 38 to 50 weeks per year. A full day care service refers to structured day care for children from babies up to age 13 years, for more than 5 hours per day and may include a sessional preschool service, breakfast club, and or afterschool club....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (27 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Each year my Department reviews the capital programmes as a whole and determines the priorities for Early Learning and Care and School Age Capital grants. I have allocated significant funding in recent years for this purpose and for improving the quality of infrastructure nationwide. Capital strands are made available to achieve the strategic priorities for the year as determined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I am advised by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that there were 37 children detained in Oberstown on June 24th, 2019. There were 16 children on remand, while 21 children were serving a period of detention. The breakdown, as requested, is as follows: Period in Oberstown 0-1 years 1-2 years 2-3 years 4 years or more Number on Remand 15 1 Nil Nil Number on Committal 18 3 Nil Nil

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Section 88(8) of the Children Act 2001, provides that children remanded in custody, shall as far as practicable and where it is in the interests of the child, be kept separate from and not be allowed to associate with children in respect of whom a period of detention has been imposed. I am advised by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that children on remand are generally in separate...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Both I, and my Department, are committed to ensuring that every young person in Ireland has access to the transformational power that participating in youth services can bring. Government investment in services for young people has increased since 2016 by, in the region of, €8.5m. In 2019 we have invested €63.6M in current and capital funding in clubs, services and young...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 to 253, inclusive, together. Officials in my Department are at the latter stages of development of a Childminding Action Plan, which I intend to publish shortly in draft form with a view to public consultation before the Action Plan is finalised. The Childminding Action Plan will be an evidence-based plan for moving progressively towards wider...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Admissions (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Educational Welfare Service of Tusla (EWS) has a role in assist parents or guardians source a school place where a child cannot access one, however it cannot compel a school to make a place available for a child. While the matter is an operational one for Tusla, I am informed that the Education Welfare Service has engaged with the family, are supporting the family in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The table below outlines the cost of the CCS and CETS programme from 2016 to date. The National Childcare Scheme (NCS), when introduced this October, will replace the CCS and TEC programmes with a single, streamlined scheme. Recent analysis undertaken by the OECD has concluded that, when the NCS is introduced, the costs of Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare to parents will come...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (26 Jun 2019)

Katherine Zappone: My Department does not routinely collect data on the family make-up of children accessing childcare funding programmes. Eligibility of the applying parent/guardian for the CCS programme is determined by their status with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. CETS provides childcare to certain training course participants on courses provided by the Education and Training...