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Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 1 proposes to substitute the words "what other" for "whether another" in the proposed new section 88A(2) of the Children Act, as contained in section 6 in this Bill. The purpose of section 88A is to introduce a new power to transfer children between remand centres, where the remand centre to which the child is being transferred caters for that class of child or where the...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 2 proposes to insert the words "in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child" into section 143(2) of the Act. Section 143(2) already provides that where a court proposes to impose a period of detention on a child, it shall give its reasons for doing so in open court. It should be noted that the amendment proposed to section 143 is in Part...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 3, which I proposed, will provide for an amendment to section 201A(7) of the Bill. The amendment proposed relates to an important issue regarding an explanation to the child of the processes and procedures to be followed where there is an adverse finding of a disciplinary breach only without the imposition of a sanction. The amendment will provide that the director will inform...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I thank all the Senators for their very constructive approach and comments. The amendment process in both Houses has helped to improve the Bill. All 16-year-olds who need to be detained are to be in Oberstown from 2016. We have been moving incrementally towards this point. This is a very important Bill. It will end the legislative process required to ensure children no longer end up in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: In the region of €260 million is provided annually by my Department through community and commercial childcare services to support a number of childcare programmes which assist parents in accessing quality and affordable childcare. In the region of 4,300 childcare services are participating in these programmes. The childcare programmes include the free pre-school year provided...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: As at 31st May 2015, there was a total number of 1, 543 (1,408.31 whole time equivalent) Social Workers employed by the Child and Family Agency (Túsla). This represented 41% of the Agency's total workforce. The Agency is currently finalising its workforce statistics for June 2015 and I am expecting this Report shortly. In 2015, Tusla has a total budget of €643 million which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Work Programme (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I am committed to building on the significant work of the Government to develop and enhance a wide range of services for children and families. Among my main priorities will be: -To publish the report of the interdepartmental group I established to advise on options for future investment in affordable child care and to progress implementation in the context of Budget 2016; -To complete the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. 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. Currently, adoptions are taking place with countries that have ratified the Convention. The Russian Federation has not ratified the Convention and therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: My Department operates a number of capital grant schemes, and has supported capital projects in County Kildare under these schemes. Funding was provided for early years capital developments in County Kildare, and funding was also provided from the Department's capital vote for the Childminding Development Grant and the Parent and Toddler initiative as follows: Year Early Years Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: A key priority of the Government is to ensure that quality early years services are available to pre-school children. My Department is progressing the Early Years Quality Agenda which represents a programme of measures to support, monitor and regulate the improvement of quality standards in pre-school services in Ireland. A key element of the Agenda is to strengthen the national early years...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Pre-school services are subject to the Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No.2) Regulations 2006, as provided for under Part VII of the Child Care Act, 1991. The Deputy may be aware that my Department is progressing the Early Years Quality Agenda which introduces a number of key of reforms that provide for the further development of the childcare sector. To underpin these reforms, it...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I understand from the Deputy's question that the person concerned may wish to engage in relation to the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children (2011). The Children First Bill, 2014, which will put elements of the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children (2011) on a statutory footing was published in April last year and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (16 Jul 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: Departmental Advertising (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Expenditure incurred by my Department on advertising in the years 2013 and 2014 is set out in the following table: Year Advertising Costs 2013 €6,363 2014 €12,648 The State Agencies under the remit of my Department include Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Office of the Ombudsman for Children. Expenditure by them on advertising is a day-to-day operational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Details regarding the expenditure incurred by my Department on the printing of reports in the years 2013 and 2014 are set out in the following table: Year Printing Report Costs Department`s Annual Report 2013 €51,545 Nil 2014 €32,395 Nil It might be noted that no printing costs are associated with the production of the Annual Report for the Department of Children and Youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The Department of Health provides a shared payroll service to this Department and the majority of staff receive their payslips on-line. In 2013 and 2014 payslips were posted to 4 weekly paid staff and 2 fortnightly paid staff on a regular basis, as they had no access to the on-line payslip available on the Department's internal computer network. The estimated cost is approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Travel (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I can advise the Deputy that Private Office staff encompasses my Private Secretary, Special Advisers, Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary and Civilian Drivers. Expenditure on travel and hotel accommodation is in respect of official business, and is broken down as follows: Expenditure on Flights – For 12 Month Period Ending 30 June 2015 Month Flights Persons Travelling Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I am responsible for appointment of members to the boards of the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), Gaisce and the Board of Management for the Children Detention Schools in Oberstown, Co Dublin. I can confirm that no politically-appointed State employee outside of my Department has been involved in the decision-making concerning board appointments and that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The gross Vote allocation to my Department for 2015 is €1,027m. This is represented by a current allocation of €992m and a capital allocation of €35m. Gross expenditure for the period to the end of June 2015, amounts to €524m which is €25m below the profile of €549m. The underspend at this time includes €15m on current and €10m on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I can confirm that neither my Department nor its agencies are currently conducting the type of assessment outlined by the Deputy. However, in the past some processes have been migrated to electronic forms of communication, with resultant savings. In recognition of the potential benefits of on-line application systems, my Department developed an on-line management platform - the...