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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. In 2015, funding of €49.9 m was provided to my Department for these schemes. There was no reduction in the funding for the youth services in 2015 which was a key priority for the national...

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

James Reilly: Funding of more than a quarter of a billion euro is invested annually by my Department in early years services with the greater proportion of this funding going to support the childcare support programmes – the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, and the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes. This...

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

James Reilly: I can inform the Deputy that my Department is currently in the process of preparing its 2014 Annual Report. I expect that, following the compilation of all the relevant material, the Report will be published in the coming weeks.

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

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 to 436, inclusive, together. As outlined in my reply to the Deputy on 18 December last, the Health Information and Quality Authority carried out an inspection of the Co. Roscommon child welfare and protection services of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The report in respect of monitoring against national standards was published in July 2014. This...

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

James Reilly: Funding totalling €7 million is being made available in 2015 under the Early Years Capital Programme 2015, with €5 million of this funding available for grants specifically for community/not for profit services. This funding will provide grant aid, in the region of €500,000, for significant upgrades of community/not-for-profit services, such as major refurbishment or...

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

James Reilly: Funding totalling €7 million is being made available in 2015 under the Early Years Capital Programme 2015, with €5 million of this funding available for grants specifically for community/not for profit services. This funding will provide grant aid, in the region of €500,000, for significant upgrades of community/not-for-profit services, such as major refurbishment or...

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

James Reilly: As I outlined in my previous reply, I am very anxious that all people working directly with children in the early years sector have an appropriate Paediatric First Aid qualification. However, there is no accredited award in Paediatric First Aid at any level on the National Framework of Qualifications. There is an accredited award in Occupational First Aid and it is a stipulation that the...

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

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has been tasked with improving outcomes and well being for children and young people. The Agency must ensure that it makes the most efficient use of its resources in a way that is efficient, equitable, proportionate and sustainable. Tusla prioritises the well being and protection of children in budgetary decisions. In that context, Tusla’s budget...

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

James Reilly: Under the Child Care Act 1991, as amended, the Child and Family Agency has responsibility for payment of any costs incurred by a person who has been appointed by a court to act as a guardian ad litemin proceedings under the Act. The Agency has informed me that its financial system does not provide details of payments to guardians ad litemon a local authority basis. The figure for payments...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The majority of children with special needs are able to access the free pre-school year, provided under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, in mainstream childcare services, without the provision of any additional supports. In the region of 65,000, including children with special needs, avail of the free pre-school provision each year. There are a number of measures...

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

James Reilly: Tusla, along with other agencies, provides counselling and support to children and families availing of the Agency's services. I am advised by Tusla that they do not routinely collect data in relation to the number of children on waiting lists or the average length of time they must wait to see a counsellor. Tulsa funds a large number of counselling organisations, the majority of which...

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

James Reilly: Thank you for bringing this to my attention but as the Deputy will appreciate, it is not appropriate for me to comment on an individual case. I have forwarded the information supplied by the Deputy to Tusla, and I requested a short report on the matter. I will revert to the Deputy with appropriate information when the report is received.

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

James Reilly: The Government provides €260 million annuallyto a number of childcare support programmes that assist parents with the cost of childcare. This figure includes over €170 million provided annually to support the universal free pre-school provision under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. I understand that in the current school year the service in question...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Section 143(2) provides that where an order is made for the detention of a child, the court making the order shall give its reasons for so doing in open court. On Committee Stage I brought forward an amendment to section 143 of the Act to provide for the insertion into section 143 of the words "in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child concerned"....

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy and appreciate that she is not pressing amendment No. 8, given that amendment No. 10 encapsulates the issue. I do not propose to move amendment No. 11 which would amend the shoulder note in the Bill at section 201B. The shoulder note will be updated administratively, given that it does not form part of the provisions of the Bill. When updated, the revised marginal...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 10:In page 26, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following:“(7) When the Director informs a child under subsection (1) of a finding that the child has committed a disciplinary breach and whether or not the Director imposes a sanction on the child under that subsection in respect of the disciplinary breach, the Director shall explain in ordinary language...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputies for their co-operation and support for the main thrust of the Bill which is to improve outcomes for children and end the practice of people under the age of 18 being detained in the prison system rather than in detention centres which are focused more on rehabilitation and education and to give them the best chance in life.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: As we addressed the issue extensively on Committee Stage, I do not believe there is much point in reading through all of what was said then. As I said previously, it is not unreasonable to talk about a maximum sentence of three years for children who have mental health issues or drug addiction problems, in particular very young children aged 13 or 14 years. However, if one has a 17 year old...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Sections 18 and 19 of the Bill will apply a new disciplinary system to children subject to a detention order. Section 6 inserts a new section 88B in the Children Act. Section 88B will apply the same disciplinary system to children remanded in custody as applies to children subject to a detention order. Some exceptions to the application of the disciplinary system to children remanded in...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I fully accept what the Deputy is saying. It will be provided for in regulations.