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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy may be aware that a representative from the organisation in question recently contacted my office with regard to a meeting and a presentation of a petition on two specified dates. My office advised the representative of the organisation in question that I would not be available to attend a meeting on those dates due to the pressures of scheduled business. My office will follow up...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the provision of care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). As the Deputy will be aware, I secured an additional €1.5m in funding for DSGBV services in 2019. On Thursday 25 April, 2019, I announced that the additional €1.5 million in funding will be used to provide: -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As highlighted to the Deputy in response to her previous question (Ref PQ 21848/19), I secured an additional €1.5m in funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services in 2019 and have announced how this additional funding is to be used. I have asked Tusla, the Child and Family Agency to respond directly to the Deputy regarding additional funding for the named...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Payments (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: As this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Policy (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The pregnancy of a girl in care will be recorded on an individual file and  the care planning process is the key forum to ensure that robust plans are put in place to support young people who are pregnant.  National level data is not currently collated for all incidents of pregnancy. I thank the Deputy for her suggestion and will include the issue in future...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Safety (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Deputy for her question and confirm that, as this is an operational matter, I have referred the question to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I understand that Youth Work Ireland Galway has not contacted my Department in relation to a request for enhanced funding for youth counselling work. The total 2019 Targeted Youth Funding Scheme (TYFS) allocation for Youth Work Ireland Galway amounts to €370,260. In 2019, €60.4m is allocated in current funding to support the provision of youth services.  This is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency provides funding and coordination supports to some 59 organisations that deliver a range of services to clients referred to by the Deputy throughout the country. In 2018, as part of the planning processes to develop services for this particular client group, Tusla began the process of reviewing the provision of specific units in the Dublin region. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Care Orders (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The number of Court Orders issued in relation to children is a matter for the Court Service and I understand that the Deputy is being supplied with information on the number of Child Care Orders as recorded by the Court Office. I can advise the Deputy that a child received into care by Tusla as a result of a legal court order or through voluntary parental consent is placed in foster care...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Autism Support Services (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Based on the information provided by the Deputy, there may be two grant schemes operated under the auspices of my Department that may be of interest to the local organisation referred to. The first relates to Youth Club grant scheme which supports youth work activities at a local level. The primary focus of this scheme is to assist local, volunteer-led youth clubs/groups that provide a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The investigation of burial arrangements of persons who died while resident in this institution, and other similar institutions, is a key focus of the terms of reference for the statutory Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. We know from the Commission's Fifth Interim Reports that it has dedicated significant time and effort to advancing its investigations into these...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal programme available to all children within the eligible age range. It provides children with their first formal experience of early learning prior to commencing primary school. The programme is provided free of charge in return for the ECCE capitation for three hours per day, five days per week over 38 weeks and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 seeks to respect the rights to identity and privacy, which sometimes conflict with one another. Given the constitutional context, striking the balance between these rights is proving challenging. I have received submissions from a range of diverse stakeholders and lobby groups regarding the Bill and both myself and my officials have met...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (16 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to capacity in the Training and Employment Childcare scheme. Training and Employment Childcare Scheme (TEC) TEC is an overarching childcare programme, specifically designed to support parents on eligible training and education courses as well as certain categories of parents returning to work, by providing subsidised childcare places. The...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:"acknowledges the lived experiences of Irish women and children who were in former mother and baby institutions in the last century and stands in solidarity with all former residents, and their loved ones; recognises that the Government established the Commission of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services Funding (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the provision of care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). In discharging its statutory responsibility, Tusla supports 59 organisations nationally that deliver a range of services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: It is fitting that we gather at this time as the world prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the modern LGBTI rights movement. I had just fallen in love at that time. I was a young teenager and her name was Katherine too. This hearing is fitting and timely and will reassure young people across Ireland that Deputies and Senators remain determined to protect and respect their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: That is not that long ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I thank the Deputy for the great question. From our perspective, the arts organisations are expected to be among the first to engage with the recognition, the welcome and the welcome sticker. The Deputy will be aware that a number of the national and local LGBTI+ organisations are in touch with their national and local community art programmes and I anticipate that they would be working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: LGBTI+ Youth Strategy: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy's point is worthy of mention to the implementation group.