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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Since 1st January 2014, the Child and Family Agency has operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme, including the allocation of funds to local projects. It involves 124 locally managed projects and provides targeted supports to approximately 36,000 children and young people. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) review of the School Completion Programme is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: My Department provides funding directly to a wide range of community, voluntary and other organisations that are engaged in the provision of specific services to children and young people. My Department operates a number of grant schemes of both a capital and current nature. The most significant share of the funding is targeted at implementing three major childcare programmes, namely, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Obligations under the Vienna Convention (in relation to children in care) and Brussels II (bis) (for matters concerning parental responsibility including children in the care of a Member State) are discharged under the auspices of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. A protocol regarding cases of children in care who would fall under the provisions of the Vienna Convention became operational...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 9th June, 2015, in relation to Meade Day Care Centre. I can confirm that I responded directly to the Deputy on 29th June, 2015 in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency holds the statutory responsibility for child welfare and protection, and is the appropriate body to receive reports of concerns relating to children at risk. Each referral received by the Agency is assessed and dealt with on an individual basis by the relevant social work team. Preliminary screening is aimed at establishing the appropriateness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Services (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Psychology services for children are currently being provided by arrangement with the HSE. Tusla and the HSE have in place both a Memorandum of Understanding and a Joint Protocol for inter-agency collaboration which underpins the provision of these services for children. The purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding is to set out the partnership agreement between the HSE and Tusla to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 145 together. My Department receives regular reports from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency on progress during the year, including detailed reporting on key performance and activity indicators of service provision, including children in care. Officials also meet Tusla management as needed as well as regular meetings on a monthly and quarterly...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. My Department has a range of systems in place to ensure it is informed of risk to children and families and the measures put in place to minimise these risks. Child Protection and Welfare Services provided by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency are demand led services. Monthly, quarterly and annual reports are received from Tusla, in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 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: Child Protection (8 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency holds the statutory responsibility for child welfare and protection, and is the appropriate body to receive reports of concerns relating to children at risk. Where there are reasonable grounds for concern for a child's welfare and protection, Tusla should always be informed. This has been Tusla's responsibility since its establishment in January 2014. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (8 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: Youth Services (8 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: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was formally established by Government Order on the 17th February 2015. The Commission is specifically tasked with investigating post-mortem practices and procedures including the burial arrangements for all mothers and children who died while resident in these homes and the Bon Secours Home in Tuam is,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The information provided by the Deputy was forwarded to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as soon as it was received. I understand that officials from my Department are following up on the request to Tusla for a short report on the matter, and I will be in touch when this is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The figure of 25 deaths contained in the report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Mother and Baby Homes is taken from a table based on the 1934-35 Annual Report of the Department of Local Government and Public Health which, as its title suggests, is a report on a single year and covered the entire country. This table was originally published in 2007 in Maternity and Child Welfare in Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: My Department currently provides approximately €260 million annually to early years and school-age care and education services. This funding is largely directed towards a number of childcare programmes, which aim to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of early years and school-age care and education. These programmes support the provision of early years and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I understand that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has compiled responses to parliamentary question numbers 482 to 505 of 16 June 2015 put by the Deputy and that these have been issued by my office to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Reports (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 to 287, inclusive, together. The inspection report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on the child and welfare services in Louth Meath describes serious concerns regarding the standard of services being provided to children and families in the area. I can assure the Deputy that all significant risks were addressed immediately. In...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the practice of detaining children in adult prison facilities. A number of actions have been taken on foot of this commitment. These include the gradual transition of responsibility for older children to the Oberstown campus, the construction of the expanded detention facilities, the introduction of cross - campus procedures and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: The majority of childcare services in the country are commercial or community/not-for-profit services. Anyone wishing to become a childcare provider must comply with all relevant childcare legislation and with Tusla requirements, and the planning requirements of the relevant local authority. The provision of pre-school childcare services are governed by the Child Care Act 1991 and the...