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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: As part of the estimates process for Budget 2015 I secured gross funding of €1,027 million for my Department to deliver important reform and service developments to support children and young people next year. This includes a provision of €992 million in current expenditure and €35 million in capital expenditure, which in Vote terms, represents an overall increase of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The objective of the free pre-school year provided under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is to make early learning in a formal setting available to eligible children in the year before they commence primary school. Children qualify for the free pre-school provision when they are within the qualifying age range which is 3 years and 2 months to 4 years and 7 months in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Support Services (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency (DESSA) was contracted by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to provide support, advice and training for Family Resource Centres across the area of disability awareness and staff/volunteer training in personal advocacy for people with disabilities. The organisation is funded by Tusla up to the end of June 2015. Family Resource Centres are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency and I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: My Department currently provides approximately €260 million annually to early years and school-age care and education services. This funding is directed towards a number of programmes, which aim to improve the accessibility, affordability and quality of early years and school-age care and education. To ensure that all the benefits of this (and future) investment are fully realised,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The Early Years Quality Agenda is a key priority for my Department. It brings together a range of measures designed to support providers in the challenge of continually improving the quality and standards of early years services throughout the country. One of the most important measures relates to the inspection of early years services. New Child Care Regulations are currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 and 631 together. The information at issue was examined by the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of its response to the Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries.This process, which was independently chaired by Martin McAleese, was conducted under the auspices of the Department of Justice and Equality. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will appreciate, it is not appropriate for me to comment on an individual case but I have forwarded the information provided by the Deputy to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for immediate attention. It is proper that allegations of child abuse should be reported to the local Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, office in the first instance and, where the allegations are...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency and I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 - 2020 (BOBF), which was published and launched by Government in 2014, provides the overarching framework for the development and implementation of policy and services for children and young people. The relevant issues identified in the report referred to by the TD, are addressed within...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: Since its establishment, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has been engaged in a comprehensive and much needed programme of reform across our child welfare and protection system. In this regard, Tusla must ensure that it makes the most effective use of its resources in a way that is efficient, equitable proportionate and sustainable. Tusla's budget is now being directed towards services...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commissions of Investigation (9 Jun 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 634 to 636, inclusive, together. The information being sought by the Deputy on Commissions of Investigation under the aegis of my Department is set out in the following tabular form as requested. Number of Commissions of Investigation: Since the 2004 Act came into effect Number of Commissions of Investigation: During the current Dáil term Title of...

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: Fianna Fáil had nobody in the Chamber yesterday evening.

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: Nobody.

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: Hypocrisy.

Order of Business (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: It had nobody here last night.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: Section 1 provides for the commencement of the Bill, including the commencement of repeal provisions. It refers to the repeal of different provisions of section 156A on different days. Section 156A provides for the accommodation of 16 and 17 year old males in St. Patrick's Institution pending places becoming available in children detention schools. Since 1 May 2012, 16 year old males are...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: These are all technical drafting amendments and will delete references to "in custody" wherever there is a reference to a remand. The Bill, as published contained, references to "remanded to" and "remanded in custody to". The amendment will provide consistency in terms of references to "remanded" throughout the Bill.

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 10 provides for an amendment to section 3 to insert a new subsection (9). The amendment is related to the proposed repeal of section 156A in full on a particular day, as I have outlined in respect of previous amendments. The proposed new subsection (9) in section 3, which is a transitional provision, will enable the transfer of any child from St. Patrick's Institution or a...

Seanad: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (28 May 2015)

James Reilly: I have listened to what the Senators have said and I take the spirit of its intent. Amendment No. 15, as proposed, would result in a free-standing requirement that remanded children would be kept separate from sentenced children where it is in the best interests of the child. Section 88(8) of the existing Children Act 2001 already deals with the issue of remand children and separated...