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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The latest figures I have to hand from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, indicate that, in February 2015, there were 6,393 children in care. Almost 93% of children in care were in a foster care setting. Of all children in care, over 92% (5,878) have an allocated social worker and 90% (5,739) have an up to date written care plan. This indicates that 515 children in care are without a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The total funding provision for Tusla in 2015 is €643.401m, an increase of 5.6% over the 2014 allocation. This includes provision for capital expenditure of €12.386m in 2015, an increase of €5.5m over 2014. Tusla has recently submitted its Estates and ICT Capital Plan for the period 2015 - 2017. The Plan is designed to support and build ICT capacity in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: Children First guidelines set out the roles and responsibilities for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as well as for State institutions and other publicly funded services, in relation to allegations of abuse. Tusla has clear operational guidance for its staff on the assessment of allegations of abuse, whether current or historical. An Garda Siochana carries out criminal investigations...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government established an independent Working Group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including Direct Provision and support to asylum seekers. This is in fulfilment of its commitment under its Statement of Government Priorities 2014 – 2016 and comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (27 May 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 school-age...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Rights Referendum (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Act, 2012, enshrining Article 42A into the Constitution, was signed into law on 28 April, 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (The Ryan Report) was published in 2009 and detailed disturbing and significant levels of historic abuse of Irish children who were placed, by the State, in residential institutions run by religious orders. The Government accepted all of the recommendations of the Ryan Report, and in response developed an Implementation Plan. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 to 118, inclusive, together. 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. It is estimated that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla has concluded a review of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services and a consolidated national budget is now in place for these services. A roadmap for the future delivery of services has been approved by the Board of the Agency. This provides the necessary platform to ensure the provision of a co-ordinated and equitable Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Service...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: A care plan for each child who is received into care is required under the Child Care Regulations 1995. The regulations stipulate that all care plans are to be reviewed and updated on a regular basis and sets out the frequency for these reviews to take place. A review of the care planned for a child under the Child Care Act 1991, as amended, is a process to monitor and review the progress of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (27 May 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: Cyberbullying Issues (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The Action Plan On Bullying: Report of the Anti-Bullying Working Group to the Minister for Education and Skills was published in January 2013 clearly recognised the necessity to tackle this issue in a holistic way which saw schools as pivotal, but placed the issue within a much wider social context. Cyberbullying is just one aspect of bullying, but one given the rapid expansion of access to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 127 together. Children First guidelines set out the roles and responsibilities for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as well as for State institutions and other publicly funded services, in relation to allegations of abuse. Under the Child Care Act 1991, as amended, only children may be received into care and this can be up to the age of 18 years. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is responsible for developing, strengthening and aligning adoption policies, legislation and resources in order to achieve better outcomes for children and young people and provide support for parents and families.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (27 May 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 Provision (27 May 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: Juvenile Offenders (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: It is important to note that a range of rehabilitative supports is offered to every child entering the children detention schools as part of an overall programme, focused on their individual needs. The extent to which each child avails of these services depends on the individual profile in each case. On admission, every child is assigned a specific member of staff who acts as the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Family Services (27 May 2015)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, Direct Provision is under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. With regards to the welfare of children in Direct Provision centres, there are a range of supports available to families resident within the centres facilitated by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as well as other bodies such as the Department of Education, Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (27 May 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. As part of the implementation of Better Outcomes, Better Futures, Department of Social...