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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (26 May 2015)

James Reilly: I have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency and I will revert to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (26 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. Some 30 national and major regional youth services receive funding under the Youth Services Grants Scheme. Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Recruitment (26 May 2015)

James Reilly: My Department recruited six members of staff in 2014. In relation to agencies under the aegis of the Department in 2014, the Child and Family Agency recruited 192 members of staff, the Adoption Authority of Ireland recruited 4 members of staff and the Ombudsman for Children's Office did not recruit any staff. Information in respect of the Children Detention Schools is currently being compiled...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Redeployment (26 May 2015)

James Reilly: At the end of 2014, there were 10 staff seconded from my Department to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. The information requested in respect of secondments from agencies under my Department's aegis is not normally held in my Department. My officials have requested the information from the Child and Family Agency, the Ombudsman for Children's Office, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Retirements (26 May 2015)

James Reilly: I am advised by the agencies concerned that a total of 66 public servants retired. Fifty of these were in the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) and the remaining 16 related to retirements from the Children Detention Schools.

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: At the risk of repeating myself there are none so deaf as those who will not hear or listen. I have made this very clear, and I refer to Deputy Troy's reference to savage cuts. These are not cuts. This is a redistribution and a reconstitution of a service in the best interests of service-users. There is to be no diminution of service to those who use the service, the victims of domestic...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: I did not interrupt the Deputy. In reply to the Deputy's other contentions, talks continue with the organisation to ensure a continuity of care. I wish to reassure Deputy McFadden who is very concerned about the services for those who suffer domestic violence and abuse that they are not being taken away. I wish to emphasise again that I have been assured by Tusla that there will be no...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: I assure Deputy Troy I have no problem with my hearing. There is no need to shout. The needs of those suffering domestic violence in this country are well known and I certainly would want to see the services that support them supported. I welcome the opportunity to clarify the Government's approach to the funding of domestic violence services in County Westmeath and around the country....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting of Personnel (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: As pointed out to the Deputy in a previous reply to a Parliamentary Question, the Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for the vetting legislation which sets out the requirements in relation to the vetting of persons who work with children. I am aware of the concerns raised by childcare providers in relation to the requirement that a childcare service provide up to date...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: The School Completion Programme aims to retain young people in the formal education system to completion of senior cycle and to improve the school attendance, participation and retention of its target cohort. It is a targeted intervention aimed at school communities identified under the Department of Education and Skills DEIS Action Plan. It involves 124 locally managed projects and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: When my Department was established in 2011, it was given a remit to lead the development of harmonised policy and quality integrated service delivery for children and young people, to carry out specific functions in the social care field and co-ordinate actions across a range of sectors, including health, education, youth justice, sport, arts and culture in support of improved outcomes for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: There are a number of measures in place in my Department to ensure that the free pre-school year is more accessible to children with special needs. These include an exemption from the upper age limit where a child would benefit from starting primary school at a later age. In addition, children with special needs can apply to have the pre-school year split over two years on a pro-rata basis,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: Responsibility for the funding of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services transferred from the HSE to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, upon its establishment on 1 January, 2014. In 2014, Tusla provided funding in excess of over €17 million to support the provision of these services. This included the funding of some 60 services throughout the country: - €10m...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: I want to thank the Deputy for bringing this to my attention. The Deputy will appreciate that I am not in a position to comment, nor would it be appropriate for me to do so, on the specific matters raised that refer to an individual. My Department has, however, referred this to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for attention and asked that they examine what supports they may be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (19 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: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter under the remit of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have asked the Agency to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter under the remit of the Adoption Authority of Ireland, I have asked the Authority to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (19 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. The relevant issues identified in the report referred to by the TD, are addressed within this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency funds the project referred to by the Deputy in Co. Laois. The service in question received €73,164 in 2013, €67,400 in 2014 and has been allocated €67,000 this year. The service involves the provision of domestic violence supports, including information, advocacy and counselling services to women experiencing or who have...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (19 May 2015)

James Reilly: The group referred to by the Deputy is a specialist support agency which 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. I am assured...