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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I do not have the information requested by the Deputy. I am requesting Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy will be aware that I have sought written clarification from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in relation to a number of matters regarding the report referred to by the Deputy. I am aware that an individual has asked the Chairperson of a sub-committee of the Tusla Board for the information to which the Deputy refers. The sub-committee of the Board of Tusla has advised me that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy will be aware that I have sought written clarification from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in relation to a number of matters regarding the report referred to by the Deputy. The sub-committee of the Board of Tusla has advised me that the matters raised by the Deputy will be part of the investigation, which is currently underway.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I would like to assure the Deputy that it is not customary for Tusla management to withhold reports dealing with serious and longstanding child protection issues from the Tusla Board or my Department. As a State Body, and like other State bodies, Tusla management may commission and/or produce reports for its own purposes, which may not necessarily be shared with the Board or my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has advised me that it is not aware of any existing finished reports in its possession which have not been shared with the appropriate level of governance. I would also like to inform the Deputy that I am not aware of any such reports in my Department which have not been shared with the appropriate level of governance.  

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Policy (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: There is currently a Communications, Collaboration and Accountability Protocol between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The purpose of this protocol is to ensure that there are lines of communication, accountability and decision making between the Tusla Executive, the Tusla Board, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (5 Mar 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Deputy will be aware that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has informed me that the report referred to was commissioned by Tusla management with the purpose of informing them in relation to certain events, and was accordingly described as an internal management report. The Deputy will also be aware that I have sought written...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Funding (28 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility to support and promote the development, welfare and protection of children. In 2018, Tusla provided some €6m in funding to a range of organisations that provide child and adolescent counselling and psychotherapy services. Children and young people who have been exposed to domestic violence may access specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (28 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I have been advised by Oberstown Children Detention Campus that the numbers of Residential Social Care Workers and administrative staff who have resigned from their posts from 2016 to date in 2019 are as follows: Staff Category 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total Residential Social Care workers 7 6 8 1 22 Administration staff 1 3 4 7 7 11 1 26

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (27 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Like all in this House, I share the great concern of parents about safeguarding issues in Scouting Ireland. As Minister responsible for the safety, protection and care of children and young people, I have given the highest priority to the very serious concerns raised in 2018 about scouting. This has included face-to-face engagement with the leadership of the organisation to set out my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (27 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I appreciate and acknowledge Deputy Sherlock's strong response. I have put Tusla's recommendations to Scouting Ireland on the record of the House in the context of its role in implementing the protections for children in terms of the Children First legislation. What the Deputy is referring to is what Tusla has stated. I have also indicated that there are a number of actions in which I will...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 573 and 574 together. My Department is responsible for ensuring that Exchequer monies used to fund childcare are spent responsibly and with the appropriate level of oversight. All childcare services in receipt of Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) funding from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs must sign a CCS grant funding agreement which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has responsibility for the provision of funding, co-ordination and support to 59 organisations nationally that deliver a range of services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence, one of which is the organisation to which the Deputy refers. I have not had any engagement with Tusla or the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme is administered by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I am aware that the organisation to which the Deputy refers made an application for inclusion in the Programme last year but was unsuccessful. I have secured an increase of €34 million in funding for Tusla in 2019, which will include targeted funds for the further investment and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has advised me that the Board of Tusla was not furnished with a copy of the report referred to by the Deputy. A copy of the report was furnished to the Chairperson of the Special Inquiries Committee, a sub-committee of the Board, in April 2018. I can assure the Deputy that I have sought written clarification from Tusla in relation to a number of matters...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: The report referred to by the Deputy was commissioned by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I am informed by Tusla that the purpose of the report was to inform management in Tusla in relation to certain events, and was accordingly described as an internal management report by the Chairperson of the Tusla Board sub-committee dealing with these issues.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: In relation to my Department, the number of conferences, the total cost for attendance at conferences and the number of staff who attended conferences for each year from 2017 – 2019 are set out in the following table:- Year Number of Conferences Number of staff Attended Costs incurred by Department 2017 25 38 €14,985.58 2018 25 52 €22,593.50 2019 to date 5 12...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Details of the conferences sponsored directly by my Department are set in the following table: Sponsorship of Conferences 2017 2018 University College, Cork – Biennial Conference on National Child Protection and Welfare Social Work €11,000 Empowering People In Care (EPIC) - National Aftercare Conference €8,000 Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA) –...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: In relation to my Department, I can confirm that no staff attended the summit in question in 2017 or 2018. Furthermore, no costs were incurred by the Department in 2017 or 2018 for advertising or sponsorship of the summit. With regard to three of the agencies within my remit, I am informed that Tusla, Oberstown Children Detention Campus and the Adoption Authority of Ireland did not attend or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (26 Feb 2019)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has confirmed that at the 31 December 2018, the most recent data available, there were 81 Social Workers employed in the Dublin North Area, which encompasses the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas. I am advised by Tusla that a breakdown of staff can only be provided by service area and not by service type or postcode.