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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (15 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...and local youth work involving approximately 1,400 youth work staff working in youth services and communities throughout the country. I am pleased to confirm that I have allocated an extra €1.5 million in current funding to support the provision of youth services in 2018. This will bring the total youth funding spend by my Department to €58.95 million. The additional...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: The Preparing for Life Programme is a prevention and early intervention programme delivered by Northside Partnership in North Dublin City (Dublin 5 and 17). It is one of 13 such programmes operating under the Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme (2013-2017). Under this programme, Preparing for Life has received over €3.7m in funding. The ABC programme is overseen by an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Katherine Zappone: In budget 2018 I secured €6.86 million in capital funding for the expansion and improvement of early years and school age childcare services in Ireland. This capital funding will directly support outdoor play areas, extra spaces and essential maintenance, for example.  The investment reflects my on-going commitment to developing quality, affordable childcare in Ireland, and...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...from providers. Those increases were achieved through moving funds that arose out of savings and underspends elsewhere in my Department. For 2017, the total allocation ended up being €12.4 million. While the current capital allocation for 2018 of €6.86 million is not as high as the final figure for this year, it represents a significant increase on 2017's original baseline...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: .... The funding schemes support national and local youth work involving approximately 1,400 youth work staff working in youth services and communities throughout the country. In 2017, €57.4 million has been allocated in current funding to support the provision of youth services. Budget 2017 and 2018 provided a total of €7 million extra funding for youth services. The...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Budget 2018 will reduce poverty and deprivation. The €5 increases on the social protection side and the 3.2% increase in the national minimum wage will help to reduce poverty. The IMF and others note that significant increases in education, child care and health help to reduce inequality. Budget 2018 does this. These are all characteristics of a budget that is progressive. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (11 Sep 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...Childhood and Education (ECCE) Programme was expanded from September 2016 so that children may start free pre-school from age 3, and can continue in free pre-school once the child is not older than 5 years and 6 months at the end of the relevant pre-school year. Three different points in the year - September, January and April – are in place to maximise access for these...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (26 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...emergency refuges in providing services for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Tusla also provides a range of community-based supports to victims. In 2017, Tusla is providing €22.1 million in funding to domestic, sexual and gender based violence services, an increase of €1.5m over 2016 funding. Capital funding for refuge developments falls under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (13 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Tusla has provided approximately €7 million in funding to the Health Service Executive (HSE) on an annual basis for the provision of child counselling services. This funding is provided at the end of the year and reimburses the HSE for the services which it provides on Tusla's behalf. Ensuring the mental health and well-being of children and young people is critical to reducing...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...The changes are radical and represent real change. I am particularly happy that we are delivering the highest level of supports to those families who need it most — with supports of up to €7,500 available per child. Deputies will be aware that are two elements to the payments we are introducing. There are universal payments available for all children aged between six...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Community child care providers are receiving €1 million to ensure continuation of services during this period of change. Those payments have started and providers are receiving them to ensure there is no disruption for providers, parents and, perhaps most important of all, children. The money is being targeted at those services that experienced some difficulties in meeting regulatory...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (4 Jul 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 554 together. The well-being of all staff, including social care workers, is of great concern to me and to their employing organisations. I also would like to note that Tusla had a national social work turnover rate of 8.4% in the first few months of the year, with some areas exceeding this. The national figure, however, compares favourably with...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Katherine Zappone: In 2017, I made €3 million in capital funding available for services providing school age childcare. The application process for this capital scheme has now closed. The initial deadline for applications of 5 May was extended to 17May. In order to ensure transparency and fairness in relation to the application process, late applications cannot be accepted.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2017)

Katherine Zappone: On 20th March 2017 I announced the Early Years Capital programme for 2017 in three strands, as follows: - Strand 1: Additional Places (€3 million total available – maximum €50,000 per grant); - Strand 2: Building improvements and maintenance/refurbishment (€500,000 total available, maximum €20,000 per grant, Community childcare services only); -...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (23 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...– they would not rise automatically in line with changes in wages. If, however, we assume that a decision was made to raise subsidy rates proportionally to reflect a rise in wages to €11.50 to educators qualified to Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications, €13.00 for Level 6 educators, and €14.75 for Level 7 educators, and if we assume that...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Staff (11 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...2017, which will provide significant additional funding to families and services. In addition, strand 2 of the 2017 early years capital programme, which closed for application on Friday, 5 May, made €500,000 available in grants of up to €20,000 to community services which are seeking to make building improvements or undertake maintenance or refurbishment. These...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (11 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: Data from Pobal’s Early Years Sector Profile 2015-2016 suggests that 22% of enrolments in regulated childcare in 2016 were children less than 3 years old, which is an increase on the 16-17% figures of recent years. However, my Department is aware that there is anecdotal evidence of a reduction in places for children from birth to three in centre based care, as some service providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (13 Apr 2017)

Katherine Zappone: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373 and 375 together. The overall resource allocation to my Department under the Capital Investment Plan 2016 – 2021 amounts €136 million. Details of the indicative allocations for each of the capital programmes and the level of expenditure for the period ending March 2017 are set out in the table. Programme Allocation Spend to end March 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (13 Apr 2017)

Katherine Zappone: On 20th March 2017 I announced the Early Years Capital programme for 2017 in three strands, as follows: - Strand 1: Additional Places (€3 million total available – maximum €50,000 per grant); - Strand 2: Building improvements and maintenance/refurbishment (€500,000 total available, maximum €20,000 per grant, Community childcare services only); - Strand 3:...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (12 Apr 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...newly-registering pre-school services on 30 June 2016, and for existing services on 31 December 2016, require all staff working directly with children in to have a at least a major award at level 5 on the National Qualifications Framework in early childhood care and education, or a qualification deemed by the Minister to be equivalent. This regulation has been extensively welcomed as...