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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. The programme is provided for three hours per day, five days per week over 38 weeks per year. The programme year runs from September to June each year, and is aligned with the primary school calendar. The 2019/20 ECCE programme year is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Early learning and care services are provided by private enterprises, either privately owned or operated by community organisations. Services are contracted by my Department to provide services at a subsidised rate to parents. Where a child is absent from a service, my Department continues to pay subvention for that child for a period of four weeks, which can be increased to 12 weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Early learning and care services which reopen in the summer months do not need to provide services on five days a week to avail of supports under the Government's €75million support package for the childcare sector, including the €14.2million Covid Capital grant and the continuation of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme However services which reopen for a minimum period of time...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials from my Department have reviewed the appeal referred to by the Deputy, having regard to the eligibility criteria for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. An overage exemption has been approved, due to the exceptional circumstances of the case. This decision has been communicated to the parents of the child referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters was established by Government on 17th February 2015 (S.I. No. 57 of 2015). In establishing the Commission, the Government noted that the investigation and associated additional demands on the Department of Children and Youth Affairs were estimated to cost €21.5m, exclusive of third party legal costs....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department funds Tusla registered childcare services to provide both the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme to eligible children. New Tusla registered early learning and care and school age childcare services are eligible to participate in both ECCE and the NCS. My Department funds the City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs)...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials from my Department have reviewed this appeal with regard to the eligibility criteria for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme. An overage exemption cannot be granted to the child referred to by the Deputy, as she has already completed two years of ECCE and if the child undertook an additional ECCE year she would be over the age of 6 years starting primary school....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Early learning and care services providers who signed up to the Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS) agreed that they would retain the place of each child who was registered with their service on 12 March 2020. If capacity is limited when services reopen, they have been asked to prioritise the children of health care and other front-line workers, and vulnerable and disabled...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy. I can advise the Deputy that Tusla has a Performance and Activity Reporting Site, which can be found at the following address: The site seeks to deliver on the Government Open Data Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy. I can advise the Deputy that Tusla has a Performance and Activity Reporting Site, which can be found at the following address: The site seeks to deliver on the Government Open Data Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question, and can confirm that I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, for their direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department of an Taoiseach has published briefing material provided by Departments, including my Department, which were used in the context of the Programme for Government discussions. The material supplied by my Department, which includes some detail on the costs of existing measures, is available at the link: No specific costings have been undertaken by my Department in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Consultancy Contracts (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592 and 593 together. In relation to my Department, I can confirm to the Deputy that Think People Consulting has provided diversity and unconscious bias training and this training includes elements of inclusion training. From 2018 to date the cost associated with these services is €12,684.60 .

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Legal Costs (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information requested in relation to the expenditure incurred by my Department since 2016 towards the provision of external legal services is set out in the table below. These costs refer, in the main, to legal fees in respect of the Irish Youth Justice Service and the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, with the exception of 2018, where costs relating to the Children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department will shortly arrange for publication of the brief provided to me upon my appointment.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 10 June 2020, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced a major funding package to facilitate the reopening of Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) services. A key policy priority for the DCYA is the sustainability of the ELC and SAC sector and hence it has and continues to work intensively to support services to re-open after COVID-19. The...