Written answers
Thursday, 8 November 2012
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Departmental Bodies
Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide in a tabular form the total list of quasi-Governmental organisations and agencies under her remit; if she will provide a list of quasi-Governmental organisations and agencies under her remit that have been abolished since March 2011 or are scheduled to be abolished and the date on which they are due to be abolished; the date on which the body was created; the name of the body; the 2012 Budget for the body; the number of employees of the body in 2012; the names of any outside consultants hired by the organisation since March 2011 and what future plans she has for the body. [49307/12]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I would like to inform the Deputy there are four agencies which are funded by the Exchequer through my Department's Vote. I have set out in tabular format below a list of these Agencies. I can confirm that no quasi-Governmental organisations come under the remit of my Department.
| Agencies under the remit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs |
|---|
| National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) |
| Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) |
| Family Support Agency (FSA) |
| Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) |
No Agencies that come under my remit have been abolished since March 2011. However the FSA is to be merged with the new Child and Family Support Agency (CFSA) which is due to be established next year. The NEWB is also due to come under the remit of the CFSA.
Legislation for the establishment of the CFSA is being prepared by my Department as a priority. It is anticipated that the Bill will be published and enacted in the course of this session. It is my intention that the CFSA will assume statutory responsibility for services for children and families in January 2013.
I have set out below in tabular format, details of the Agencies under my remit that are due to be merged with the new CFSA once the legislation has been enacted.
| Name of Agency | Date Established | Status with regards to CFSA | 2012 Budget | No of Employees | Consultants hired since March 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Support Agency | 6th May, 2003 | CFSA will assume statutory responsibility for services for children and families in January 2013 | €26.465million | 13 | Brian Harvey- Research Review Bluewave Technology - Software Application Development Dr. Mary Mulcahy - Research Review Dawn O’Connor – Research Study Ruth Gallagher – Research Study |
| National Educational Welfare Board | 5th July, 2000 (Board assumed statutory responsibility for provisions of the Act on July 5th 2002) | CFSA will assume statutory responsibility for services for children and families in January 2013 | €9.622 million | 91 | John Richards & Associates-Integration Implementation SMCI Associates -Integration Consultation SQW Ltd. literature -review of international best practice in participation, attendance RSM McClure Watters - Development of School Attendance Strategies Colgan & Associates - Consultancy, school attendance strategies etc. Anne McMurray Development Ltd Consultancy-Mapping practice Price Waterhouse Coopers - Data Protection Review Abbott Consulting - IT Services Maplelink Computer Services Ltd - IT Services Novosco Ltd - IT Projects & Citrix services and configuration |
It should be noted that following enactment of the Child Care Amendment Act 2011 the Children's Act Advisory Board was subsequently dissolved by means of the commencement by the Minister of Health of Part 6 of the Child Amendment Act 2011.
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