Written answers
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Corporal Punishment
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any plans to introduce a ban on parents slapping their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7338/13] - EU Presidency Priorities
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the issues she is prioritising during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department will play in the recently launched Action Plan on Bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7335/13] - Youth Unemployment Measures
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to support youth employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7334/13] - Health Service Staff
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers for children now in place; her target for the end of 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7350/13] - Adoption Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 15 May 2012 if he will report on the progress of the Health Service Executive's search for birth... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she intends to develop a Scandinavian model of childcare in this country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7324/13] - Early Childhood Education
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a second free pre-school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7331/13] - Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in her plans to place Children First on a statutory footing. [7309/13] - Aftercare Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has fully considered the report of the National Director for Children and Family Services on the aftercare provision; if she will provide... - Child Support
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she supports subsidised childcare over benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7348/13] - Underage Drinking
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department is playing is discouraging underage drinking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7346/13] - Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7320/13] - Child and Family Support Agency
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the intended make up of the board of the Child and Family Support Agency; if she will confirm that a representative from the... - Departmental Strategies
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop strategies that improve self-esteem and promote positive body imaging among young adolescents. [7273/13] - Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate from the perspective of her Department, the extent, if any, to which she can engage with other Departments, schools and... - Children in Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity and numbers in residence in each of the three special care units and the two high support units; the numbers currently awaiting... - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will bring forward the adoption tracing and information legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7340/13] - Child Care Reports
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will publish the final report on the Ryan Implementation Plan in 2013; if she will list the outstanding recommendations... - UN Convention on Children's Rights
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ratify the third optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure, which... - Ministerial Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department intends to encompass within her Departmental responsibilities, full responsibility for the broadest... - Child Protection
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the establishment of a national out of hours social work service. [7307/13] - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of places currently available on the after school scheme that was announced in Budget 2013; the timeline for availability of the... - Child and Family Support Agency
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline proposals to transfer clinical psychologist posts from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Family Support... - Ministerial Meetings
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report on her December meeting with a delegation from the Council for Marriage and Family of the Irish Catholic... - Foster Care Inspections
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations against foster carers currently being investigated by the Health Information and Quality Authority; the number of... - Youth Homelessness Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to launch the review of the 2001 Youth Homelessness Strategy to be undertaken by the Centre for Effective Services; when she... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will be supporting the parent child home programme operated by the Early Learning Initiative in the Dublin Docklands area; if her... - Departmental Expenditure
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the impact that Budget 2013 has had on children and youth affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7318/13] - Children's Rights Referendum
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the full McCrystal judgement handed down last week in the Supreme Court; the reason her Department used €1.1 million of... - Hospital Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had any consultation with the Department of Health or the Health Service Executive regarding the reduced budgets in 2013 for two... - Early Years Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Early Years Strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7321/13] - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legislation she plans to progress in 2013. [7308/13] - Child and Family Support Agency
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the new Child and Family Support Agency to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7332/13]
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