Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who left care on reaching their eighteenth birthday in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 and who were provided with... - EU Youth Conference
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the recent EU Youth Conference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17293/13] - Children's Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Children and Young People's Policy Framework will be completed and published; the constituents of same; and if she will make a... - UN Convention on Children's Rights
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding her already stated intent to sign, on behalf of Ireland, the third optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on... - Child Care Reports
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the contents of UNICEF’s Report Card 11 - Child well-being in rich countries insofar as it relates to Ireland; and if she... - Children in Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the progress made during the first three months of 2013 in making increased provision for children in special care and high... - Child Care Costs
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she is taking to ensure that childcare costs are taken into account by the new Personal Insolvency Service; the constituents of same;... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had on increasing the proportion of Exchequer expenditure on children that is dedicated to childcare services; and if... - Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the full impact of her recent funding cuts to youth projects via the City of Dublin Youth Services Programme;... - Bullying of Children
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department will play in the Action Plan on Bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17367/13] - Children in Care
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all children in care now have a care plan; if not, the number of the total who do not; the reason for same; if all children in care now have... - Youth Homelessness Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the reviews undertaken by the Centre for Effective Services of the 2001 Youth Homelessness Strategy has concluded; if she has received a... - Children's Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include specific commitments to Traveller children in the National Children and Young People's Policy Framework, due to be published... - Preschool Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the operation of the ECCE scheme which allows payment for three hours a day in respect of tuition but nothing for planning... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17358/13] - Child Care Costs
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional steps she will to take to address the availability and affordability of regulated childcare services; and if she will make a... - Official Engagements
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her visit to India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16012/13] - Child Protection Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children whose emergency out-of-hours needs were addressed through the Crisis Intervention Service and the Emergency Place of... - Legislative Programme
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs having published the heads of the Children First Bill more than twelve months ago, when she expects to be in a position to instruct the drafting... - Preschool Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide Dáil Éireann with details regarding the extension of the free pre school year; if a cost analysis of such a... - Children's Strategy
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cross-departmental consultations on the proposed new Children and Young People's Policy Framework have concluded as anticipated by end of... - Child Care Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress made towards the introduction of a statutory right to aftercare for all young adults leaving the care system... - Child Protection Issues
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to date to address ongoing concerns in relation to child protection and welfare for children living in the direct... - Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for the budgetary cuts to youth services; and if she will provide an undertaking to minimise the impact of these on front-line... - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding her preparations for the presentation to the Dáil of the adoption amendment legislation arising from the successful... - Children and Family Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has identified the full scope and extent of the responsibilities of her Department including the budgetary requirements... - Illegal Adoptions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will adopt a similar approach as that of the Australian government in apologising and acknowledging the people who were illegally adopted... - Child Protection Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the review of child protection practices across all Catholic Church dioceses; the numbers and names of those completed;... - Foster Care Provision
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the deficiencies highlighted by the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding the fostering service... - Children and Family Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have received and who are currently receiving, child and adolescent mental health training; her plans to extend... - Child Death Review Group Report
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken following on from the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group; and if she will make a statement on the... - Cross-Border Projects
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will update Dáil Éireann on her Department's engagements with Northern Ireland agencies in developing youth cross-border and... - Child Abuse
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the audit of serious neglect cases will be published; the reason for the delay in its publication; if she is concerned that the audit... - Cross-Border Projects
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of contact she has had with her portfolio holding counterpart north of the border; the specific initiatives they have discussed and... - Youth Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the progress that has been made on the national rollout of the youth café initiative; her plans for future... - Children and Family Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a short-list or final selection has been reached in the context of the already announced extension of the successful Prevention and Early... - Road Signage
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will support the introduction of symbol road signs specifically designated to warn motorists of the location of creche and childcare... - Inter-Country Adoptions
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will refer to the current situation in relation to the drafting of a bilateral agreement on inter country adoption between Ireland and... - Proposed Legislation
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current position regarding the preparation of the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill; when she expects to publish this long awaited... - School Funding
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Irish Montessori Education Board's montessori schools fared so poorly in the last round of capital funding; the reason IMEB... - Children and Family Services
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress achieved towards a resolution of the issue of the proposed transfer of community psychology services from the Health Service...
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