Written answers
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Ministerial Appointments
9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has proceeded to seek expressions of interest from interested persons or nominations of specific persons who would be prepared to... - Children in Care
10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential general care who now have a written care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21850/13] - Child Protection Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her reaction to and the steps that will be taken to address both the historic failures and the contemporary deficiencies highlighted in the... - Sunbed Usage
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or her Department have engaged directly with the Department of Health to ensure that legislation currently being drafted on the issue... - Early Childhood Education
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will introduce higher standards of qualification in early care and education services; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Care Services Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will amend the Child Care Act of 1991 to ensure the regulation of all paid childminders; and if she will make a statement on the... - After-School Support Services
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress on the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21837/13] - Youth Services
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the priority she is giving to the frontline workers in Clondalkin and Lucan Youth Services, Dublin; if she will outline the impact the... - Aftercare Services
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the structures and support mechanisms that can be provided to young persons who leave State care where there is no family support. [21730/13] - Children in Care
21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to help reverse the increase of deaths by suicide of children in care, children known to the Health Service... - Internet Safety Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action her Department will take to help young persons counter the effects of websites that encourage harmful and unhealthy behaviour,... - Child Care Services Provision
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reporting protocols in place regarding children in high support units who engage in anti-social behaviour in off-site settings and more... - Asylum Seeker Accommodation
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the suitability of direct provision centres for child and family accommodation of asylum seekers; if she has urged the... - Early Childhood Education
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is putting in place to enable children with special needs access creche and pre-school care; and if she will make a... - Domestic Adoptions
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic births placed for adoption in each of the past three years, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on... - Inter-Country Adoptions
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the signed agreement with Vietnam regarding inter-country adoptions came into operational effect before the end of April 2013 as... - Children in Care
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who now have an allocated social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21854/13] - Child Care Services Provision
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the implications for her Department’s planning for the future of the projections contained in the new study from the Central... - Ministerial Dialogue
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to have dialogue with the various stakeholders in relation to issues affecting the welfare, well-being and... - Adoption Legislation
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill; and the steps being taken to protect birth/adoption... - Illegal Adoptions
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the recent apology given by the Australian Prime Minister to the victims of illegal adoptions carried out in that country in... - Bullying of Children
36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and or her Department has undertaken studies into the extent of the various forms of bullying affecting young... - Youth Services
37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to protect frontline youth services in view of the funding cuts experienced by the sector; and if she will make a...
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