Written answers

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 
  • Child Protection Services
    8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that there are adequate supports in place for social workers in child welfare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Corporal Punishment
    9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ban corporal punishment within the home and alternative care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38705/13]
  • Adoption Services Provision
    10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she and her Department are taking to assist those prospective adopters who have been planning to adopt a child from Russia and who...
  • Early Child Care Education Issues
    11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date in her plans to introduce a second early childhood care and education year for children with a learning...
  • Childhood Obesity
    12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Departments intentions towards a national cross-sectoral strategy for the establishment of a childhood obesity prevention and...
  • Child Care Services Provision
    13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proposals she is bringing forward to improve the quality of child care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38689/13]
  • Adoption Legislation
    15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to bring forward new measures on adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38699/13]
  • Child Care Reports
    17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all inspection reports on childcare facilities are now and will henceforth be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Children in Care
    19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent of the reduction in working hours of child care staff in residential care homes due to cuts in funding. [38728/13]
  • Child Care Reports
    20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the fact that childcare facility inspection reports are compiled in long hand and then stored for scanning and online publication by...
  • Proposed Legislation
    21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the new legislation she will introduce over the remaining months of 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38724/13]
  • Children in Care
    22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of children currently in care; the duration of such care; the extent to which adequate resources and facilities are...
  • Proposed Legislation
    23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm that all child care services provided by persons employed outside the child’s own home will be subject to the...
  • Child Care Qualifications
    24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to upskill staff working in child care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38711/13]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will be required to reduce its expenditure in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38719/13]
  • Departmental Agencies Issues
    26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the chairperson designate of the child and family agency, Ms Norah Gibbons, will take up her post; when the number and...
  • Children in Care
    27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the up-to-date figure for children in care with an allocated social worker; the number in care who still do not have an allocated social...
  • Child Detention Centres
    28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current arrangements for children whose detention has been ordered by the courts because they have committed a criminal offence; if she...
  • Child Care Services Inspections
    30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have had any contact with the Ombudsman for Children following the "Prime Time" investigation...
  • Domestic Violence Refuges
    32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the facilities available to ensure the safety of children fleeing domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38609/13]
  • Child Care Services Provision
    33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to a survey carried out by the Ombudsman for Children which indicated that 72% of Irish people believe that the State could do...
  • Detention Centres
    35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to legislate for the amalgamation of children detention schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38838/13]
  • Children in Care
    37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an updated report on the Health Service Executive's performance under the National High Support and Special Care...
  • Youth Services Funding
    39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will give an assurance that no further cuts will be imposed on youth services in receipt of State funding in Budget 2014; if she...
  • Proposed Legislation
    40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce legislation to ban violence against children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38726/13]
  • Social Workers Recruitment
    41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to address the shortfall of social workers within the Child and Family Support Agency; and if she will make a...

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