Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to disseminate a school readiness research report commissioned by his Department and the Department of Education and Skills in 2013 ​which​ was awarded to DIT and MIC, ​at a ​cost​ of​ €92,000, ​and submitted to his Department and the Department of Education and Skills in May-June 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The research to which the Deputy refers is entitled "Examination of concepts of school-readiness among parents and educators"which was funded by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs under the Irish Research Council’s Research Development Initiative Scheme 2012/13.

As part of my Department’s quality control of externally commissioned research, each study is peer reviewed by one national and one international academic expert in the respective field. This process has been completed.

My Department is currently considering the most appropriate means for dissemination. At a minimum the authors will produce briefing notes for inclusion in the Department of Children and Youth Affairs research briefing notes series under the DCYA strategic dissemination programme. The authors may also be required to present key learning’s derived from the project at seminars or other fora as requested by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.