Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding inclusion and support grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30520/15] - After-School Support Services
676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a programme to offer greater out-of-school support (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Early Childhood Care Education
677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will increase early childhood care and education payments, and promote quality and sustainability (details supplied); and if he will... - Child and Family Agency Funding
678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial and operational support will be provided for the national family resource centre programme to assist in operations, an... - Children in Care
679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policies Tusla has in place regarding the sharing of information regarding children in care with relatives who are not the child's... - Child Care Services Funding
681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding for child-care services in counties Longford and Westmeath for 2008 to 2014 and to date in 2015, as well as the... - Aftercare Services
682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to amend section 45 of the Child Care Act 1991 to make the State obliged to provide the necessary support to foster children and... - After-School Support Services
684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is considering the introduction of any financial assistance for parents wishing to avail of the increasing number of out-of-hours... - Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment
685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will support Tusla in its efforts to secure 250 social workers to deal with the backlog of cases of children at risk (details... - Early Years Strategy Implementation
686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the interdepartmental group which is working on future investment in early years and school-age care and... - Child Care Services Funding
687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a commitment to improve the standard and availability of child-care facilities, the provisions and supports that are... - Early Years Strategy Implementation
689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications under the early years capital fund that he has received, by county, and the grant aid sought; the total budget... - Child Care Services Expenditure
690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount his Department currently spends on the provision of child care to school-going and preschool-going children; and if he will make... - Child Care Services Funding
691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by county, the funding his Department has provided for city or county child care committees every year... - Departmental Expenditure
692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of investment from capital spending his Department has made in counties Louth and Meath since 2011; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide figures held by his Department, by county, on the number of children with special education needs who are partaking in... - Aftercare Services
696. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is the case that a new aftercare allowance will be introduced from August 2015 that will pay €300 weekly per individual care... - Legislative Measures
697. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the proposals in the heads and General Scheme of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015 will have any impact on the... - Child Care Services Funding
698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the next round of Strand 1 capital grants will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30817/15] - Child Care Costs
700. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the issue of child care costs in the upcoming budget in view of Ireland having one of the highest child care costs in... - Child Care Services Expenditure
701. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the issue of inequality between community and private child care facilities in the forthcoming budget. [30942/15] - Departmental Funding
702. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will identify a new funding stream to provide small annual funding to Bethany support groups as a result of Tusla's... - Aftercare Services
703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the analysis conducted in relation to the impact of requiring young persons to leave their foster care placements upon reaching 18 years of... - HIQA Reports
704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he has taken to address the issues identified in the HIQA report on the Ballydowd special care unit; and if he will make a... - Children in Care
705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the psychotherapeutic services that are available in Dublin Central for vulnerable children who are in the... - Child Care Services Funding
707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the person who received funding under Strand 1 of the early years capital funding 2015; and the... - Departmental Funding
709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of all the funding his Department has provided to a company (details supplied) in County Kerry since its... - Child and Family Agency Investigations
710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the case of a child (details supplied) in Dublin West who has had interaction with a number of State services. [31995/15] - Pension Provisions
711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of annual pension payments made by his Department that exceed €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Early Childhood Care Education
712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will respond to the call for supports for children in County Donegal with special needs attending the free preschool year, as it has... - Foster Care
714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding access to a child (details supplied) in foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32019/15] - Child Care Services Funding
716. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a community child care facility capital funding application (details supplied) in County Kerry was unsuccessful in 2015; and if... - Foster Care
717. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding foster care in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Funding
718. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the monthly funding made available by his Department to mediation agencies for inter-country adoption, ARC Adoption and Helping Hands; if... - Departmental Functions
719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as...
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