Written answers
Thursday, 21 July 2016
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Schemes
15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to expand the qualifying criteria for community child care scheme to allow families who are not in receipt of Social Protection but are on... - Early Years Strategy Implementation
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for early years in detail and timeline for the implementation of the early years strategy on a yearly basis. [23035/16] - Children in Care
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care here, indicating the units and numbers and the private service providers and numbers; and if she... - insertheading
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the comments of the Ombudsman when she stated recently her concern that 2,177 children are homeless and living in hotels,... - Detention Centres Data
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of permanent full-time staff employed in youth detention centres and their roles; the number of roles covered by agency staff;... - Youth Unemployment Measures
20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she plans to take to tackle youth unemployment, if she will provide an update on the implementation of the Youth Employability... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will revise the terms of the Mother and Baby Home Commission to include St. Patrick's Guild in view of the transfer of more than... - Legislative Measures
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered a review of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/16] - Child Care Services
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the reinstatement of the child minding advisory service. [23036/16] - UN Committees
24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress she is making with the recommendations in the UN committee's report on the rights of the child; and if she will make a... - Child Care Services
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will change the situation where grandparents are disallowed from caring for their grandchildren if they are 40 years older than the... - Garda Youth Diversion Projects
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered advocating for the services of the Garda youth diversion projects to be extended in north inner city Dublin, as well... - Child Care Services Provision
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist in the provision of additional child care places and-or the upgrading of existing facilities for community and private... - Community Childcare Subvention Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that the planned expansion of the community childcare subvention scheme is not taking place due to the low level of... - HSE Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for SEN grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream... - Social Workers Recruitment
32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have been recruited for the child welfare and protection services to date in 2016; the number who have left... - Child and Family Agency Services
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching... - Child Care Services Funding
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding available in 2016 towards the provision of child care places and-or the upgrading of existing facilities for community... - National Drugs Strategy Implementation
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider a role in co-ordinating and progressing the prevention and education arm of the national drug strategy in respect of... - Special Educational Needs Staff
36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of findings of a survey carried out by Donegal county childcare committee (details supplied) which found a significant... - Early Childhood Care and Education
37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being taken to ensure that all children, irrespective of their date of birth, can avail of the early childhood care and... - Child Care Services Provision
39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has been in a position to strategically examine and assess any specific deficiencies in respect of child...
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