Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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246. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 8 November 2016, if the evaluation report has been reviewed, as suggested by her; if so, the findings; and if not, when the report will be reviewed. [2025/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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As advised in my response to the Deputy in November 2016, the final evaluation report on the Centres, published by One Family in March 2014, recommended that an integrated response by my Department, the Department of Justice and Equality, supported by their relevant agencies (i.e. The Child and Family Agency, the Courts Service, the Probation Service, the Legal Aid Board, the Family Mediation Service, and COSC) would be the best approach to progressing the recommendations.

I wrote to my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality in June 2016 regarding the final evaluation report of the pilot project. I have suggested that together our Departments might review the evaluation report in light of changing infrastructural arrangements such as the establishment of the Child and Family Agency and the proposed Family Courts Service. I will follow up further with the Minister for Justice and Equality in this regard, and remain committed to examining the potential for advancing further consideration of the final evaluation report’s recommendations.