Written answers

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 
  • School Completion Programme
    791. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation to the school completion programme over each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17793/17]
  • Preschool Services
    792. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by crèches and preschools in recruiting trained staff; her plans...
  • Foster Care
    793. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the HSE payment per week per foster child. [17502/17]
  • Child Care Services Regulation
    796. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the guidelines in relation to employing persons under the better start access and inclusion model in view of the fact...
  • Capitation Grants
    797. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the capitation grant for the free preschool year by €5 per week per child for both existing lower...
  • Preschool Services
    798. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of employing ten new special needs assistants working for early years services at five hours per day five days a week...
  • Child Care Services
    799. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 839 of 7 March 2017, the estimated cost for the number of children anticipated to avail of targeted...
  • Aftercare Services Provision
    801. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 28 March 2017, the specific date on which she hopes to have the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015...
  • Traveller Community
    802. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on progress by her Department to date since the publication of Better Outcomes Brighter Futures, to fulfil Commitment...
  • Child and Family Agency Data
    803. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high priority cases that have not been allocated a social worker to date. [17666/17]
  • Foster Care
    804. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the portion of the €37 million additional funding secured for Tusla for 2017 that has been allocated to improving foster care. [17667/17]
  • Children in Care
    805. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a supervised residential unit (details supplied) in Letterkenny, County Donegal will be reopened; and if her attention has been drawn...
  • Child and Family Agency Funding
    806. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of funding for counselling for students affected by bereavement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Funding
    807. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of schools in County Kerry, both secondary and primary, that have been affected by the cut to the counselling grant. [17728/17]
  • Children in Care
    810. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost per child of caring for children in State care; the cost on an individualised basis to the State of the top ten cases...
  • Youth Employment Initiative
    811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the evaluation of the youth employability initiative; when she expects to receive the report of the evaluation; and if she...
  • Youth Services Funding
    812. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed review of the youth service grant scheme; the purpose and timetable for this review; if she will ensure...
  • Expenditure Reviews
    813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions of her Department with regard to the comprehensive spending review announced in October 2016, including engagement with the...
  • Child and Family Agency Investigations
    814. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason €2.5 million was set aside for third party legal costs for the inquiry into the Grace case; and if she will make a...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
    815. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on restructuring the contract process for early years educators in order to improve retention of the most qualified candidates;...
  • Education Grants
    816. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 8 March 2017 (details supplied), her plans to allocate an aftercare worker to the remaining...
  • Workplace Relations Commission
    817. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the adjudications and the findings of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of public bodies in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and...

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