Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services Funding
1896. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding streams which are available or will become available to develop and deliver programmes in County Meath and elsewhere to ensure... - Detention Centres Data
1897. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ratio of staff to detainees at Oberstown Juvenile Correction Centre; the number of recorded attacks on staff in tabular form, in each... - Child Safety
1898. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to safeguard and strengthen safety and protection policies for young disabled children travelling unsupervised on transport... - Counselling Services Provision
1899. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reconsider the withdrawal of funding for school completion programmes counselling hours; and if she will make a statement on... - Child Care Services Funding
1900. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a late application for funding under the school age child care scheme will be accepted for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - Brexit Negotiations
1901. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the threats identified by her Department with regard to the responsibilities of her Department as a result of no deal being reached in... - Public Sector Pensions Data
1902. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if she will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public... - Child Poverty
1903. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty. [27005/17] - Children in Care
1904. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for Tusla's policy with regard to placing children under 12 years of age in residential care. [27076/17] - Foster Care Expenditure
1906. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of care for a child in private foster care as compared to those registered with Tusla. [27078/17] - Child Support Payments
1907. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/17] - Child Care Services Provision
1908. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to increase the number of registered child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27094/17] - Disability Act Employment Targets
1909. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis... - Youth Services Funding
1910. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of mainstream funding from her Department and other Government Departments that is invested in youth programmes in the north... - School Completion Programme
1911. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has read the ESRI review of the school completion programme; if her attention has been drawn to its findings regarding the effects... - Child Abuse
1913. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which historical cases of child abuse are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27191/17] - School Expulsions
1916. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of expulsions from and the number of students enrolled in each secondary school in County Wexford in each of the years 2014 to... - Early Childhood Care and Education Data
1919. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the ECCE scheme to 48 weeks. [27210/17] - Commencement of Legislation
1920. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Children First Act 2015 will be fully commenced; the planning which has been carried out to date in 2017 to ensure its provisions... - Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
1921. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's estimated hourly running cost for the early childhood care and education scheme and the hourly running cost of early... - Early Childhood Care and Education Data
1924. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children availing of the targeted subsidy within the ACS aged between six months and three years of age by amount (details... - Community Childcare Subvention Programme
1925. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of the targeted portion of the ACS in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27439/17] - Departmental Contracts
1926. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body... - Child and Family Agency Remit
1927. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether legislation is required to give Tusla a statutory duty to protect the welfare of children living in emergency... - Child Care Services Funding
1931. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budgetary arrangement which has been made for vulnerable one to three year olds in community early years services for 2018; and... - Departmental Expenditure
1932. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department or a body under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for advice, the use of intellectual property... - Departmental Functions
1933. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if assistance will be provided to a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27828/17] - Appointments to State Boards
1934. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any former Deputies have been appointed to State boards under her remit by the Public Appointments Service; if so, the names and... - Child Care Costs
1935. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that child care providers are increasing prices before the introduction of the affordable childcare scheme; if... - Child and Family Agency
1936. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a reply will issue from Tusla to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement... - Postal Codes
1937. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to... - Community Childcare Subvention Programme
1938. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band A recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28222/17] - Child Care Services Funding
1942. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for capital funding by a childcare facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she... - Student Support Schemes
1943. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements which are made regarding providing specific subsidised childcare for adult students that are being supported by SUSI... - Child Care Services
1945. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be implemented; the reason for the delay; if registered child minders can be paid... - HIQA Inspections
1946. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report of 12 June 2017 into foster care services in counties Louth and Meath the actions that have been... - Foster Care
1947. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster carers that are without Garda vetting in counties Louth and Meath. [28565/17] - Foster Care Provision
1949. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster carers in counties Louth and Meath that have never been reviewed; and if these reviews have now been completed. [28567/17] - Foster Care
1952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations and complaints that have been recorded by the Louth Meath foster care committee in 2016 and to date in 2017; and... - HIQA Inspections
1953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report published on 12 June 2017, the new process implemented in the Louth Meath area to deal with... - Health Services Staff Data
1954. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers that are operational in counties Louth and Meath; the vacancies that exist in the Louth Meath area; and the... - HIQA Inspections
1955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the HIQA inspection report published on 12 June 2017, the number of the 64 foster carers in the counties Louth and Meath that... - Foster Care Supports
1956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the out of hours support services that are available to foster carers in counties Louth and Meath. [28574/17] - Foster Care Provision
1957. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster care homes, foster carers and relative foster carers respectively in counties Louth and Meath. [28575/17] - Foster Care
1959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of occasions since 2014 and to date in 2017, that counties Louth and Meath have gone outside of the national standards for... - Health Services Staff
1960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of hiring additional social care workers. [28592/17] - Child Care Services Expenditure
1961. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on marketing the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28593/17] - Services for People with Disabilities
1963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received correspondence dated 12 June 2017 from a child care provider (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding... - Counselling Services Provision
1964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide further funding to an organisation (details supplied) in order that it can continue to provide youth counselling... - State Bodies Code of Conduct
1965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all State bodies under the aegis of her Department have furnished a report confirming the State body has complied with its obligations... - Aftercare Services
1966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of employing an aftercare worker. [28702/17] - Care Services Provision
1967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of employing a social care worker in a residential care home. [28703/17] - Family Resource Centres
1968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed Tusla family resource centre for Castlerea, County Roscommon; the timeframe for when the centre will open; the... - Departmental Funding
1969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating funding for counselling to an organisation (details supplied) on an interim basis in view of the fact that... - Counselling Services Provision
1970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the status of a free youth counselling service operated by an organisation (details supplied); the amount of... - Child Care Services Provision
1971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the universal child care subsidy; if the €20 a week will be available from September 2017; and if she will make a... - Departmental Staff Relocation
1972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff under the remit of her department that have applied to be transferred to department or State agency offices located...
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