Written answers

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 
  • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
    1427. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres here, in tabular form; the number of women these centres can cater for; the number of women in these...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
    1428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a campaign organised by a group (details supplied) regarding early years workers; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Completion Programme
    1429. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the decision to remove the counselling grant from the school completion programme in cases in which alternative...
  • Affordable Childcare Scheme
    1430. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if child care providers registered with an organisation (details supplied) rather than Tusla will be eligible for the affordable child...
  • Child Care Services
    1431. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to release capital funding for a community crèche (details supplied). [35127/17]
  • Child Abuse
    1432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a legislative framework; and the powers that social workers have to investigate allegations of abuse outside the...
  • Departmental Contracts Data
    1433. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all security and contract cleaning companies that have obtained contracts from her Department and agencies under the aegis of her...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
    1434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the discovery of unmarked graves at a site in Tuam, the reason family members are not being contacted and liaised with...
  • Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
    1435. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35465/17]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    1436. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by her Department on taxi and-or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if she will make a...
  • Capitation Grants
    1437. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 11 April 2017, the estimated cost of the measure assuming it will be introduced in September...
  • Youth Services Funding
    1438. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the criteria have changed for the local youth club grant scheme to prioritising groups in which 75% of the youth members are between...
  • Children and Family Services Provision
    1440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 12 July 2017, if she will refer to the submission from a charity (details supplied) as...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
    1441. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 835 and 837 of 7 March 2017 and 660 of 23 May 2017, the estimated full-year cost of paying ECCE...
  • Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure
    1442. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 23 May 2017, the estimated cost per year of the ACS in the event that the wage rate for...
  • Mental Health Services Funding
    1451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific funding her Department or Tusla provides for mental health supports for children and young persons; and if she will make a...
  • Affordable Childcare Scheme
    1452. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 23 May 2017, if a decision was made to raise subsidy rates proportionally to reflect a rise...
  • Social Workers Recruitment
    1453. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting 500 new social workers and 1,000 new social workers, some of whom are to be aftercare workers;...
  • Psychological Assessments
    1454. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a standard protocol that all persons in the care of the State receive psychological assessment; and if she will make a...
  • Youth Employment Initiative
    1455. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 811 of 11 April 2017, if she has received the evaluation report on the youth employability...
  • Child Care Services
    1456. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the problems encountered by many small child care providers that do not have the resources to deal with...
  • Child Care Services Data
    1457. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the child care sector, by qualification level, or working grade. [36093/17]
  • Departmental Funding
    1458. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each body or organisation that is scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from her Department's Vote of...
  • Child Care Services Expenditure
    1459. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that was spent in 2015 and 2016 and the projected spend for 2017 on subsidies to private operators of child care. [36367/17]
  • Child Care Costs
    1460. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount it would cost to restore the parental contribution cap for all participants availing of child care under the TEC schemes. [36410/17]
  • Foster Care Supports
    1461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the allowances paid to foster persons particularly those paid for foster children over 18 years of age that remain in...
  • Family Resource Centres
    1462. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the status of a community centre (details supplied) in County Kildare as a family resource centre in view of the low...
  • Child and Family Agency
    1463. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will engage with persons (details supplied) on a matter; if the issue will be dealt with as a matter of urgency; if she will...
  • Departmental Budgets
    1464. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the latest profiles in value and outruns forecasted in her Department for the end of December 2017 and any variances that may arise based...
  • Departmental Funding
    1465. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will contribute to the funding of a second Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland study as has been recommended; and if...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    1466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department that are suspended from work on full pay; the reason in each case; the length of time in each case;...
  • Departmental Budgets
    1467. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be an underspend in her Department's current or capital budget for 2017; if so, the subheads that are now below profile and...
  • Protected Disclosures Data
    1468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of protected disclosures received from staff in her Department in 2016 and to date in 2017; the details of same; and if she...

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