Written answers
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child Care Services
38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on dramatically reducing the cost of child care to parents while also increasing wages of workers in the child care sector; the... - Child and Family Agency Data
39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to Tusla across all abuse categories in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the procedures that are followed... - Child Protection
41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the response to children at risk in the home or in care, having... - Foster Care Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the shortage in foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43789/17] - Homeless Persons Supports
44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific programmes her Department and Tusla have in place to assist parents and children within the emergency accommodation system... - Family Support Services
45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist stay at home parents; and her views on whether these parents were not affected positively in the recent budget. [43711/17] - Adoption Records Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans her to protect descendants of illegally adopted persons who remain unaware of their adoption status; and if she plans to widen the... - Youth Services Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a centre (details supplied); her views on whether the closure of such a facility would... - Child and Family Agency Services
49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the overall performance of Tusla; her plans to conduct a review into the operations of Tusla with regard to its... - Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the affordable child care scheme; the current and projected funding; the take-up across the country; the level of... - Departmental Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the ABC programme in 2019; the date by which she anticipates publishing the review of the programme; and if she will make a... - Mental Health Services Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has established a working group involving the HSE, the Department of Health and Tusla to co-ordinate a focus for the... - Youth Work Projects Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding for youth work projects in County Laois. [43656/17] - Children and Young People’s Policy Framework
55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department continues to improve the quality and availability of services for children and young persons, with the... - Youth Services Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the impact a club (details supplied) has had on local young persons interested in animal and equine care; if she will work with... - Foster Care Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will allocate increased funding to foster care services in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43773/17] - Family Resource Centres
60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the increased funding to Tusla for existing and new family resource centres will be allocated; if she will review the... - Children in Care
61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional resources her Department has provided to support aftercare plans for children leaving State care at 18 years of age from 1... - Child Poverty
62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to eliminate child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43754/17] - Child Care Costs
63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in regard to affordability and sustainability in the non-ECCE early years... - Child Care Services Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy of her Department regarding the development of crèches and preschools in the Gaeltacht which operate through the medium of... - Oideachas Gaeltachta
68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do na Naíonraí le cigireacht trí... - Homelessness Strategy
69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the analysis undertaken or being undertaken by her Department of the effects, both short- and long-term, on children and their development... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Child Care Services Staff
71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will meet with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding those community child care services that, due to... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the process of engagement initiated as part of the Government’s response to the Commission of Investigation into Mother... - Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Youth Strategy
75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and when she expects to report to Dáil Éireann on the strategy. [43692/17]
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