Written answers
Tuesday, 19 June 2018
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Public Consultation Process
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of public consultations held by her Department or by a State agency under the remit of her Department; the number of replies received per consultation; and the cost of each consultation in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [26455/18]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Details of the number of public consultations, replies received and costs incurred from 2011 to date in 2018 by my Department are set out in the following table. The overall objective is to keep costs of this nature to a minimum.
As regards the State agencies under the remit of my Department, I have requested Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and Oberstown Children Detention Campus to forward the requested information directly to the Deputy.
| YEAR | CONSULTATION | NO. of REPLIES | COST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | National Children’s Strategy 2012-2017 | 66705 | €9,056.87 |
| DCYA Statement of Strategy | 31 | No cost | |
| Public Consultation for Scheme under the Official Languages Act | 5 | €1207.58 | |
| 2012 | Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) | 13611 | €1,873.22 |
| Body Image Survey | 2156 | €17,548.42 | |
| Being Young & Irish 2012 | 800 | No cost to DCYA | |
| 2013 | Consultations with Young People Living in the Care of the State | 211 | €13,383.83 |
| TACTIC | 211 | €7,626.49 | |
| Young People and the Gardaí | 361 | €2,401.15 | |
| A Study of the Experiences of Pupils with Special Educational Needs at Post Primary School | 270 | No cost to DCYA | |
| 2014 | Terms of reference of proposed Commission of Investigation into Mother & Baby Homes | 160 | No cost |
| Structured Dialogue – Trio Presidency: Ireland-Lithuania-Greece | 712 | €12,889.78 | |
| Consultation with Children – Empowering the Voice of the Child | Exact figure not available | €510.00 | |
| National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making 2015-2020 | 66700 | €3,075.00 | |
| 2015 | Public Consultation on GAL Reform | 26 | No cost |
| AIM: Access & Inclusion Consultation | 62 | No cost | |
| National Youth Strategy Consultation | 200 | €27,414.03 | |
| Universal Periodic Review | 3930 | No cost to DCYA | |
| DCYA Statement of Strategy | 20 | No cost | |
| 2016 | Public Consultation on the Single Affordable Childcare Scheme | 4106 | €28013.60 |
| DCYA Statement of Strategy | 7 | No cost | |
| 2017 | Mother & Baby Homes facilitated meeting (Dublin) | 100 | €24,977.41 |
| Mother & Baby Homes facilitated meeting (Cork) | 28 | €8,110.90 | |
| Written Consultation on the review of CCA 1991 | 39 | No cost | |
| Open Policy Debate on the review of the Child Care Act 1991 | 82 | €10,402.00 | |
| Public Consultation on Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures DCYA website survey | 32 | No cost | |
| LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy | 3998 | €135,000.00 | |
| Design of targeted youth funding scheme | 731 | €19,334.15 | |
| So, how was school today? | 3242 | €40,678.41 | |
| 2018 | Mother & Baby Homes expressions of interest in collaborative forum | 89 | €543.90 |
| Stakeholder engagement on outline of a new youth funding scheme in line with recommendations of the Value for Money Policy Review | 125 | €592.50 | |
| Public Consultation on measuring outcomes for young people engaged with youth services | In Progress | In Progress |
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