Written answers
Wednesday, 13 May 2020
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Funding
1071. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of capital funding provided to crèches in the past five years by funding stream; and the number of additional places... - Education Costs
1072. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated capital cost of creating an additional early years place. [3967/20] - Commercial Rates Exemptions
1074. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered exempting early years providers from commercial rates; and if an assessment has been conducted as to the cost of the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1075. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the ECCE programme by one, two, three or four weeks, respectively accounting for potential increases in... - School Completion Programme
1076. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Programmes
1077. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review into the ABC programme. [3972/20] - Family Resource Centres
1079. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring family resource centre funding to peak levels on a per centre basis, that is, taking into account the... - Child and Family Agency
1080. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers Tusla is seeking to recruit in the next 12 months; and the overall target of Tusla for... - Living Wage
1082. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring that staff employed by her Department and agencies under her aegis receive the living wage of €12.30... - Departmental Staff
1083. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional social worker. [3978/20] - National Childcare Scheme
1084. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beneficiary children at each level of subsidy of the national childcare scheme in tabular form. [3979/20] - Early Childhood Care and Education
1085. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to bring the ECCE scheme under the remit of the national childcare scheme. [3980/20] - Community Childcare Subvention Programme
1086. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of grant funding recouped from community childcare services in respect of children attending fewer hours of childcare than was... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1088. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to allow for the number of ECCE hours that a child is eligible to receive to be contingent upon the attendance of the... - Childcare Services
1089. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community childcare services are advised by her Department or an agency acting on its behalf to send their staff home in circumstances... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1090. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is fair for early years services that sign a contract with her Department for the provision of childcare schemes... - Departmental Expenditure
1092. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the... - Departmental Data
1093. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware... - Child Abuse
1094. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations of child sexual abuse that were determined as unfounded in 2018 and 2019; her plans to ensure that Tusla creates... - Departmental Schemes
1095. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if out-of-term time for early childcare education and school age schemes will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1096. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an exception will be made for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo to allow them to avail of their entitlement of two years ECCE;... - National Childcare Scheme
1097. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application for the childcare subsidy by a person (details supplied); if the application will be backdated from when it... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1098. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4187/20] - Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
1099. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge spaces available for victims of domestic violence and families affected by domestic violence; the location of each;... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1100. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if statistical information will be provided regarding preschools (details supplied). [4267/20] - National Childcare Scheme
1101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date paper based applications for the national childcare scheme will be introduced; if paper based application payments will be... - Public Services Card
1102. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering removing the public services card as a requisite for applying to the national childcare scheme in view of the views... - Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
1103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children that accessed Tusla funded domestic violence refuge accommodation in 2019; the average length of time... - Children in Care
1104. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of Tusla; if these children are placed in direct provision once they turn 18 years of age;... - National Childcare Scheme
1105. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason payments to a person (details supplied) under the national childcare scheme are not backdated to the date the person was... - Child Abuse
1106. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports (details supplied) in respect of the treatment of child abuse victims; if changes in respect of the process will take... - Departmental Funding
1107. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of grants or funding for a holistic psychotherapist to provide children focused services; and if she will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
1108. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to the Vote of her Department if the rate of employer PRSI was increased to 15.75% for the portion of salaries over... - School Completion Programme
1109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing investment in the school completion programme by one third. [4728/20] - Early Childhood Care and Education
1110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if changes will be made to the system in place by which staff in preschools must complete a large amount of administrative work in order... - Child and Family Agency
1111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1088 of 5 March 2020, the factors which determine the allocation of educational welfare officers... - Child Abuse
1113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of child sexual abuse allegations that were deemed founded or unfounded in 2018. [4847/20] - Ombudsman for Children
1114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation for the Office of the Ombudsman for Children in each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [4850/20] - Childcare Qualifications
1115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a learner's fund of €9.6 million would enable the achievement of a 60% degree led ECCE workforce; and if she will make a... - Childcare Services
1116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the six childminding development officer positions with a dedicated officer employed by each city and... - Foster Care Expenditure
1118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review the rates paid to foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4968/20] - Childcare Services
1119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a childcare centre (details supplied) received an email from her Department regarding extending its contracts until August 2020... - Departmental Expenditure
1120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there was budgetary underspending by her Department specifically on early years in the four years prior to 2016; and if so, the amount... - Childcare Services
1121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for HSE staff who cannot find alternative childcare arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
1122. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports that will be available for childcare and crèche workers as a result of the decision to close crèches and childcare... - Child Abuse
1123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the management of the allegations outlined in an article (details supplied). [5102/20] - Childcare Services
1124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the poor level of pay and conditions being experienced by graduate workers in the childcare sector; and... - Departmental Strategies
1125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the draft childminding action plan (details supplied). [5124/20] - Childcare Services
1126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the employment of staff under the AIM scheme will be clarified; and if staff employed under the scheme are required to have a FETAC... - Child Abuse
1127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child sexual abuse reports received in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the number referred to An Garda Síochána;... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1128. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the access inclusion model for pre-school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5270/20] - Protected Disclosures
1129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures... - Departmental Offices
1130. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are vacancies in the offices of her Department at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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