Written answers

Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 
  • Childcare Services
    987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when protocols and guidance will be issued to the owners of childcare facilities on the steps that need to be put in place in such...
  • City and County Child Care Committees
    988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role and powers of city and county childcare committees; the way in which the membership of such committees is appointed; if there is a...
  • Family Resource Centres
    989. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating a family resource status to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Childcare Services
    990. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which decisions will be made regarding childcare access in which there is an excess of demand, for example, if essential...
  • Departmental Schemes
    1001. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she had planned on spending the €4.7 million per week on the childcare scheme for essential workers; the way in...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    1003. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to an independent inquiry into the abuses in an organisation (details supplied). [8572/20]
  • Childcare Services
    1004. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a childcare provider has indicated that no provision of physical comfort to children will...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1005. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the impact of Covid-19 on the early...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
    1009. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the ECCE scheme in order that a child born on 8 January 2018 and is due to start primary school in September 2022, is...
  • Domestic Violence Services
    1011. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports being put in place in County Cavan to support victims of domestic violence during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if...
  • Child Detention Centres
    1014. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of vacancies by job title at Oberstown Children’s Detention Centre as of 22 May 2020; and when each vacant post will be...
  • National LGBTI+ Strategy
    1015. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the objectives from the National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy which have been completed; the objectives which are outstanding; when the...
  • Childcare Services
    1016. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide financial and procedural supports to childcare facilities as they reopen following the Covid-19...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
    1018. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published in June 2020; and if she will...
  • Early Years Sector
    1019. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if applications to the early years capital programme 2020 will be reopened in view of the fact that they were suspended before the...
  • Childcare Services
    1020. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the introduction of pods in centre-based settings as part of the reopening of services from 29 June 2020; if all providers...
  • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
    1022. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to establish a refuge for victims of domestic abuse in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Childcare Services
    1023. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers expected to reopen at each phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; the number of...
  • Child and Family Agency
    1024. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals to Tusla in March and April 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, by referring body and reason in tabular form; and if she...
  • Childcare Services
    1025. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the childcare measures in place for front-line workers; and her definition of the term front-line worker. [9316/20]
  • Wage Subsidy Scheme
    1027. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the childcare temporary wage subsidy scheme will be extended to; and if the current rate of the payment will be...
  • Childcare Services
    1028. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the advisory group on reopening early learning and care and school-age childcare services. [9333/20]
  • Youth Services
    1029. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her recent meeting with EU ministers to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the youth sector; and the actions she will...
  • Childcare Services
    1030. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include representative groups for au pairs and in home care in her Department’s planning for reopening services on 29...
  • Youth Services
    1031. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    1032. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions regarding the establishment of a transition task force or an alternative version by which a multi-departmental...
  • Online Safety
    1033. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if...
  • Counselling Services
    1034. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be extra funding for counselling and other therapeutic interventions for youth and children services when they reopen; and...
  • Childcare Services
    1035. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her discussions with childcare providers to ensure sufficient supports are in place to allow them to open in the coming...
  • Early Years Sector
    1036. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the pressure that owners and operators of childcare facilities are experiencing as the direct result of...
  • Departmental Advertising
    1038. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied) in...

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