Written answers

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

 
  • National Childcare Scheme
    29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will expand the national childcare scheme to include children with varying degrees of disadvantage currently outside the definition of...
  • Child and Family Agency
    32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers hired by Tusla in 2020; and the number of those who were hired who are over and above the number who were...
  • Childcare Services
    35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare providers that have not reopened; and if he is satisfied that each child that requires a place has access to one....
  • Direct Provision System
    40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether the model of accommodation for asylum seekers leads to a well-integrated society; if not, his plans for alternative...
  • Youth Services
    41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to support families and children at risk in view of the closure of many organised social activities such as indoor sports that...
  • Child and Family Agency
    42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government for development of in-house therapeutic services...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
    43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports being provided to children attending early years education and primary school settings for the first time. [22361/20]
  • Legislative Process
    44. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [22319/20]
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
    45. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if support will be provided to an early years provider in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, to facilitate a child with special educational needs...
  • Childcare Services
    46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the establishment of childcare Ireland. [22365/20]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    47. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if rapid testing for Covid-19 will be arranged for childcare sector workers in line with testing arrangements for teachers and staff in...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers have been given adequate support to reopen and manage the safe return of children (details supplied); the number of...
  • Childcare Services
    49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the delivery of baby boxes. [22364/20]
  • Foster Care
    50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will take initiatives to support recruitment of Traveller families to become foster parents. [22369/20]
  • Childcare Services
    51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to improve the pay and conditions of childcare workers. [22326/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements being made for the childcare sector in circumstances in which staff are tested positive for Covid-19 and substitute staff...
  • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
    55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be published in view of the fact the report for...
  • Youth Services
    56. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to put in place supports to assist young persons in terms of their extracurricular development, namely youth centre supports....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place for childcare providers to continue to operate after-school care during the Covid-19 public health emergency. [22324/20]
  • Childcare Costs
    58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he agrees that the cost of childcare is one of the main barriers for mothers accessing third-level education; and the steps he will take...

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