Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Parental Leave
946. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to widening the timeframe in which new parents can take their additional three weeks of parental leave... - Bus Services
947. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/20] - Traveller Community
948. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being taken to increase job opportunities for Travellers and ensure they are not discriminated against in accessing... - Parental Leave
949. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the additional three weeks' parental leave will not be available until April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
950. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1016 of 30 July 2020, the reason 13 places have not yet been allocated under Phase 1 of the IRPP; and... - Special Educational Needs
951. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide funding to support Down's syndrome language development for young children aged three to six years of age in preschool.... - Parental Leave
952. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making changes to new parental leave arrangements announced in budget 2021 in order that the three-week extension would... - Covid-19 Pandemic
953. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has considered allowing for a provision that would account for Covid-19-related school absences (details supplied). [33216/20] - Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
954. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Wexford women’s refuge; the current occupancy level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33407/20] - After-School Support Services
955. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will clarify the regulations regarding after-school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33607/20] - Maternity Leave
956. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes he plans to make in respect of the parental and maternity leave schemes in 2021; if indicated changes can be brought forward to... - Victim Support Services
958. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 13 October 2020, the approximate waiting times for victims of sexual abuse to receive... - National Childcare Scheme
959. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding the amount of bureaucracy involved for childcare providers wishing to avail of the national childcare scheme; if his... - Childcare Qualifications
960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce mandatory paediatric first-aid training for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32743/20] - Youth Services
961. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the €5 million funding announced in the Budget for youth services (details supplied). [32804/20] - Early Years Sector
962. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports the early years sector will receive for the duration of the level 5 restrictions in view of the fact they are... - Financial Services Sector
963. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the research from an organisation (details supplied) on financial abuse and the erosion of financial... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
964. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department carried out a data protection impact assessment on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain... - Ministerial Meetings
965. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of his engagement with the forum for the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, including the number of meetings, since he took... - Legislative Programme
966. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the introduction of legislation to ensure the survivors of mother and baby homes have access to the archive of the... - Departmental Funding
967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 13 October 2020, when they will commence and issue. [33159/20] - Departmental Reviews
969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will order an immediate and extensive review of the engagement between Tusla and persons (details supplied) which resulted in the... - After-School Support Services
970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Number 22 of 20 October 2020, if he will specifically answer the question in relation to term time when... - Departmental Contracts
971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of contracts approved in his Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
972. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, following findings in the fifth interim report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation regarding the Bessborough Home... - Adoption Data
973. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that both natural parents and adoptees can more easily access their children or parents, as the case may... - Public Services Card
974. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person needs to hold a public services card in order to access the national childcare scheme and its financial assistance element; and... - EU Funding
975. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the national and EU funding initiatives for local authorities engaging in social inclusion initiatives with regard to migrant communities... - National Childcare Scheme
976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which persons will be able to make paper-based applications for the new national childcare scheme. [33669/20] - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
977. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to Deputies; and if he... - Departmental Correspondence
979. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the volume of correspondence his Department has received relating to the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
980. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when personal data access requests will be available through his Department, as per general data protection regulation, GDPR, guidelines... - Children in Care
981. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care with an assigned and without an assigned social worker, per region, in tabular form; the length of time... - Youth Services
983. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the information being collected and collated relating to young persons in rural areas, particularly in the north west; the supports and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu... - Data Protection
986. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33839/20] - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Cabinet decision last week on the application of general data protection regulation, GDPR, to mother and baby home records,...
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