Written answers
Thursday, 3 December 2020
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- City and County Child Care Committees
248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department will make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission agreement of... - Direct Provision System
249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to open additional direct provision centres in the country; and the planned geographical location of such centres. [40885/20] - Child Protection
251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he has taken to address the high number of children in counties Carlow and Kilkenny without an allocated social worker; and if he... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
252. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation his Department carried out with survivors before, during and after publication of the mother and baby homes... - Direct Provision System
253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the inspection carried out in September 2020 of a direct provision centre (details supplied) by the International... - Assisted Decision-Making
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the adequacy of 1,250 persons taken into wardship under the Lunacy Regulation Act 1871 although the Assisted Decision-Making... - Data Protection
255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific... - Direct Provision System
256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his Department is planning to open accommodation for asylum seekers in Letterkenny, County Donegal; the number of asylum seekers the... - Rights of People with Disabilities
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he plans to participate in a United Nations election to fill vacancies on the disability committee (details supplied); if he will detail... - Child Protection
258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a comprehensive response has been made available in respect of children at risk who have been increasingly vulnerable... - Equality Issues
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department have received requests for equality-related changes in legislation since the formation of the... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken or that are ongoing to reassure the victims of mother and baby homes in respect of their recently expressed concerns; if he... - Rights of People with Disabilities
262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he continues to monitor the disability sector with a view to ensuring the removal of arbitrary obstacles deemed to... - Immigration Support Services
265. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full extent of proposed investment in integration over the next five years; the progress to date in this regard; and if he will make a... - Youth Services
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with the various youth organisations throughout the country including an... - National Childcare Scheme
268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he and his Department continue to meet in full or in part childcare support applications from crèches and parents;... - Child and Family Agency
269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which counselling or placement services by Tusla have adequate provision in terms of funding, staffing or other supports; and... - Bullying of Children
270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which his Department is conscious of the concerns of parents whose children have been the victims of cyber or other forms of... - After-School Support Services
271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of community child support services including the provision of support... - Child Protection
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a comprehensive follow-up response becomes available to victims of bullying or child abuse; if adequate provision in... - Child Abuse
274. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of abuse of children in care, residential or fosterage, in 2020 to date; the action taken or pending; and if he will... - Children in Care
275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provision made for children in care who have reached the age to transition to alternative services; the extent to which such provisions... - Immigration Support Services
276. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons and families in respect of whom integration supports have been provided in the past 12 months; and if he will make a... - Children in Care
277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of residential care units for children provided by NGOs or charitable organisations; the number of such organisations providing... - Education Welfare Service
279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of funding provided to Tusla resulting from Budget 2021 being allocated towards the education support service; the amount in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when his Department will finish compiling school data that will identify the number of children who did not return to school after the... - Education Welfare Service
281. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of education welfare officers; if this number has increased; if he will consider increasing the number of education welfare... - Proposed Legislation
282. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proposed changes he will make regarding outstanding issues in relation to the guardian ad litem service in the proposed scheme of Bill... - National Childcare Scheme
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will disclose the research, often cited by Department officials that withholds access to any SAC hours during term-time unless the... - Childcare Services
284. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of SAC children granted zero hours term-time since September 2020; and the number under NCS. [41044/20] - National Childcare Scheme
285. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage increase and-or decrease in NCS registrations compared since September 2020 to 2019. [41045/20] - Community Childcare Subvention Programme
286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage increase and or decrease in CCSP registrations compared since September 2020 to 2019. [41046/20] - Early Childhood Care and Education
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage increase and or decrease in ECCE registrations compared to 2019. [41047/20] - Childcare Services
288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of services, both early years and after-school that have changed the type of service they offer from full day to part-time... - Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2020 as a percentage of... - Domestic Violence Services
292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that staff in domestic violence and abuse services are on different pay scales and working...
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