Written answers
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Child and Family Agency
Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of voluntary care arrangements Tusla entered into in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15400/23]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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As this relates to data collected by Tusla, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.
Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm when the review of the public consultation into enhancing enforcement powers of the Tusla early years inspectorate will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/23]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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A comprehensive public consultation on the review of the Regulations governing early learning and care took place between March and October 2022. This review primarily focused on enforcement powers of the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate, the independent statutory regulator for the sector. However, the Department also took the opportunity to undertake a wider but limited examination of lessons learned from the implementation of the Regulations since 2016.
Phase 1 of the public consultation included a call for submissions and a questionnaire with all participants being invited to participate in Phase 2 of the consultation. Phase 2 comprised of five focus groups to further develop the key issues that were identified following the detailed analysis of Phase 1 results. The independent report on the consultation is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.
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