Anne Rabbitte

Fianna Fáil · Galway East

Activity on Children and Youth Affairs — 1006 events (12 lobbying · 994 questions · 0 votes) full profile →

• 2026-03-16
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  Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Children and Youth Affairs

  • Briefing to members of the Oireachtas on the work of the Irish Safer Internet Centre.
• 2026-01-21
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  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm 5 returns Children and Youth Affairs

  • Invited elected representatives to visit One-Stop-Shop premises in Galway and Dublin
  • AsIAm hosted the 14th Autism Europe Congress in Dublin and invited a number of elected representatives and DPOs to take part. The Congress was supported by Failte Ireland, Dublin City Council and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality.
  • Autism Innovation Strategy Campaign
  • Launch of AsIAm Strategic Plan 2026-2030
  • Sought support for the AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Support Programme
• 2026-01-19
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  One in Four Children and Youth Affairs

  • Informal conversation at conference
• 2026-01-19
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  National Forum of Family Resource Centres CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • The Family Resource Centre National Forum (FRCNF) provided a briefing to Oireachtas members on the 25th of September 2025 in the AV room in Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. The briefing is part of the FRCNF's calls for a renewed Government commitment to increase the National FRC Programme core funding for all 121 FRCs to €240,000 ahead of Budget 2026.
• 2025-09-18
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  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland National Event 2025
• 2025-05-21
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  Youth Advocate Programmes Ireland CLG Children and Youth Affairs

  • YAP Ireland Annual Report 2024 Launch
• 2025-05-20
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  Galway Regional Youth Federation Company Limited by Guarantee Children and Youth Affairs

  • Young people and youth workers attended Youth Work Ireland annual political briefing
• 2025-01-21
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  National Women's Council of Ireland Children and Youth Affairs

  • Public Childcare
• 2025-01-17
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  Gaisce - The President's Award Children and Youth Affairs

  • Engagement to encourage Gaisce inclusion in election manifesto / programme for Government
• 2025-01-15
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Children and Youth Affairs

  • Childcare
• 2025-01-10
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  Irish Association of Social Workers Children and Youth Affairs

  • we discussed respite provision for children with complex disabilities across the country as well as enhanced supports for families in crisis and residential placements for children with complex disabilities
• 2025-01-08
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  YMCA Dublin Children and Youth Affairs

  • Seeking changes to State's approach to childcare, youth & community service provision
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will be requesting a review of child safety measures and welfare in an organisation (details supplied) in view of an allegation of retrospective child abuse within the organisation being deemed founded by Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13374/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childminders can still apply for the childminding development grant; if so, the deadline for applications for the grant; if the grant has been replaced by the childminder reopening grant which is half the value; if other additional grants will be made available to childminders to help further develop or alter their service in view of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12907/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 904 of 16 June 2020, the spending which may be found to be in breach of spending rules under the Covid-19 subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12926/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the verification process under the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme; the number of childcare providers that have been engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12927/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of current and retrospective child abuse cases that have been deemed founded and unfounded, respectively by Tusla between May 2016 and June 2020, in tabular form; the number of the founded cases that have been notified to either him, An Garda Síochána or the Minister for Justice and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a review of child safety measures and welfare in an organisation is requested if an allegation of retrospective child abuse within an organisation is deemed founded by Tusla; the evidence that would need to emerge to warrant such an investigation or review to be called for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13377/20]
• 2020-06-30
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will be requesting a review of child safety measures and welfare in an organisation (details supplied) in view of an allegation of retrospective child abuse within the organisation being deemed founded by Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13378/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidance will be provided to childcare providers that wish to make structural amendments or additions to their premises to meet Covid-19 health guidelines; and if these providers will need to reapply for fire certificates and planning permission. [11750/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether PPE should be provided to staff in childcare settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11751/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers that make structural or other alterations to their premises to meet Covid-19 guidelines will need to reapply to Tusla for registration. [11752/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if sessional services are allowed open to offer childcare from 29 June 2020 even though they will not be offering ECCE; if such services can apply for the reopening and capital grants announced on 10 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12082/20]
• 2020-06-23
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of capital grants for non-Covid-19-related works that need to be carried out urgently; if emergency funding of €20,000 will be made be available for a service that is provided through a prefab to update its facilities in order that the service will not be forced to close in August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12371/20]
• 2020-06-16
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the verification processes will be implemented as outlined in the temporary wage subsidy childcare scheme; the estimated amount that will be recouped from same; the reason the guidelines regarding verification were updated; the purpose for which the funds will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10520/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that for many childminders reopening will not be feasible or sustainable if they can only provide care to parents that are essential workers; and if she has considered extending financial supports to these childminders. [9868/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure of her Department on the overhead payment to childcare providers following the closure of crèches due to Covid-19 in tabular form. [9870/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to childminders and-or centre-based childcare settings to purchase additional PPE materials. [9871/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is seeking for childcare providers and staff to be deemed as essential workers in order that they can plan and prepare for the reopening of services on 29 June 2020; if she has raised this issue with her Ministerial colleagues; when she expects childcare workers to be included on the essential workers list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9898/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for services which normally open for term time once the 12 week wage support scheme ends; the way in which such services will be funded and supported; if staff will instead be placed on jobseeker's allowance or benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9899/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for essential workers that do not use a centre-based setting and do not have access to a childminder on 29 June 2020; if such essential workers will be temporarily allowed use a crèche they previously had not used for the course of phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9900/20]
• 2020-06-09
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advice she has received from NPHET in relation to social distancing in centre-based settings; if NPHET has suggested that reduced capacity will be a requirement for services to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9901/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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 healthcare workers will receive priority to access. [8420/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches that will leave or have left the childcare sector in 2020 either due to natural attrition or the impacts of Covid-19. [8421/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent childcare places for preschool children which will be available in September 2020. [8422/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time childcare places which were available for preschool children in September 2018 and 2019. [8423/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children will be able to attend crèche multiple days per week in September 2020. [8424/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when all parents will be able to resume using childminding services in the child’s and childminder’s home. [8425/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has raised the possibility of childminders that mind children in their own homes to recommence minding children in the home of the childminder if they care for children from just one household. [8496/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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 which this funding is now being spent in view of the fact the scheme has been cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8525/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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 original deadline of 27 March 2020; if there are alternative capital funding options open to services at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9053/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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 will have to introduce a pod system; if services can develop an alternative system of care tailored to their building and staffing arrangements; if ratios will be reduced to facilitate pods; if additional funding will be provided if ratios are reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9078/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a childcare worker is supervising a pod, which person then monitors the pod while that person is on break; if pods will overlap for part of the day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9079/20]
• 2020-06-03
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked 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 June 2020, in view of the increase in remote working; if she will support agencies to place persons legally in the family home; if she has set a date from when agencies can start placing persons legally in family homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9341/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish the Independent Review of Costs of Delivering Childcare in Ireland; the reason for the delay in its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7237/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when childminders will be able to recommence providing services to parents that are healthcare workers, essential workers and all parents in their own homes and in the home of the child. [7608/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if guidelines have been created to support childminders reopening their services following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7610/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial supports will be made available to childminders for the purpose of purchasing PPE material. [7615/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the definition of essential workers that will be offered childcare under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; the way in which the definition was reached; if a list of essential workers is available in order to inform employees if they will be entitled to childcare; the childcare plans in place for workers not deemed essential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7706/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and location of the crèches that signed up to the outreach service that was due to commence on 18 June 2020, in tabular form; if the services were community or private; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7707/20]
• 2020-05-27
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an organisation (details supplied) has not been included in talks taking place on the reopening of the childcare sector; the criteria used to select the representative groups; if she has received communications from the organisation or its members asking to be included in the talks; if she will add the group to the talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7806/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare facilities will be able to open for just one day per week or if crèches may operate five days per week at reduced capacity in phase five of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. [5561/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is considering further supports for the childcare sector after the expected end date of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5562/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is considering changes to the ECCE capitation payments to childcare providers in view of the potential impact of social distancing on childcare providers' capacity. [5563/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public health advice available on the phased reopening of crèches as outlined in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, published on 1 May 2020; her plans to facilitate these reopenings; the way in which she aims to facilitate the lack of capacity due to an increase in social distancing that will be required in crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5641/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies working under its aegis plan on updating guidelines to foster carers and residential settings further to the publication of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if so, the details of the comprised guidelines. [5766/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a mechanism in place for birth parents whose children are in foster care and who are of the view that their access rights to their child are being unduly impeded upon by Covid-19 restrictions to voice their concerns; and the decision making criteria in place under such a mechanism. [5767/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the circumstances under which it will remain appropriate to defer birth parents' access to children in foster and residential care, especially in view of the planned relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions for the general public. [5768/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childminders can continue to care for children in their own home as opposed to going to the home of the child, as long as they are adhering to social distancing, hygiene and other public health advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5827/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans being developed by her Department or Tusla on separated parents having access to their children while the country reopens over the coming weeks; the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business in which households will be allowed mix in order that separated parents have access again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5899/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the State will be providing insurance cover and indemnity to those who sign up to the scheme to provide childcare in the homes of essential healthcare workers if no insurance cover can be secured elsewhere; if discussions had taken place with insurance providers before announcing the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5908/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has conducted an analysis of possible price increases that will result from crèches operating at a lower capacity than usual owing to Covid-19 restrictions. [6074/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if re-registrations and inspections for crèches that were expected to take place before June 2020 will be rescheduled; and the arrangements that will be put in place in this regard. [6076/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches in respect of which re-registration procedures are in process. [6077/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the number of these cases linked with voluntary consent in each of the years in tabular form; the number of these cases in which the voluntary consent has been used indefinitely in each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6147/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and names of persons taking part in the advisory group analysing the reopening of early years services; the name of the six representative organisations that are participating; the planned schedule of the group meetings; if the minutes of these meetings will be uploaded to the website of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6229/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a strategy is being developed to facilitate childminders restarting their service; if public health advice has been sought on this issue; the public health advice offered in order that childminding can restart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6230/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected capacity percentage rate allowable in centre-based early years services as they begin to open to all workers; the way in which providers will know when they can increase their capacity and slowly work back to the original capacity; the way in which it is planned to monitor adherence to reduced capacity rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6320/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Tusla, Pobal and the Department of Education and Skills are expected to recommence their inspections; the protocols that will be in place in view of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6321/20]
• 2020-05-20
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the public health advice offered regarding grandparents having to mind their grandchildren when parents return to work in circumstances in which there is limited capacity or service at their normal childcare provider; the supports her Department is putting in place for such parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6385/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of capital funding provided to crèches in the past five years by funding stream; and the number of additional places the funding has created. [3966/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated capital cost of creating an additional early years place. [3967/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated capital cost of creating an additional after school place. [3968/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered exempting early years providers from commercial rates; and if an assessment has been conducted as to the cost of the measure. [3969/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the ECCE programme by one, two, three or four weeks, respectively accounting for potential increases in capitation rates of €5, €10, €15 and €20, respectively. [3970/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review into the ABC programme. [3972/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of continuing the ABC programme. [3973/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring family resource centre funding to peak levels on a per centre basis, that is, taking into account the number of centres within the network. [3974/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers Tusla is seeking to recruit in the next 12 months; and the overall target of Tusla for full-time equivalent social workers in tabular form. [3975/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed by Tusla in tabular form. [3976/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring that staff employed by her Department and agencies under her aegis receive the living wage of €12.30 per hour. [3977/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional social worker. [3978/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of beneficiary children at each level of subsidy of the national childcare scheme in tabular form. [3979/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to bring the ECCE scheme under the remit of the national childcare scheme. [3980/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of grant funding recouped from community childcare services in respect of children attending fewer hours of childcare than was contracted for them to attend under the community childcare subvention scheme in 2019, by county in tabular form. [3981/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children whose number of childcare hours under the CCS programme was reduced following an audit by her Department of the attendance of the child in tabular form. [3982/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy plans to allow for the number of ECCE hours that a child is eligible to receive to be contingent upon the attendance of the child at their ECCE service. [3983/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community childcare services are advised by her Department or an agency acting on its behalf to send their staff home in circumstances in which the expected number of children do not present for their service. [3984/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is fair for early years services that sign a contract with her Department for the provision of childcare schemes to sign these contracts in advance of receiving a copy of the programme and funding rules for the programme year. [3985/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered conducting a study into the impact of the recently introduced rule changes by which her Department can recoup funding from a community childcare service in circumstances in which an audit finds that certain users of that service did not attend all childcare hours that the service was initially contracted to provide. [3986/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date paper based applications for the national childcare scheme will be introduced; if paper based application payments will be backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4440/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering removing the public services card as a requisite for applying to the national childcare scheme in view of the views of the Data Protection Commissioner on the legitimacy of the card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4441/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors in the care of Tusla; if these children are placed in direct provision once they turn 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the availability of grants or funding for a holistic psychotherapist to provide children focused services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4599/20]
• 2020-05-13
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the management of the allegations outlined in an article (details supplied). [5102/20]
• 2019-12-17
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing legislation to allow for the forensic excavation and recovery of the remains at the site of the former Tuam mother and baby home; the timeline for its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52616/19]
• 2019-12-17
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline envisaged for the commencement of forensic excavation works at the Tuam mother and baby home; the estimated cost of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52617/19]
• 2019-12-17
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the voluntary collection of DNA data of those believed to have familial links to those buried at the Tuam mother and baby home has commenced as recommended by a report (details supplied); if a location for the storage of such DNA has been chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52618/19]
• 2019-12-17
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  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding continues to be provided to childcare providers once the attention of her Department has been drawn to the fact that a crèche is deemed critical by Tusla; if so, the stage at which the funding ceases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52619/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department notifies the city and county childcare committees when a crèche is due to have its registration removed; if so, the number of such notifications issued in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52620/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of days before the public announcement by Tusla of a crèche closure her Department is informed of the closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52621/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the point at which the attention of her Department is drawn by Tusla to the fact that unregistered crèches are in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52622/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is provided to unregistered crèches through Pobal or other means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52623/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered introducing a fining system for crèches that are found to be in breach of their registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52624/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are 0 to one years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52856/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are one to two years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52857/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are two to three years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52858/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are three to four years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52859/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are 4 to 5 years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52860/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on waiting lists for year 1 ECCE places in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52861/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the demographic or other research conducted in order to assess the number of childcare places needed in each county. [52862/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed on a permanent basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52863/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed on an agency basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52864/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social care workers employed on an agency basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52865/19]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social care workers on a permanent basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52866/19]
• 2019-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of non-historical abuse reported to Tusla under the mandatory reporting requirements of an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52428/19]
• 2019-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of active investigations that have arisen from referrals to Tusla from an organisation (details supplied) relating to cases of non-historical abuse that have been reported in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52427/19]
• 2019-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unregistered crèches in operation in each county in tabular form; the length of time they have been in operation; if they are in the registration process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51898/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases in which a crèche has been deregistered; and the measures being taken to increase supply in childcare. [51843/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have attended focus groups in relation to the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51844/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to increase the retention and recruitment of social workers in Tusla. [51522/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered reviewing the system through which youth groups and services access public funding. [51523/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support measures in place for parents in circumstances in which a crèche has been deregistered; and her views on the creation of additional supply in this instance. [51521/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the postponement of the introduction of new fire safety regulations for crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51520/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments will be backdated to parents who applied for the national childcare scheme but whose applications have not been processed to date. [51519/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent staff employed by Pobal for the administration of funding of early learning and care schemes by scheme, in tabular form; if she is satisfied that Pobal is adequality resourced to administer the funds in view of the ongoing delays being experienced in the allocation of higher capitation funding; the requests Pobal has made for additional resources to address capacity shortfall for fund administration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49758/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing payment delays that are being experienced by early years settings in respect of higher capitation payments; if she is satisfied that the overarching service level agreement with Pobal to dispense the funds is fit for purpose; the status of the work being carried out to develop individual agreements in respect of each funding stream Pobal manages on behalf of her Department; the sanctions in place for non-performance in respect of the overarching SLA between her Department and Pobal; the evaluation process for Pobal in terms of fulfilling its remit under the SLA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49757/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the subsidy payable to a person (details supplied) under both the CCSP and national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50051/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of completed applications received by Tusla from early years services re-registering their service in 2019; the number fully re-registered; the number that submitted incomplete applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50207/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Tusla in its letter to each registered early years provider on 18 November 2019 issued by a person (details supplied) noted that providers are experiencing difficulties in finding competent persons to complete fire risk assessments for those that require same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50208/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Tusla used the definition of a competent person in its guide to fire and planning requirements for early years services re-registration and change of circumstances process document as it is defined in the code of practice for inspecting and certifying buildings and works, as opposed to the definition outlined in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50209/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the latest progress report from an organisation (details supplied) which was due on 30 October 2019 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47480/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that three of the four crèches (details supplied) are at the highest level and final stages of enforcement which includes proposals to remove and prosecute; the plans in place to facilitate families discommoded if the crèches are closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47853/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans being developed by her for cases in which a crèche has had its registration removed and parents have no other childcare options; the way in which she plans to facilitate the discommoded families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47854/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the powers Tusla has sought to strengthen the early years inspectorate; when such powers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47855/19]
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering the introduction of a compulsory requirement to compel early years providers to display their certificate of registration; if such a requirement can be introduced by way of a Ministerial order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47856/19]
• 2019-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the 41 crèches deemed critical by a person (details supplied) during the engagement by Tusla with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on 6 November 2019, by categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46778/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which a report by a person (details supplied) will be furnished to her Department; if the report will be made public; if her Department has been involved in the creation of the report; if her attention has been drawn to the number of cases being investigated by the person for the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44390/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla is providing funding for the provision of counselling to persons who have raised issues with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of historic cases of abuse; if so, the funding provided to date; the number of persons in receipt of funding; the length of time into the future the funding is being provided for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44526/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of legal action her Department has been informed of that are being taken against an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44527/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to each city and county childcare committee in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45034/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of early years capital funding in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45035/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of files relating to historical complaints that remain in the possession of an organisation (details supplied); the number of such files reviewed in view of requirements of the organisation under mandatory reporting; if the files have not been reviewed, when they will be reviewed and referred on to the relevant authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45129/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to historical complaints that have been reported to Tusla under mandatory reporting requirements of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45130/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of active investigations that have arisen from referrals to Tusla by an organisation (details supplied) relating to historical cases that have been reported since 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45131/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the universal subsidy amount in the national childcare scheme by amounts (details supplied) for all children aged between one and five years of age in tabular form. [43941/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the universal subsidy amount in the national childcare scheme by amounts (details supplied) for all children aged between one and three years of age in tabular form. [43942/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing each income assessed subsidy, level or grade in the national childcare scheme by amounts (details supplied) for all children aged between one and five years of age in tabular form. [43943/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the income assessed subsidy amount in the national childcare scheme by amounts (details supplied) for all children aged between one and three years of age in tabular form. [43944/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years services to which Tusla has applied conditions (details supplied) upon granting their registration or re-registration by county in tabular form. [43945/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of childcare funding that is used to provide income assessed subsidy payments in respect of children aged between three and 15 years of age. [43946/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in crèches and childcare; the amount of subsidy being paid; the annual subsidy in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43947/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches and crèche places that are operational, broken down by county and by status, that is, community or private. [43948/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicants to each level of the AIM scheme; the number of successful applicants to each level of the scheme; the number of applicants who have drawn down their entitlements under the scheme; and the average cost of meeting the needs of one child on each level of the scheme in tabular form. [43949/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to cases in which a child has been deemed in need of level 7 of the AIM scheme but has been unable to access entitlements under the scheme due to the fact the childcare facility has been unable to provide the required member of staff for this scheme (details supplied). [43950/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing the living wage of €12.30 to every member of staff in her Department and agencies under her aegis. [43951/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of hours available under the ECCE scheme each week by five, ten, 15 and 20 hours, respectively. [43952/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of weeks available under the ECCE scheme by one, two, three, four, five, six and seven weeks. [43953/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the higher and normal rates of ECCE subvention by €5, €10, €15 and €20. [43954/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to Tusla for 2020 by programme area. [43955/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to each ABC centre for 2020. [43956/19]
• 2019-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the data depository of her Department with key indicators on data on children and youth affairs. [44154/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is satisfactory that parents are not informed when a crèche is placed at the critical level by Tusla; and her further views on whether it should be addressed. [43572/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national childcare scheme will be fully operational and open to all parents. [43573/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the childcare subvention schemes that were operational prior to the national childcare scheme will continue to accept new applicants; and if new applicants will only be eligible to receive national childcare scheme levels of childcare subsidy. [43238/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the use by Tusla of agency social worker staff; and if she will be taking steps to assist Tusla in hiring additional social workers. [43239/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national childcare scheme will be fully operational and open to all parents. [43240/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) (No. 2) Bill. [43241/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the efforts by her Department to create more effective and appropriate childminding regulations. [43242/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Irish adolescents are still being deferred to a service (details supplied) in the UK; the number of Irish children placed there; the amount spent by Tusla on deferrals in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43115/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable inconvenience that has been caused to parents by the closure of a facility (details supplied). [42664/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional supports are being offered to parents affected by the closure of a facility (details supplied). [42665/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the closure of a facility (details supplied). [42666/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the information and communications system needed to operate the national childcare scheme will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42692/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person who would have been eligible for old childcare subvention schemes such as the CETS scheme but did not enrol in advance of 2019 will still be able to enrol for the CETS scheme and level of funding; and if this parent is only eligible for the national childcare scheme rate of subsidy. [42693/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unsolicited complaints of child abuse made to an organisation (details supplied) between January 2018 and to date in 2019; if such complaints related to historical cases or present day; if Tusla was informed of each complaint; the way in which such complaints were managed; if this process was within the bounds of child safeguarding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42717/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unsolicited complaints of child abuse an organisation (details supplied) passed on to Tusla between January 2018 and to date in 2019; if the relevant officials in Tusla have investigated such complaints to decide if they are deemed founded or unfounded; the number of complaints passed on to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42718/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an allegation of historical child sex abuse has been deemed founded by Tusla, if it is then referred to An Garda Síochána and the DPP for further investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42719/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 9 July 2019, the status of her plans to publish the details of these agreements in view of the significant delays that have been encountered and the serious negative impact the lack of clarity is having on those who will be administering the schemes; the timeline for the completion of the sponsorship agreements in advance of the roll-out of the national childcare scheme; the status of the training for front-line staff who will be involved in the administration of the sponsorship schemes; if detailed qualifying criteria have been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42736/19]
• 2019-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the increased allocation of funding provided to Tusla for 2020; if this increase will be reflected in funding disbursed to community and voluntary organisations funded under section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42836/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by Tusla on external legal agencies in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42426/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by Tusla on external agencies on guardian ad litem in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1710 of 6 September 2019, the discussions that have taken place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) about historical files being held at the organisation’s headquarters covering historical cases of child abuse, child sexual abuse, emotional abuse and physical abuse; the number of such files; the person charged with auditing these files; if these files have been incorporated into Tusla’s work with the organisation's current review of its child safeguarding practices ahead of the publication of the written progress report due for publication at the end of October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42428/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1710 of 6 September 2019, if she will be making public the written report from an organisation (details supplied) on its child safeguarding and reporting obligations which is due for publication at the end of October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42429/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will be making public the report drawn up by a person (details supplied) on the review of child safeguarding standards in an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42430/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will be making public an organisation's (details supplied) report on the review of historical files, as referenced in the organisation’s report to her Department in March 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42431/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the information passed on to the person suspected of alleged abuse in the social work assessment of a retrospective disclosure if it includes the personal details of the complainant; the statutory protocol being followed in doing same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42434/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 19 June 2019, the definitions of high, medium and low assigned by social workers when dealing with cases of retrospective abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42435/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons dealing with cases of retrospective abuse in Tusla prior to them being assigned to a social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42436/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the information relating to cases of retrospective abuse is stored by Tusla; the person or body that has access to the files; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42437/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if issues at a crèche (details supplied) were flagged with her Department; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42438/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if advice (details supplied) will be made public that was given to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding plans for an alternative application system for the national childcare scheme that would not necessitate a public services card and a MyGovID identification; the reason officials in his Department were opposed to this alternative application method; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41616/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if advice (details supplied) will be made public that was given to her Department by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding plans for an alternative application system for the national childcare scheme that would not necessitate a public services card and a MyGov identification; the reason this alternative application system was not chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41615/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who will benefit from the universal subsidy provided by the national childcare scheme. [41660/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that will benefit from the targeted subsidy provided by the national childcare scheme. [41661/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of targeted childcare subsidy that corresponds to each €5,000 income increment between €0 and €60,000 that is €0 to €5,000 and €5,000 to 10,000. [41662/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the minimum and maximum ages for enrolment in the ECCE programme; if there is scope for discretion to be shown to individual children who are near the cut-off points and for whom an alternative starting date would be beneficial. [41887/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views that it is appropriate a child (details supplied) has been denied access to the ECCE programme. [41888/19]
• 2019-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 134 inspections of early years services that took place in 2018 over multiple two plus days were due to additional days being required to review the information returned on the corrective and preventive action, as opposed to a service being inspected over two or more days due to the size of the service in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41332/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the child abuse substantiation procedures of Tusla referenced by the departmental EAG third interim report will be made public; the way in which the process and procedures of making a retrospective disclosure will work; the way in which they are managed by Tusla; the way in which services that support adults coming forward will be assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41061/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the point at which in the social work assessment of a retrospective disclosure details of the allegation are shared with the person suspected of the alleged abuse; if the process is consistent with the general data protection regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41062/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 847 of 11 June 2019, her views on whether the organisation (details supplied) is now compliant with Tusla regulations and obligations in respect of child safeguarding and reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41063/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of creches classed as critical, high, medium and low on risk on the Tusla rating system; the region of the inspectorate in which they are located in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41064/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the 595 early years services with conditions are classified as critical, high, medium or low risk on the Tusla rating system in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41065/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for inspection reports to be published on the inspection reports section of the Tusla website (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41066/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an early years provider (details supplied) who has been prosecuted for operation without registration is allowed continue to operate other crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the frequency with which the Tusla early years inspectorate enforcement document is updated; when it was last updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41068/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches her Department or Tusla are aware of that are operating without registration; the location of such crèches; the length of time they have been in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41069/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the frequency of visits by Tusla inspectors to a given crèche, that is, every 12, 18 and 24 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41070/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla registered crèches by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41071/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated under the capital plan for the purposes of expanding the number of preschool childcare places; and the number of places this is anticipated to create. [40293/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the universal subsidy amount of the national childcare scheme by 50c, €1, €1.50, €2.00, €2.50, €3.00, €3.50, €4.00, €4.50, €5.00, €5.50, €6.00 and €6.50, respectively in tabular form. [40294/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing each subsidy and level or grade of the national childcare scheme by 50c, €1, €1.50, €2.00, €2.50, €3.00, €3.50, €4.00, €4.50, €5.00, €5.50, €6.00 and €6.50, respectively in tabular form. [40295/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the €250 million referenced on page 93 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the purposes of expanding childcare provision is expected to be allocated with reference to the years in which this funding will be made available. [40296/19]
• 2019-10-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending tax relief or subsidies to parents that use childminders to care for their preschool children. [40297/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure on baby boxes; the number distributed to date; if baby boxes are available at maternity hospitals nationally; if not, the estimated full year cost of providing a baby box to mothers on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to legal action being pursued by Tusla against a company (details supplied) based on the material gathered during a programme aired in July 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39466/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding paid to a company (details supplied) in Dublin in 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, and to each of its centres, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39468/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are persons accused of historical child sex abuse who have worked or volunteered for agencies that have received State funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39469/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years services that Tusla has applied conditions to upon granting their registration or re-registration by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39470/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time Tusla has been working on a memorandum of understanding with An Garda Síochána; when it is due to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39471/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has developed an internal risk rating system for use by the early years inspectorate when assessing early years services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39472/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of instances of unsolicited information having been received by Tusla that were rated as critical or high; the number of these triggered an inspection by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39473/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of agency staff hired as social workers; the amount spent on staff and agency staff, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39723/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time each of the 37 créches deemed as critical by Tusla have been classed as such; the length of time each of these créches has been working its way through the regulation process, from inspection stage through to national registration panel and onto enforcement stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39724/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering the introduction of immediate powers of closure as a tool for Tusla for its inspection of early years services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39725/19]
• 2019-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to her statements in Dáil Éireann on 28 May 2019 (details supplied), the area in which the additional €50 million planned to increase capacity in the childcare system is accounted for within budget 2019 as stated by her in view of the fact that the expenditure allocations outlined for 2019 and 2020 for her Department do not indicate such a funding increase is provided for within the scope of budget 2019; and if she plans to seek the additional funding through the remit of Budget 2020. [39744/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Department that has primary responsibility for the education of children in the care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the data collected to assess educational outcomes for children in the care of the State; the Departments that have responsibility for collecting such data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37029/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that received targeted interventions under the school completion programme in the 2018/2019 school year. [35999/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of special care orders which were granted in respect of children and young persons in each of the past five years. [36503/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 on the childcare employment training scheme in tabular form; the number of persons that benefitted from it for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36641/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, on the community childcare subvention scheme; the number of persons that benefited from it for each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36642/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the AIM scheme to support preschool aged children attending full day care. [35101/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the AIM scheme to support school aged children attending full day care. [35102/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rules for childcare providers in relation to deposits; and if it is permissible for childcare providers to hold two separate deposits, that is, one for the child’s ECCE place and one for the child’s place in a part-time private childcare place. [35103/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when ECCE providers are notified of changes to the ECCE contracts; the mechanism through which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35104/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many county childcare committees have different interpretations of ECCE contractual requirements; and the steps she will take to address same. [35105/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the ECCE capitation rates by €5, €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively; and the estimated first and full-year cost of extending the duration of the ECCE year by 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks, respectively from September 2019 onwards in tabular form. [35424/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [35425/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes in operation nationally; the number of children availing of such programmes; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35426/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes that were in operation nationally in 2009; the number of children availing of such programmes in 2009; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35427/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in the school completion programme on a full-time, part-time and sessional basis to date in 2019; the number employed in 2009, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35428/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of ensuring each family resource centre has three full-time equivalent staff members. [35429/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres in operation in 2008; and the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2008, in tabular form. [35430/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres in operation to date in 2019; and the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2019, in tabular form. [35431/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of hiring an additional family support worker. [35432/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full amount of funding provided to Tusla in 2019. [35433/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost of providing the 2019 living wage to each member of staff within her Department and within agencies under the aegis of her Department. [35434/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which early years inspectors make registration inspections with reference to the average waiting times between initial inspection and report finalisation. [36370/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in the event of a service being removed or deregistered from the early years register, this deregistration applies to the person appointed as the service provider or the service itself. [36371/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in the event of a service being removed from the early years register, there are consequences for other services operated by the same service provider. [36372/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of services that are deemed non-compliant by service type, that is, sessional full day and county, in tabular form. [36373/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or an agency operating under its aegis assigns a risk rating to early years services that have been inspected. [36374/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is mandatory or policy for early years inspectors who find non-Garda-vetted members of staff on site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36375/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a memorandum of understanding between Tusla and An Garda Síochána to allow early years inspectors who find non-Garda vetted members of staff on-site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36376/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which an early years inspector can report a fire safety concern to the relevant authorities; and the follow-up that is then expected from the fire service. [36377/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of fitness to practise letters issued to early years employees with qualifications from other countries by county and year of issuance since 2016, in tabular form. [36378/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average frequency of inspections of early years services by county, in tabular form. [36379/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high priority cases of retrospective child abuse referred by Tusla to An Garda Síochána between 2016 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36632/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an audit will be carried out by Tusla of the historic case files relating to child abuse held in the headquarters of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36633/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years providers being investigated by the national panel of Tusla by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36634/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years national panel of Tusla across all service types that is sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36635/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years registration panel of Tusla across all service types, that is, sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36636/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria Tusla follows when it defines an early years provider as critical on its risk register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36637/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children and young persons admitted to special care facilities in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36757/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the access of Tusla to the client identity services of the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36768/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of child sexual abuse concerns under Children First for the 12 month period to the end of quarter 2, 2019; the number for each integrated service area of Tusla for the same period; the number of reports in each area that have completed stage 1 assessment as per the policy and procedure of Tusla for responding to allegations of child abuse in tabular form; the number of reports in each area that have completed stage 2 assessments as per the policy in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31619/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons subject to an abuse allegation relating to retrospective reports of child sexual abuse concerns under Children First that Tusla has contacted as part of the retrospective report response for the 12 month period to the end of quarter 2, 2019; the number of such persons formally interviewed with respect to the allegation during the period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31620/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the name and locations of the family resource centres that will benefit from the budget increase of €1.5 million in funding for 2019, in tabular form; the amount which has been allocated to each centre in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31856/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of birth mothers who placed their children for adoption who were widowed or married; the number of birth mothers who had more than one child placed for adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31857/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of feasibility studies conducted by her Department in County Galway in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the names of each project being studied; the amount allocated and drawn down for each study; the person or body that sought each study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32936/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in order to discuss the role of Irish in early childhood learning and care. [33665/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken in to support Irish language medium preschool care and education since the closure of an organisation (details supplied). [33666/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has provided in order to support Irish language-medium preschool care and education in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33667/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding awarded to the National Adoption Contact Preference Register in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33908/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the key stakeholders her Department has met in producing the amendments to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 in 2018 and to date in 2019, by dates and organisation in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33909/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding awarded to the National Adoption Contact Preference Register to run campaigns to promote its work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33910/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that contacted the National Adoption Contact Preference Register in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [33911/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of transferring all adoption records to the National Archives as anticipated under the proposed new adoption information service. [34420/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed by Tusla. [34421/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed by Tusla that are on maternity leave; and if maternity cover has been sourced for these workers. [34422/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to increase the standard and higher capitation rate for the ECCE scheme by increments of €5 up to €90 for the standard capitation rate. [34423/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children of early childhood care and education scheme age that reside here. [34424/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of free preschool places available under the early childhood care and education scheme from September 2019 for the next 38 week period. [34425/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children availing of the free afterschool child care scheme by county. [34426/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of places that will be available under the free afterschool child care scheme for the 38 week period beginning in September 2019. [34427/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past three years by project in tabular form. [34428/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her level of engagement with stakeholders in respect of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and the dates and groups represented at each meeting held in the past two years. [34430/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will allocate the €200 million capital funding outlined under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to private childcare providers or if this funding will be used to construct State owned facilities. [34431/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review into the cost of providing high quality childcare; and the date by which the review will be published. [34432/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of a report by a person (details supplied) report into the DNA options for the site of the historic mother and baby home at Tuam, County Galway; and when she anticipates this report being finalised. [30701/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated number of persons born in the mother and baby homes currently under investigation by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30702/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered establishing a redress or compensation scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes. [30703/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the work of the working group established between her Department and that of the Department of Health with regard to supporting mother and baby home survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30704/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has established a scheme to fund memorials at the location of mother and baby institutions. [30705/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial support is provided to mother and baby home survivors for the purpose of commemoration events. [30706/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the working group to develop a national memorial that commemorates, respects and honours mothers and children held in mother and baby homes. [30707/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of current and capital funding provided by her Department to professional associations of child minders, crèches, montessoris or other organisations over each of the past six years by organisation in tabular form. [30708/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and average value of child minder development grants provided by in the past ten years by year and county in tabular form. [30709/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of FTE childminder advisory officers employed. [30710/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered making inspection reports from mother and baby homes that are in the ownership of her Department available to survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30711/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if testimony provided by survivors to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to these survivors after their testimony has been made. [30712/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for crèches by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30713/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered introducing pay guidelines for persons employed in the childcare sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31188/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [30422/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s commitment to devise more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30423/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the staffing shortages that exist within many family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29820/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [29821/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the date by which it will make its final report; and if she is satisfied by the progress of the Commission to date. [29824/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her commitment to devise more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29823/19]
• 2019-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [29822/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentages of GNP and GDP being invested in pre-primary education; if updated figures have been calculated since the publication of a document (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29455/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the completion of the sponsorship agreement in advance of the roll out of the national childcare service; the status of the training for frontline staff that will be involved in the administration of the sponsorship service; if detailed qualifying criteria have been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29457/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) regarding the roll out of the national childcare service; if her Department has assessed the potential impact of this on the uptake of the scheme with service providers; the discussions that have taken place with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29458/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the 14 motions tabled by councils nationally on behalf of an organisation (details supplied) requesting that her Department acknowledge adoptee identity rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30051/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations of child sex abuse investigated by Tusla involving an organisation (details supplied); the number of such cases referred to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30052/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided by Tusla to a centre (details supplied); and if there is scope for increased funding or staffing allocations to the centre in view of recent antisocial behaviour incidents. [28677/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of child abuse classified as founded and unfounded by Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28684/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of retrospective child sexual violence classified as founded and unfounded by Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28685/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of retrospective abuse allocated and waiting allocation that have been deemed as founded or unfounded in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28686/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of child abuse allocated to a social worker by county in each of the years the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28742/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of child abuse allocated to a principal deciding officer by county for the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28743/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children placed in Oberstown Children Detention Campus for periods of less than one year, two to three years, and four years or more in tabular form; the number of children classed as committed and on remand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27112/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children placed in Oberstown Children Detention Campus are segregated depending on if they are committed or on remand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27113/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the action plan on childminding of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27003/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the establishment of the expert group on registration, regulation and inspection recommended in the childminding working group report that will develop minimum regulatory standards for childminding services for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27004/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the establishment of the expert group on quality standards recommended in the childminding working group report that will mentor and network development to recommend appropriate quality standards for childminding in line with the Síolta framework. [27005/19]
• 2019-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the establishment of the funding and financial support expert group recommended in the childminding working group report to review the effectiveness and efficiency of the funding and financial supports to childminding services. [27006/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to An Garda Síochána by Tusla in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, to cases of retrospective abuse by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25747/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25765/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons acting as foster carers; the number of foster carers that have not been Garda vetted; the number still waiting for Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25766/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for the allocation of social workers to deal with cases of retrospective abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25767/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and names of publicly funded organisations or institutions that Tusla is investigating following the receipt of disclosures of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25768/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made by Tusla to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, regarding cases of retrospective abuse by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25769/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the response of Tusla to the findings of the HIQA investigation into the way in which it manages child sexual abuse referrals against adults of concern, published in June 2018 (details supplied). [24201/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Tusla is managing and retaining information in respect of adults of concern and adults who make retrospective referrals of abuse to its social work services. [24202/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of retrospective disclosures awaiting allocation of a social worker; if this number includes recent referrals of historical abuse referred by an organisation (details supplied) as highlighted in recent media reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24203/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable capacity issues that exist within the childcare sector here, particularly with regard to the care of babies and toddlers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22403/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to address the concerns raised in relation to staffing and other standards at private residential care homes used by Tusla. [22404/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to address the concerns raised over staffing and other standards at private residential care homes used by Tusla. [22276/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [22273/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the use of seclusion and restraint within Tusla funded care facilities; the frequency with which these methods are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22274/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the levels of sexual abuse and abuse of children within emergency accommodation settings; the steps she has taken to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22277/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the recruitment of social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22275/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places available; and the number of ECCE eligible children by county in tabular form. [21543/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each community childcare committee by county in each of the past five years in tabular form. [21544/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on waiting lists for an ECCE place, by county, in tabular form. [21545/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of playgrounds developed annually since 2012 under the capital grant scheme for play and recreation; the details of new or refurbished playgrounds by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21546/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge places available in Tusla-funded accommodation in each of the years from 2013 to 2018, and to date in 2019. [21547/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications made under the access and inclusion model, AIM, in each county since 2015, by AIM level and year, in tabular form. [21548/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14606/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency that exists in terms of children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14607/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [14504/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14502/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency in children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14501/19]
• 2019-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [14505/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social worker vacancies by county in tabular form. [13027/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recruitment targets for social workers for 2019, by county. [13028/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13029/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in residential special care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13030/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children that are in general residential care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13031/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children in relative foster care with an allocated social worker by county in tabular form. [13032/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of children that have a written care plan by county in tabular form. [13033/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of a private foster care place versus a public foster care place in tabular form. [13034/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection cases awaiting the allocation of a social care worker by priority level and county in tabular form. [13035/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in each of the past four years in tabular form. [13036/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that has been budgeted for each family resource centre for 2019 in tabular form. [13037/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Skills or her other ministerial colleagues regarding training additional social workers or increasing the number of places available on college courses for the same; and if so, the details of her engagement on this matter. [13038/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social worker vacancies by service area, for example, child protection and welfare in tabular form. [13039/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency social workers employed by Tusla in each of the past five years in tabular form. [13040/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that was spent on external agency staff within Tusla in 2018. [13041/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review of section 3 of the Child Care Act 1991. [13042/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla in each of the past five years in tabular form. [13043/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection and welfare referrals made to Tusla that await screening. [13044/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to each family resource centre in tabular form. [13270/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital funding provided to childcare providers by county in tabular form. [13271/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for an ECCE place by county. [13272/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places by county, in tabular form. [13273/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to each ABC centre in 2018; and the amount budgeted for 2019, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13274/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of AIM grants provided to each county since 2015, by AIM level and year, in tabular form. [13275/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that have been made under the AIM programme implementation platform that have not been processed. [13276/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for an application to be processed through the AIM programme implementation platform. [13277/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of LINC workers by county, in tabular form. [13278/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children awaiting assessment by an early years specialist either through an on-site visit or otherwise in order to avail of AIM supports in tabular form. [13279/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average and maximum waiting time for a child to be assessed by an early years specialist in order to avail of AIM supports. [13280/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a report by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13812/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childminders registered with local city or county childcare committees; the number of childminders who have been Garda vetted; the number of childminders in receipt of childminder's tax relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13813/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date research on placement stability (details supplied) collated by Tusla with statistics published in other jurisdictions will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14111/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the assurance review by Tusla of allegations made regarding a carer of a child or young person with a disability. [12115/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or Tusla has reviewed the provision of disability supports and services to children in care as discussed in the Ombudsman for Children report on a case (details supplied). [12116/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce an enhanced support payment for children in care with disabilities. [12117/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been an engagement between the Department of Health and her Department on formulating a national policy to support children in care with a disability. [12118/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted a systematic review of the supports and services being offered in a case (details supplied) that was reviewed in 2018. [12119/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have conducted a review of the services and supports which are offered to children in care who have disabilities; and if so, if this report will be published. [12120/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or agencies under her remit have developed performance metrics to monitor and measure the outcomes of children in care with disabilities. [12121/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to the youth advocate programme Ireland from 2011 to 2018, by county in tabular from; the locations in which services will no longer continue to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is operating its own helpline regarding retrospective abuse allegations against the organisation; and her views on whether this is appropriate. [8791/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that the staff operating a helpline (details supplied) are appropriately trained; if she has set out minimum operating guidelines for the helpline; and if she is satisfied that it is providing an adequate service to potential abuse victims. [8792/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a co-operation mechanism between a helpline (details supplied) and the Tusla helpline with regard to historic cases of abuse; if the helpline is mandated to share information with Tusla or another unit within her Department; and if arrangements have been put in place to that effect. [8793/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide counselling supports to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding this service. [8795/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide hardship to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding the service. [8796/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if counselling services are being offered to victims of historic abuse at an organisation (details supplied); and if other supports are being offered to these persons. [8797/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is ensuring a minimum standard in terms of the quality and appropriateness of the counselling services being offered by an organisation (details supplied) to victims of historic abuse at the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8798/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing universal subsidy levels under the affordable childcare scheme by increments of 50 cent up to an increase of €7.00 per hour, in tabular form. [8609/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of weeks of the ECCE scheme by increments of two weeks up to 52 weeks per year, in tabular form. [8610/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of level 5, 6, 7 and 8 childcare workers supported under the learner fund in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; the average funding provided to workers seeking levels 5, 6, 7 and 8; and the percentage of the training cost covered by the funding. [8770/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [7238/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [7239/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency that exists in terms of children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7063/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7065/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7067/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable implications that the new afterschool care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [7066/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7064/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the serious incident review that she and the Minister for Justice and Equality commissioned in 2018 into the handling of alleged incidences of child sexual abuse in the Munster area. [6449/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the serious incident review that she commissioned in 2018 into the handling of alleged incidences of child sexual abuse in the Munster area. [6768/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if experience and qualifications in general corporate governance were considered during the recent selection process for a new chair of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been a change in terms of departmental or Tusla policy regarding meetings between the chief executive or the chief operating officer at Tusla and key stakeholders such as elected representatives and members of advocacy groups. [4837/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the review statistics on placement stability for children in care will be published for 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4495/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in single care residential placements in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [4496/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under 12 years of age in residential placements in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [4497/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in third residential placements within 12 months in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [4498/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in single care foster care placements in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [4499/19]
• 2019-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in third foster care placements within 12 months in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [4500/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be restored to local youth groups to 2008 levels in order to prevent the return of the stigmatisation that was experienced in the past (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4369/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of actions arising from an audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4370/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding a recent report from An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if not, his plans to meet the Minister in the coming days. [3491/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she met with the Minister for Justice and Equality or officials from his Department regarding revelations in September 2018 which showed that a person that was deemed likely responsible for the murder of a person in the Leinster region had benefited from at least eight different youth liaison officers. [3493/19]
• 2019-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and the timeframe for the Bill to progress to Committee Stage. [1928/19]
• 2019-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to amendments of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, the scope of the amendments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1929/19]
• 2018-12-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in each quarter since her appointment as Minister in order to discuss the issue of child homelessness. [53975/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out the status of the implementation of action 1.4 of the corporate plan of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52613/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme, in particular the efforts to build an information and communications technology infrastructure and make the scheme more accessible to parents using childminders. [52614/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to the recommendation by a group (details supplied) that her Department devise a strategy to support unmarried parents in sharing parenting responsibilities; and her views on same. [52425/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to publishing the report by persons (details supplied) into Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52426/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the affordable childcare scheme; and the further status of efforts to build an information technology infrastructure and make the scheme more accessible to parents using childminders. [52423/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 1.4 in the corporate plan of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52424/18]
• 2018-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with Tusla’s management of child welfare and protection concerns and reports thereof; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52422/18]
• 2018-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is within Tusla’s remit and-or duties to assist a child in foster care that is seeking to identify their birth parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49689/18]
• 2018-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla or another agency within her Department offers access to DNA testing services for children within State care. [49690/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an organisation (details supplied) will receive relevant funding to provide security for the service. [49004/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the registered community crèche facilities that are operational here; and the location of each. [48944/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that will be allocated to the capital grant scheme for childcare providers. [48945/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the parenting unit that is to be established within her Department; the date by which this unit will be established; and the amount of funding that will be allocated to it. [48947/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service-level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County Galway and the negative impacts this will have on young persons in the county. [46135/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46137/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communications technology system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45934/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the school completion programme is sufficiently funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45937/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to Tusla's decision to terminate its service level agreement with a programme (details supplied) in County Galway and the negative impacts this will have with young persons in the county. [45933/18]
• 2018-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's reform of the guardian ad litem service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45936/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of preparing the report of the expert technical group on the site of the former mother and baby home at Tuam. [45013/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters; the date by which the final reports from the commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45014/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters in each year since its establishment. [45015/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of programme weeks in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme by one week to 14 weeks, respectively, in tabular form. [43135/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [43136/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools that have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43137/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools students who have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43138/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be allocated to the area based childhood, ABC, programme in 2019. [43139/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the position regarding the treatment of booking deposits for childcare providers; the circumstances in which they must return same to parents; if the requirement to return such deposits applies to children availing of ECCE services only or also applies to children in full-time care; if there has been a change of policy in recent months whereby providers are now also required to return deposits to parents of children in full-time care; the basis for such a change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42397/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the adequacy of decision-making support available for parents prior to placing a child in voluntary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40769/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the access and inclusion model of ECCE provision under each of the levels 4 to 7 of this scheme annually since its introduction to date; the amounts allocated under these levels; the amounts drawn down for 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively in each of the four levels in tabular form; the number of children in each county that have benefitted from funding under each of these four levels each year to date; the areas of support in which this funding under each of the four headings have been applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39826/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that early education and childcare providers are experiencing in recruiting staff to provide the access and inclusion model, AIM, scheme; her plans to address this difficulty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39827/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the roll-out of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38163/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable shortages within the ECCE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38164/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the date by which she anticipates it will make its final report; and if she is satisfied by the progress of the commission to date. [37970/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are in receipt of an appropriate level of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37972/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable shortages that exist within the ECCE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37969/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children with additional learning needs cannot access an ECCE place and additional specialist preschool support; her views on whether this is appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37971/18]
• 2018-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the roll-out of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37968/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 3 July 2018, her views on whether HIQA should be awarded the power to enforce its recommendations on foster care and child protection services. [34907/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of efforts to recruit additional social care workers and additional administrative staff to assist social care workers. [34908/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [35405/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in each net income bracket (details supplied) who are in receipt of childcare subsidies under the single affordable childcare scheme. [28870/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether HIQA should have the power to enforce its recommendations in childcare services. [28871/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the number of social workers hired in each year since 2014. [27743/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla's recruitment plan for 2018; the position regarding the targets for the additional administrative and ancillary staff planned to relieve the administrative burden on social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27744/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to address the fact that many children in foster care are placed under a voluntary care order; and the issues arising from same. [25898/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to enact the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group, ICGAG; the additional steps that will be taken to ensure the safety of children online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25899/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she plans to have the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25647/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the capacity of the early childhood care and education, ECCE, sector and its ability to deliver a universal service across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25648/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has taken steps to address the fact that many children in foster care are placed under a voluntary care order; and the issues arising from same. [25645/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to enact the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory council; if additional steps will be taken to ensure the safety of children online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25646/18]
• 2018-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress in implementing the findings of the ESRI report on the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25649/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Garda division headquarters that are collaborating with Tusla in relation to dealing with cases of child abuse in view of the recommendations by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24541/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on amendments made to section 22 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 from a child protection perspective in view of he fact that the separation barrier must only be 1.2 metres in height, the average height of a seven year old according to recent UK research (details supplied); if she was consulted in the drafting of this legislation from a child protection perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24624/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with section 22 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 from a child protection perspective in view of the fact that children over seven years of age will continue to be exposed to alcohol in a supermarket setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24625/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a person (details supplied) who was a resident in a location can access funding in relation to travelling costs incurred from Killimor, Ballinasloe, County Galway to Ballinasloe, County Galway in order form them to access counselling services. [24657/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the first quarter of 2018 held in Oberstown detention centre who were held in single separation by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23748/18]
• 2018-05-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish an interim report on her Department's sustainability and cost review of the early years sector. [20646/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of children enrolled in the ECCE programme that will be eligible to avail of the next programme year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19376/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of households that use child minders for part or all of their childcare needs. [19377/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of children who availed of ECCE hours in two programme years (details supplied). [19378/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of households availing of each subsidy level (details supplied) of the childcare subsidy scheme in tabular form. [19379/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of one child's place in the ECCE programme. [19380/18]
• 2018-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children seeking asylum awaiting the allocation of a social care worker; the average wait time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19143/18]
• 2018-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children seeking asylum here awaiting an aftercare plan. [19144/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent child sex abuse case at a foster home in County Galway; her further views on whether this case warrants systemic change in child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19097/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; if she is satisfied with its progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19098/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether children seeking asylum here are treated equally and fairly by welfare and protection services, particularly with regard to the allocation of social workers and aftercare provision; and if she is satisfied with existing arrangements. [19114/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced to deal with its workload in view of the recent introduction of mandatory reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18803/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the confusion and anomalies caused by the age limits that her Department has imposed as eligibility criteria for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18799/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that each voluntary organisation in receipt of funding from her Department is meeting child protection requirements; her views on whether sufficient steps are being taken to ensure that this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18800/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme; the date by which the information and communication technology infrastructure will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18801/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's work to implement the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group; the actions she is taking to keep children safe online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the need for youth service provision in the Meakstown and Charlestown areas of Dublin 11. [18108/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of sessional Early Childhood Care and Education, ECCE, places that are offered by county in tabular form. [18148/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the situation whereby only nine crèches in Dublin 4 offer sessional Early Childhood Care and Education, ECCE, places will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18149/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department takes to monitor capacity within the Early Childhood Care and Education, ECCE, system. [18150/18]
• 2018-04-24
  PQ
  Asked Employment

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she or her predecessor met with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and-or the Minister for Health to discuss the way in which orphans and those caring for orphans could be better supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17540/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending the early childhood care and education programme year by periods (details supplied). [17199/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the ABC programme for 2018; the number of centres this funding supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17200/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centre network in 2010; the number of centres that this supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17201/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method used to determine the level of subsidy that a household is eligible for under the affordable childcare scheme. [17202/18]
• 2018-04-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the households in receipt of subsidies under the affordable childcare scheme by gross income bracket (details supplied). [17203/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has written to employers of persons designated as mandated reporters under the Children First Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15177/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has offered in-person training for persons designated as mandated reporters under the Children First Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15178/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a more specific definition of the term "relevant person" will be provided, who will serve as the first point of contact in respect of an organisation dealing with children and young persons as set out on page 30 of the Children First Guidelines 2017, if this person is a child protection officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15179/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department monitors organisations working with children and young persons to verify whether they have developed a child safeguarding statement. [15180/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department applies a sanction to organisations that have a statutory responsibility under the Children First Act 2015 to conduct a risk assessment and to prepare a child protection statement and they fail to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15181/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the criteria by which Tusla social workers assess a child protection welfare concern that has been reported to the agency at the initial stage will be published; the criteria used to assess whether the concern should be given further examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15182/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child born on 1 January 2016 will be eligible to enrol in the ECCE programme commencing in September 2018 in view of the fact that a child born on this date will meet the ECCE minimum age criteria of two years and eight months of age. [15768/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the methodology and criteria that her Department and Tusla used to select the locations of the 11 new family resource centres; the specific definitions and sources of data used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16150/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department used the Pobal HP deprivation index to determine the locations of the new family resource centres; and if not, the reason therefor. [16151/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department requires voluntary organisations that are in receipt of funding, for example, a youth organisation, to have a child protection officer and a child protection policy; the way in which this requirement is enforced; her views on whether it should it exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14620/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the early years strategy; the date by which this strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14863/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the EU directives that fall within her Department's remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the estimated date for transposition into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14864/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's criteria for sending children in foster care to another jurisdiction for psychiatric treatment; the types of treatments and cases that this is done for; and the reason this treatment is not delivered within the State. [14865/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14866/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the future of the ABC programme; if this programme will be extended; and the way in which her Department plans to continue to meet the needs of the communities that this programme serves. [14867/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of operating each ABC centre since their establishment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14868/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring funding for the family resource centres to peak funding levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14869/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is support, either financial or otherwise, for a person who was born in a mother and baby home to attend counselling and-or to access taxi services to attend counselling. [13971/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity for special care beds in each of the special care units nationally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14174/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons currently placed in special care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14175/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons currently on a list for special care beds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14176/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the number of beds available in special care (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14177/18]
• 2018-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all special care units in operation are in full compliance with the new statutory regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14178/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the transfer of the Office of Internet Safety to the Department for Children and Youth Affairs as recommended by the Internet Content Governance Advisory Group has been completed. [11941/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the transfer of the hotline.ie service to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs as recommended by the Internet Content Governance Advisory Group has been completed. [12041/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Justice

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the transfer of awareness raising functions and guidance for parents and schools to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs as recommended by the Internet Content Governance Advisory Group has been completed. [12042/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if an overage exemption will be granted. [11910/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of non-EEA children currently in the care of the State; and the number of non-EEA children who were in the care of the State in each of the years 2008 to 2017. [11304/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the implementation of Tusla's Signs of Safety programme in 2017; and the amount that has been budgeted for 2018. [11306/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to each family resource centre in each year since 2008 in tabular form. [11466/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the apparent discrepancy between the fact that the age limit on the ECCE programme requires that children be no more than five years and six months of age when finishing the programme, but that children are only required to start school when they are six years of age will be addressed. [11549/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for her Department's decision to set the age limit at five year and six months of age as the age by which children must complete participation in the ECCE programme. [11550/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department's consultation on the overage exemption will be completed; the steps her Department is taking to include the views of parents in this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11551/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department's consultation on the Early Childhood Care and Education, ECCE, over age exemption will allow for input from political parties; and if not, the reason therefor. [11554/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the procedures in place for children in a situation of immediate risk and-or neglect at home; if there is a process of engagement between the HSE, Tusla and her Department for immediate intervention in cases in which neglect has been identified as a serious concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the affordable child care scheme will be launched by September 2019; and the status of the delivery of this scheme. [9072/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable negative impact that the affordable child care scheme's proposed reduction of child care subsidy for parents who are not in full-time work or education will have on low-income families and lone-parent households. [8995/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's implementation of the recommendations of a person's (details supplied) audit of the use of section 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8996/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being considered to address the high number of children under voluntary care orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8997/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to youth services in Dublin city in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [9058/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the issue of public sector pay restoration for the staff of the City of Dublin Youth Service Board's funded youth projects will be addressed; and if funding has been put in place to enable such restoration. [9059/18]
• 2018-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the concerns of board members of the City of Dublin Youth Service Board's funded projects that pay restoration without increased funding will lead to staff layoffs and reduced programme budgets, will be addressed. [9060/18]
• 2018-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that persons on zero and variable hour contracts are eligible for subsidies under the single affordable child care scheme. [5073/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if under the affordable childcare scheme low-income parents that are not working or in training will be eligible for a maximum 15 hours child care per week. [4133/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding each CCC has received in each of the years 2008 to 2017, inclusive, and to date in 2018, inclusive of the administration of the child minding development grant, the access and inclusion model and the parent and toddler initiative, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4530/18]
• 2018-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the access and inclusion model of early education and childcare provision under each of the levels four to seven of this scheme for 2017; the amounts drawn down for 2017 in respect of each of the four levels, in tabular form; the number of children in each county that have benefitted from funding under each of these four levels in 2017; the areas of support in which this funding under each of the four headings have been applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3540/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016 and 2017, by county. [3307/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of registered early years services in each county, as of January 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3308/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated to each county under learner funds 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively. [3309/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to youth services in each county in 2017, in tabular form. [3310/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care providers who have been trained as Leadership for Inclusion Programme workers on the new Access and Inclusion Model model launched in June 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3311/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding her Department provided to each community child care committee in each year since 2008; and the various functions for which this funding was provided. [3312/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of capital funding that was awarded to child care facilities in each county under strand 1, 2 and 3 of the capital funding scheme, respectively. [3313/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the educational and training boards in which there is a full-time youth officer in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3314/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the parallel reporting obligations in respect of child protection concerns that have been created by the mandatory reporting provisions of the Children First Act 2015 and the existing provisions of the Withholding of Information Act 2012; and if a mandated reporter could be open to potential prosecution should they fail to report their child protection concerns to both Tusla and An Garda Síochána. [2158/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla’s draft policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse entitled policy and procedures for responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect September 2014 in view of the Office of the Children's Ombudsman's request for the publication of this document. [2159/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department and Tusla plan to use the publication of the policy and procedures for responding to allegations of child abuse and neglect as an opportunity to proactively implement principles of the EU Directive on the Rights of Victims (details supplied). [2160/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the investigation by HIQA into the management of allegations of child sexual abuse against adults of concern, by Tusla, directed by her Department; and when a report is expected. [2161/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff working in the early years sector who are eligible for the higher capitation rate in 2017 in comparison to the number in 2016; the reason eligibility requirements for the higher rate were changed from three years experience in 2016 to three years paid experience in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54665/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether it is feasible for persons working in the early education sector to have three years paid experience before being eligible for the higher capitation grant in view of the fact that most have already studied for a minimum of three years; the precedent for doing so compared with comparable sectors in which no such paid experience is required; her further views on whether this new stipulation will impact on the provision of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54666/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff working in the early years sector eligible for the higher capitation rate in 2017; the number eligible in 2016; the reason the eligibility requirements for the higher rate were changed from three years experience in 2017 to three years paid experience in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1013/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's expenditure on the community employment child care training and development scheme in each year since 2013, by subheading. [1105/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons in the community employment child care training and development scheme in each year since 2013. [1106/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that her Department contributed to the cost of training persons in the community employment child care training and development scheme in each year since 2013; if this constituted the full cost of training persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1107/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full cost of training a person in the Aistear and Síolta programmes. [1115/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to the school completion programme for 2018. [1183/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was allocated to the school completion programme in each of the years 2009 to 2011, inclusive. [1184/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to each family resource centre in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1185/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres that were operational in each year since 2007. [1186/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to the family resource centre network in each year since 2007. [1187/18]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the school completion programme in 2017; and the amount budgeted for 2018. [54064/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of schools that have availed of the school completion programme each year since 2011. [54065/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centre network in 2017; and the amount budgeted for 2018. [54066/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centres in 2017; and the total amount budgeted for 2018. [54067/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her expansion plans for the family resource centre network; and the counties in which she plans to establish new family resource centres. [54068/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the school completion programme in 2017; and the amount budgeted for 2018. [54069/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of hiring an additional social care worker. [54070/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the 300 additional Tusla staff who are being recruited to handle mandatory reporting, by job title and pay grade. [54071/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the use of external public relations firms employed per annum by her Department since coming into office, in tabular form; the external public relations firm used; the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54072/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the photography costs per annum for her Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54073/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average time that children in each county are waiting to be allocated a social worker in cases, including high-priority cases of child protection and children in care. [54074/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the opening date of the consultation on the over age exemption in the ECCE programme; the closing date; and the date by which her Department will make a decision on the future of the over age exemption. [54075/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services, by provider. [54076/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of weeks provided under ECCE by 1 to 8 weeks, respectively. [54077/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has concluded its review of the overage exemption; if she will publish this report upon its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52688/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications that were made under the overage exemption in each year since 2016. [52701/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of successful applications that were made under the overage exemption in each year since 2016. [52702/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional cost incurred to her Department as a result of overage exemptions being approved in each year since 2016. [52703/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the independent review of the cost of delivering quality childcare; the date by which she anticipates this review being published; and if she will publish this review upon its completion. [52705/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made on the sectoral employment order for the early years sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52706/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is undertaking to improve the pay and conditions for those working in the early years sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52707/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care without a social care worker. [52344/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in relative care without a social care worker. [52345/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care without a link worker. [52346/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in relative care without a link worker. [52347/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average number of weeks that a social worker stays with Tusla. [52348/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum number of cases that can be assigned to a social care worker by Tusla. [52349/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average number of cases that are assigned to a social care worker by Tusla. [52350/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are in private foster care. [52351/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are in Tusla foster care. [52352/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers who have ceased employment with Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by their given reasons for leaving. [52353/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to reduce the number of children in foster care who are subject to a voluntary care order as compared to a care order. [52354/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the net number of social workers hired each year since 2011 to date in 2017. [52059/17]
• 2017-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set out in tabular form the targets that Tusla has set for the hiring of additional social workers in each year since 2014 to date in 2017. [52062/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's capital expenditure in each year since 2011. [51365/17]
• 2017-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on non-contact hours, by service type in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [51366/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the statutory basis for the national standards in foster care. [50776/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that her Department has allocated to the learner fund each year since 2013; and the amount her Department has allocated for 2018. [50965/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated to each county under learner funds 1, 2, 3 and 4. [50966/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons who have benefitted from the learner fund each year since 2013. [50967/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of capitation that has been paid to early childhood care and education facilities since 2011, by year. [50968/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has allocated to a programme (details supplied) in 2017. [50970/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has allocated to a programme (details supplied) for 2018. [50971/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department allocated to a programme (details supplied) in the years 2015 and 2016. [50972/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has allocated to a programme (details supplied) in 2017. [50973/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department has allocated to a programme (details supplied) since 2014. [50974/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children eligible under bands A, AJ, B and D, respectively, by age bracket. [50975/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that her Department provided to bands A, AJ, B and D in 2017; and the amount she has allocated to same in 2018. [50976/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children here, by their household's income bracket (details supplied). [50977/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla-registered crèches, by county. [50978/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Tusla-registered crèches, by county. [50979/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Tusla-registered crèches for the provision of care to children under one year of age, by county. [50980/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Tusla-registered crèches for the provision of care to children under two years of age, by county. [50981/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity of Tusla-registered crèches for the provision of care to children under three years of age, by county. [50982/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the shortages in ECCE places that exist in certain parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50554/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in protecting children from online bullying, abuse and grooming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50555/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that each child in need of support under the access and inclusion model is able to access this support in a timely and appropriate manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50579/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address the fact that numerous evaluations by HIQA have found that many foster care services have consistent and serious failings; and to set out the steps she is taking to ensure these failings are addressed. [50218/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the legislative and ICT infrastructure that will be required to deliver the single affordable childcare scheme; the date by which this will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50219/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in protecting children from online bullying, abuse and grooming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50217/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the complaints and appeals mechanisms that are in place for foster care parents that feel that they or their foster child have been treated unfairly or inappropriately by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50220/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the considerable shortages in ECCE places that exist in certain parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50216/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 24 October 2017, the status of Tusla’s draft policy regarding adult disclosures of abuse in view of the fact that she expected this to be finalised in November. [50363/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review her Department has commissioned into the cost of providing early childhood care and education; and the date by which this review will be published. [50364/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that has been allocated for the administration of and application process for level 5 of the access and inclusion model in 2016 and 2017. [50365/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that has been allocated for the administration of and application process for level 7 of the access and inclusion model in 2016 and 2017. [50366/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applications made for the access and inclusion model in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [50367/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average number of hours of additional assistance provided to children at level 7 of the access and inclusion model. [50368/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the considerable shortages in ECCE places that exist in certain parts of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50454/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in protecting children from online bullying, abuse and grooming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50455/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the evaluations by HIQA that have found that numerous foster care services have consistent and serious failings; and the steps she is taking to ensure that these are addressed. [50456/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the legislative and ICT infrastructure that will be needed to deliver the single affordable childcare scheme; the date by which this will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50457/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the complaints and appeals mechanisms that are in place for foster care parents who feel that they or their foster child have been treated unfairly or inappropriately by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50458/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated for the administration of and application process for level four of the access and inclusion model in 2016 and 2017. [50473/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated for the administration of and application process for level six of the access and inclusion model in 2016 and 2017. [50474/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care providers who have been trained as link workers on the new AIMS model launched in June 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50475/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has examined the data protection issues which could potentially arise from requiring ECCE providers to administer aspects of the various State schemes, such as the financial data of parents; if she has satisfied herself that no issues arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50540/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the introduction of a 7% increase in ECCE capitation with effect from September 2017, which represents an increase of €4.50 per week for an ECCE-age child on standard capitation rates (details supplied). [50541/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her strategy to increase investment to all services and especially to children under three years of age, in view of the fact that this can be the most labour intensive and resource heavy area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50542/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the administration and management of the affordable childcare scheme is being devolved into ECCE providers that are already overburdened with administration paperwork resulting in the requirement to report to at least three Departments or agencies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50543/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to levels 4 to 7 of the access and inclusion model between September 2016 and September 2017. [50656/17]
• 2017-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to levels 4 to 7 of the access and inclusion model to date in 2017. [50657/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the access and inclusion model of early education and child care provision under each of the levels four to seven of this scheme annually since its introduction to date in 2017; the amounts allocated under these levels, in tabular form; the amounts drawn down for 2016 and 2017 on a quarterly basis respectively; the number of children in each county who have benefitted from funding under each of these four levels to date in 2017; the areas of support in which this funding under each of the four headings has been applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49045/17]
• 2017-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocated to the access and inclusion model of early education and childcare provision under each of the levels 4 to 7 of this scheme annually since its introduction to date; the amounts allocated under these levels and the total amounts drawn down for 2016 and 2017, respectively, in each of the four levels, in tabular form; the number of children in each county that have benefitted from funding under each of these four levels each year to date; the areas of support in which this funding under each of the four headings have been applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48333/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places available in each county as of September 2017 in tabular form. [45933/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that were eligible for the ECCE scheme in September 2017 by county. [45934/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the person responsible for the review of the wrongful accusation of abuse against a person (details supplied) was provided with a set of files that was incomplete and lacked crucial documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46538/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the appeals process that is in place within Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46616/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that are taken following the receipt of a complaint against Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46617/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to each of the existing 109 family resource centres in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45198/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to open nine additional family resource centres in 2018; and the proposed location and opening date of each. [45199/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be provided to the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45200/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that was provided to the three existing out-of-hours social work services in 2017 by service. [45201/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled under band D of the more affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45202/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla’s draft policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Ombudsman called upon Tusla to publish the policy by October 2017. [44823/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department and Tusla plan to use the publication of Tusla's policy concerning adult disclosures of abuse as an opportunity to proactively integrate the EU victims directive in order to have a policy that is victim centred and to promote the support of victims through the process of disclosure, assessment and beyond. [44824/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children enrolled in the ECCE programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [44516/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the subsidy levels under the single affordable childcare scheme are sufficient to account for the absence of increases to these levels in budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44019/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be ring-fenced for the roll-out of mandatory reporting in 2018; her views on whether this will be sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44020/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether an increase in capitation payments for early childhood care and education, ECCE, providers of 7% will be sufficient in view of the chronic issues regarding pay and the viability of the sector. [43771/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the ABC programme in 2019; the date by which she anticipates publishing the review of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43770/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will allocate increased funding to foster care services in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43773/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of ECCE places around the country, particularly in rural areas; and the steps she will be taking to address this. [43772/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in regard to affordability and sustainability in the non-ECCE early years sector; and the reason her Department has not increased the amount of subsidies payable to parents under the single affordable child care scheme in view of these issues. [43769/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if flexibility will be given in circumstances in which a family has a child in a crèche and it has signed up to the affordable childcare scheme and the parent works three days one week and two days the second week but the provider does not allow flexible options and will only allow the child register for the scheme for only two days each week, hence the family loses out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43725/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties in regard to affordability and sustainability in the non-ECCE early years sector; and the reason her Department has not increased the amount of subsidies payable to parents under the single affordable child care scheme in view of these issues. [43780/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the ABC programme in 2019; the date by which she anticipates publishing the review of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43781/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether an increase in capitation payments for early childhood care and education, ECCE providers of 7% will be sufficient in view of the chronic issues regarding pay and the viability of the sector. [43782/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of ECCE places around the country, particularly in rural areas; and the steps she will be taking to address this. [43783/17]
• 2017-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will allocate increased funding to foster care services in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43784/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Youth Advisory Council last met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42881/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ETBs that have an integrated youth services programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42882/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has received correspondence from concerned parents at a national school (details supplied); if so, the status and outcome of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42883/17]
• 2017-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the extension of a care order is in the best interest of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42884/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children residential centres here by county; and the amount each centre has cost in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [40823/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of registered foster care homes here by county; and the amount each county has received in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [40824/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that were in residential care centres by age bracket (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [40825/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that were in foster care by age bracket (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016, in tabular form. [40826/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending the ABC programme until August and December 2018 respectively. [40003/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of restoring family resource centre funding to pre 2011 levels. [40004/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated by her Department to the childcare subvention scheme in 2016. [39126/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been allocated to each band of the new affordable childcare scheme for 2017; and the number of children included in each band. [39127/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on external consultancy contracts to date in 2017. [39142/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on photography to date in 2017. [39143/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on public relations to date in 2017. [39144/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of households that are currently part of band A, band AJ and band B of the community childcare subvention scheme. [39457/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum income thresholds for band A, band AJ and band B of the community childcare subvention scheme. [39458/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of visits made to family resource centres since 2007, by year. [39818/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding her Department has provided to family resource centres since 2013, by year. [39819/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many child care providers have not signed up to provide the single affordable childcare scheme and the burden that this is placing on parents; and the steps she will take to address this issue. [37230/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons will be unable to access the single affordable childcare scheme due to the fact there are no available places in crèches providing the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37231/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts on the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures that are filled by members of her Department. [34158/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times that the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures has met since its establishment. [34159/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county. [33970/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommended action 75 of the Ryan implementation group for a professionally managed national archive to be developed as a central repository for the records for all children in care; and her views on whether there are barriers to the implementation of this recommendation. [33971/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has informed all community programmes and community groups under its remit of its budget for 2016 and 2017; if she has signed off on this budget to these groups; and the groups whose funding from the agency has been reduced or discontinued for 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [33972/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; her plans for the agency to take over the direct provision of child counselling services; and if she or the agency have examined providing child counselling services via family resource centres. [33973/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new places on the community child care subvention scheme which have been taken up by private providers, in addition to community providers, since the announcement of the expansion to the scheme in budget 2017, by category. [33974/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the figures presented by the CSO, which suggest that just 52% of children availed of the ECCE scheme during the 12 months prior to being interviewed in Q3 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33975/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of existing family resource centres that are fully operational. [33976/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla spent on community programmes, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the spending on family resource centres, school completion and area-based childhood ABC programmes, broken down by programme. [33977/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding allocated to Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in comparison to the capital spending outturn by the agency in these years. [33978/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on aftercare for children not in foster care or in the direct care of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of children in this regard. [33979/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the standard payment that Tusla pays private residential care companies for each child in their care, weekly and annually; if payments are made to these providers on a per child basis or a per bed basis; and the average cost to Tusla of providing a care place in State provided care and in a voluntary provided care setting. [33980/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private residential care companies contracted by Tusla to operate in the care system; and the number of children in this type of care. [33981/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services, broken down by county and provider. [33982/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the ABC scheme; her views on its effectiveness; her plans to continue funding these centres after December 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33983/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of restoring the school completion programme to pre-2011 levels. [34165/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed breakdown of planned expenditure on the child care measures that will be put in place in September 2017. [34166/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 9 May 2017, the number of whole-time equivalent social workers in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the whole-time equivalent social worker target for these years; and the funding that was allocated for the provision of these posts for the years in question. [34167/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to develop data collection within Tusla and her Department. [34168/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the procurement process for a training partner for Tusla to implement the CPW strategy. [34169/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care that have not been allocated a social worker, broken down by priority level and the number of weeks waiting. [34170/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for a child to be allocated a social care worker. [34171/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children first e-learning module has been made available to those working with children in the voluntary and unpaid sector. [34172/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has recruited a full-time data protection officer, as per its 2017 business plan. [34173/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has published a revised child protection and welfare handbook in line with Children First requirements. [34174/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her department assigned in 2016 and to date in 2017 to the hidden harm programme. [34175/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to continue the hidden harm and nurture programmes after the withdrawal of an organisation (details supplied). [34177/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the joint protocol between the Garda and Tusla with regard to the Children First guidelines. [34178/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an ICT director has been recruited within Tusla. [34179/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of Tusla's ICT strategy. [34180/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is possible to access Tusla's stored centralised procurement database. [34181/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department assigned to Tusla for learning and development in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and the amount of this funding that was spent in each year. [34182/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time posts in Tusla's employee well-being and welfare unit. [34183/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average recruitment time for social care workers in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017. [34184/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Department has made available to child care providers for non-contact time since 2011, broken down by year. [34185/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts on the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures that are filled by members of her Department. [34188/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures has met since its establishment. [34189/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring funding to the school completion programme to 2011 levels. [32198/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the €19 million budget that has been committed to the affordable childcare scheme. [32199/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families who are expected to avail of each band of subsidy under the affordable child care measures that are being introduced in September 2017. [32200/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department is not implementing the recommendation of the audit of An Garda Síochána use of section 12 to establish a 24 hour social work service. [31457/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she plans to have the single affordable child care scheme operational, including measures to include childminders as eligible providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31458/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the sustainability of the child care sector; and when this review will be published. [31219/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to address the high rates of attrition and exhaustion among social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31220/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address child poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31218/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she hopes to enact legislation on the single affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31217/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation is suitable for homeless families; her further views on whether the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is delivering on its responsibility to these families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31216/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) (No. 2) Bill; when she expects this Bill to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30859/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation is suitable for homeless persons; her further views on whether the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is delivering on its responsibility to these persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31229/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she will enact legislation on the single affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31230/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address child poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31231/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the sustainability of the child care sector; and when this review will be published. [31232/17]
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to address the high rates of attrition and exhaustion among social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31233/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the management structure of Tusla; and the reporting relationships and accountability mechanisms within Tusla and regarding her Department. [30355/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if internal management meetings are held within Tusla; if representatives from her Department are present at these meetings; the number of such meetings; and the frequency of said meetings. [30356/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children referred to Tusla each year. [30357/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that Tusla engages with each year; the typical levels of engagement that Tusla has; and the way in which Tusla measures its outcomes. [30358/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a parliamentary question liaison unit within Tusla. [30359/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the different pay grades within Tusla; and the number of persons employed at each level. [30360/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the layers of management within Tusla in addition to its correspondence with her Department. [30361/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty. [27005/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for Tusla's policy with regard to placing children under 12 years of age in residential care. [27076/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care in 2016 and to date in 2017, by age and county. [27077/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of care for a child in private foster care as compared to those registered with Tusla. [27078/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to increase the number of registered child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27094/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which historical cases of child abuse are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27191/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of historical cases of child abuse that are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27192/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff on the specialist teams assigned to historical cases of child sexual abuse; and if this is their full-time role. [27193/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether legislation is required to give Tusla a statutory duty to protect the welfare of children living in emergency accommodation, especially in hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation. [27464/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will request Tusla to develop statutory or non-statutory guidelines in respect of the length of time that households with children can be permitted to be temporarily housed by local authorities in hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation; and if not, the reason she is of the view these are not required. [27465/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla collects performance statistics on each local authority recording the length of time children are being housed in emergency accommodation, each household's access to an in-reach team that facilitates children's access to education and social services and the household's access to persons tasked with the improvement of child welfare; and, if not, the reason therefor. [27466/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether legislation is needed that would place a statutory obligation on Tusla to put measures in place that explicitly promote the welfare of children living in emergency homeless accommodation and require the agency to put in place in-reach teams to facilitate children's access to education and social services and to be tasked with the improvement of child welfare; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Tusla has no obligation in this regard and it is most frequently left to approved housing bodies to provide social support services to families living in emergency accommodation. [27467/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band A recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28222/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band AJ recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28223/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band B recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28224/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of extending childcare subsidies to band C recipients under the 2017 childcare measures. [28225/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of hiring additional social care workers. [28592/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on marketing the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28593/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on website design and creation for the affordable child care scheme to date in 2017. [28594/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to protect against displacement and the assessment criteria Pobal will use to determine whether demand exists before making funding available for the establishment of new and expansion of existing school age childcare (SAC) services in view of the recently published SAC capital 2017 application guidelines and the danger of displacement on the viability and sustainability of existing childcare services providing SAC. [26471/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a report on Tusla by HIQA in the past month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26150/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received HIQA's report on the management of allegations of child sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26151/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocated funding for city and county child care facilities, by county, in each of the years 2012 to 2016, in tabular form. [26167/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the office for historical cases has been set up in Tusla; the number of persons working in that department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26168/17]
• 2017-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the Tusla budget which has been used on addressing historical cases from 2011 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26169/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department determines capitation payments to the various qualifications of FETAC within the child care sector (details supplied); the mechanism of assessment applied to capitation payments paid to non-FETAC-qualified persons in the child care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25272/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated date of delivery for the affordable child care scheme. [25748/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who will be eligible to participate in the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24219/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are already eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible to participate in the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24220/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are not currently eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible for a universal subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24221/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who are not currently eligible for subsidised child care who will be eligible for a targeted subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme in 2017. [24222/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that there is equal treatment of private and State residential care services for foster children in view of recent changes to payment of overnight staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24288/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department has not published a national strategy on youth work. [24289/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's expenditure on youth service by receiving organisation in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [24290/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that will benefit from the second ECCE year in 2017; the number that have benefitted from it in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23614/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who applied for an assessment for the access inclusion model; the average waiting time for an assessment; and the number of children qualifying for each level of support. [23615/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to the ABC schemes on an annual basis since 2011. [23616/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on widespread forecasts that child care fees will increase in September 2017 as a result of increased demand under the single affordable childcare scheme, in view of the fact that up to 9,000 households that were initially promised targeted levels of subsidy will now receive the universal level of subsidy. [22523/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures that have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number which remain unallocated; and the number of these that are deemed high risk. [22525/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address concerns that up to 9,000 families that were to receive a targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable childcare scheme will now receive the universal level of subsidy instead; and her plans to support childcare affordability for these families, particularly if prices rise under the single affordable childcare scheme, as is anticipated. [22334/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Government has not recommissioned the SAVI report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22331/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the community crèches remain viable in view of the decision to exclude community employment workers from child-worker ratios; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22332/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases relating to adult retrospective disclosures which have been referred to Tusla since 2011; the number that remain unallocated; and the number of those which are deemed high risk. [22330/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons under and over 18 years of age that were on a waiting list to access an aftercare worker at the end of 2016 by area, in tabular form; the average length of time a young person spends on the waiting list before gaining access to an aftercare worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22333/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has conducted an economic analysis on the potential impact of the single affordable child care scheme on child care prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22427/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to ensure the financial viability and affordability of the child care sector in addition to the single affordable child care scheme. [22428/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons that will be availing of the targeted level of subsidy under the single affordable child care scheme; and the number of persons that will avail of the universal level of subsidy. [22429/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that a larger number of child minders will be eligible providers under the single affordable child care scheme. [22430/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to open an adoption programme between Haiti and Ireland; the steps she is taking to advance this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21533/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has developed a privacy impact assessment as part of the establishment of the eligibility assessment system for the universal and targeted child care subsidy; if so, if this has been submitted to the Data Protection Commissioner; and if so, the results of this assessment. [20181/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that were in child residential services in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of social care workers and social care leaders that were assigned to their care; and the estimated cost on an annual basis. [20669/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed by Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2016 on an annual basis; and the estimated cost by region and residential care. [20670/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants available to child care providers such as the outdoor equipment grant; the restrictions that apply to these grants in terms of facilities eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19069/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the yearly cost of increasing the capitation rates paid to ECCE childcare providers by 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%, 8%, 9% and 10% respectively, in tabular form. [19098/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of increasing the number of ECCE weeks to 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 respectively. [19105/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing each income threshold of the single affordable child care scheme by €100, €200, €300, €400, €500, €600, €700, €800, €900 and €1,000 respectively. [19100/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of maintaining all targeted child care schemes, such as the community childcare subvention, in tabular form. [19101/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if social care workers without social care qualifications but with considerable work experience in the field are eligible to apply for management positions in Tusla care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19102/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing each income threshold of the single affordable child care scheme by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. [19135/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18509/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department will arrange for payments to be issued to community early years child care providers in recognition of the impact on those providers of the full implementation of the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016 relating to the minimum FETAC level 5 qualification for staff in respect of the €1 million fund she has announced; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain community early years providers require these funds in order to maintain their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15424/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the information technology infrastructure that will be used to deliver the single affordable child care scheme; her contingency plan if the information technology infrastructure is not ready by September 2017; if her attention has been drawn to the considerable inconvenience that a lack of infrastructure would cause parents and child care facilities alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15425/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the interim report on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15225/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports that will be extended to community child care facilities following recent changes whereby community employment workers are no longer counted as part of the child-staff ratio. [15224/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation between her Department and the Department of Education and Skills and-or the Department of Health on necessary supports for children with a disability who are in mainstream early childhood services; and if she will provide the national strategy to support these children. [15222/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the information technology system for administering the single affordable child care scheme; if it will be available for September 2017; and if not, the alternative arrangements that she will put in place. [15221/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish a new school completion strategy to further improve school completion rates, particularly in disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15223/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the constitutional right to privacy of the birth parent will be affected by the commencement of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [13739/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total number of persons employed by Tusla; and the numerical breakdown of these staff, according to region and job title. [11297/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain guardians ad litem have been paid over €100,000 each for their services; her views on whether this is an appropriate expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11298/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee. [9361/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes investigation committee. [9362/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have been refused an opportunity to give evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. [9363/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of witnesses who have given evidence to the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes confidential committee who have subsequently been invited to a hearing of the commission's investigation committee. [9364/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will grant adopted persons unfettered access to their birth certificates and adoption records. [9365/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will remove the proposed undertaking in section 41 of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9366/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the compelling reasons ground for refusing the release of information in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 only applies when adopted persons are seeking information. [9367/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the release of information to an adopted person might endanger the life of a person. [9368/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that the national adoption contact preference register is put on a statutory footing in the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016. [9369/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland. [9370/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to reach out to the more than 2,000 persons who were sent from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s. [9371/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied). [9372/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of press officers that are employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8961/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the value of the sustainability fund set aside by her Department for community child care providers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8962/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 32 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8963/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 36 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8964/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the second year child care ECCE scheme from 22 weeks to 38 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8965/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the first year child care ECCE scheme from 38 to 40 weeks. [8966/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to expand the first year child care ECCE scheme from 38 to 42 weeks. [8967/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the Tusla budget that goes directly to aftercare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8968/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action her Department, in conjunction with Tusla, is taking to ensure that every young person leaving care has an aftercare plan; the number of young persons in care who exited from 2013 to 2016 who received an aftercare plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8969/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on reaching the age of 18 years of age who left care, be it foster care or full-time residential care, from the years 2013 to 2016. [8970/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports in place for young persons in care who have little or no family support and who are identified as at particular risk of homelessness to prevent these persons going from care to homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8971/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in care who have a disability; the way her Department ensures these young persons have the same access to the support they need when they turn 18 years of age; her views on the role of Tusla and the HSE in the connectivity work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8972/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of press officers employed by Tusla. [9085/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7351/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7352/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports that Ireland's child care sector is becoming financially unviable, particularly with regard to working conditions and pay for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the cuts in funding that many organisations in the youth services sector have experienced since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6754/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that the single affordable child care scheme will not take rent or mortgage payments into consideration when calculating parents' level of subsidisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6752/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6756/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6755/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7377/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7378/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7379/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7380/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7381/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7382/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7383/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7384/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7385/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7386/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7387/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy a person would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7388/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7389/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7390/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances(details supplied). [7391/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum subsidy persons would receive under the new affordable child care scheme 2017 in circumstances (details supplied). [7392/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that her Department has provided to youth organisations since 2011, broken down by organisation and year. [5978/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the significant funding cuts that have been experienced by those Comhairle na nÓg committees that are based in areas in which local authorities, for example town and county councils, have been amalgamated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5979/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social care workers that are currently employed by Tusla, broken down by county. [5980/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that are currently in Tusla residential centres and in privately operated residential centres respectively. [5981/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which Tusla decides whether to accept a child into one of its residential centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5982/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role of Tusla in monitoring and supervising private residential care centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5983/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of subsidised places in child care available annually since 2011, in tabular form. [3756/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has commenced the independent review of the cost of providing quality child care in private and community settings; and the expected date of its completion. [3758/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national parenting support plan that was promised in the programme for partnership Government document; and the date by which she expects this plan to be published. [3759/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures her Department is taking to broaden parental choice for child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3760/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to support and expand the ABC scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3762/17]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the bail supervision scheme for young offenders; her plans to extend this scheme beyond Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40741/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of national interim reports on the ABC programme by the Centre of Effective Centres; and when she expects those reports to be available for each centre. [40742/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the second annual report under the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40743/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capitation grants that have been awarded to providers of ECCE services, broken down by month and county, in tabular form. [40745/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new child care regulations have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40746/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the Children First Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40748/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeframe that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40303/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [40304/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40471/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to reports from the HSE of Tusla discriminating against children with disabilities in the provision of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39923/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the changes to existing legislation that the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate; the timeline that she plans to use to make these changes to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39926/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements in place for the support of children with disabilities who are in preschool facilities; her views on whether there are barriers for children with disabilities to accessing preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39924/16]
• 2016-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibility her Department has for children that are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; the steps her Department is taking to care for these children; her views on whether there should be a statutory limit on the amount of time that a child can spend in emergency accommodation; and her further views on whether Tusla should be awarded statutory responsibility for children using homeless accommodation. [39925/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 29 November 2016, if she will provide clarity in particular on a sentence (details supplied); if this means that the universal subsidy will be paid to parents on a pro rata basis; if so, the number of hours of child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for its parents to be eligible for the maximum subsidy of €900; and if she will provide an explanation for a scenario (details supplied). [38904/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, if she has consulted with the Data Protection Commissioner on PPSN use, data sharing provisions and changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that will be made in the new primary legislation proposed; if she will provide a description of the Data Protection Commissioner's views or recommendations; and if she has received approval from the commissioner to make these changes to data sharing that will be required. [38909/16]
• 2016-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 23 November 2016, when she expects to bring this legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the date this legislation will have to be commenced for the administrative system for the new scheme to be in place by September 2017. [38910/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for opening the adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will prioritise that programme given the fact that there are more than 30,000 children in institutions in that country, that many Irish families are approved for inter-country adoption and that there are many links between Ireland and Haiti. [38755/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of hours of formal child care per week and the number of weeks per year a child will have to undertake for their parents to be eligible for the universal child care subsidy. [37498/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the introduction of the new affordable child care scheme will necessitate any changes to legislation; and if an amendment will be required to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to add her Department or another body to Schedule 5. [36479/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the proposed system of administering the new affordable child care scheme will determine eligibility via the online system for persons that do not opt for joint assessment of income; her views on whether persons, for example, unmarried and-or cohabiting that have not opted for joint assessment of income could be considered eligible if they input the PPSN of one partner earning below €47,000, even if both their collective incomes taken together would be above the threshold; and her further views on whether the system proposed to determine automatic eligibility could be discriminatory against persons that have opted for joint assessment of income. [36480/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department, or a body under its aegis, has considered any proposals for improving pricing transparency for child care fees in centre based child care providers; and her views on whether the opacity of pricing in the sector has a negative impact on the cost of child care for parents. [36499/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections and the number of visitations of each child care provider and the number of providers inspected, in each Tusla service area in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [35283/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches or other centre based child care facilities that had more than one inspection by Tusla in 2015 or in 2016; the location of these facilities; and if reasons are provided for a second or subsequent inspection. [35380/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of crèches or other centre based child care facilities that were found not to be compliant with child care staff to child ratios in each year since the introduction of these regulations. [35381/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unannounced visitations to child care facilities that took place in 2015 and 2016 in each Tusla service region; her views on whether the centre based child care facilities should receive at least one unannounced visit by Tusla inspectors per year; and her Department's and Tusla guidelines on the number of unannounced visitations there should be. [35382/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the regulations in terms of staff to child ratios and other child welfare and protection regulations that exist for after school child care; her views on whether regulations in this area are not requisite to deal with expansion in the after-school sector for children up to 15 years of age; and her further views on whether they will need to be strengthened. [35383/16]
• 2016-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is a statutory requirement for child care providers to maintain a logging system noting hourly supervision rotas and the staff to child ratios that pertained on any given day. [35384/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the lack of income progressivity in the universal child care subsidy as announced in budget 2017; and her views on whether the scheme is fair on households the income of which falls just above the income threshold for the targeted child care subsidy. [33783/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 which will go towards implementing the provisions on aftercare contained in the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; and the progress being made by Tusla in ensuring that every child leaving care has an aftercare plan in place. [33784/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with Tusla on the need to increase the budget to the school completion programme; her views on whether there is a need to restore funding to this community programme; and if she has satisfied herself that it is well funded. [33342/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to Tusla in budget 2017 which will go towards implementing the provisions on aftercare contained in the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; and the progress being made by Tusla in ensuring that every child leaving care has an aftercare plan in place. [33341/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the lack of income progressivity in the universal child care subsidy announced in budget 2017; and her further views on whether the scheme is fair on households whose income falls just above the income threshold for the targeted childcare subsidy. [33338/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a household's eligibility for the new targeted child care subsidy scheme will be determined; if it is intended that PPS numbers will be employed for this purpose; if she has had discussions with the Data Commissioner in this regard; and the expected administrative costs of the means-testing system. [33340/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of ongoing reforms in practices for dealing with adult disclosure of child sexual abuse cases by Tusla; if she or officials in her Department have any concerns over the way in which these cases are being dealt with by Tusla; and her views on whether any regulatory or legislative changes are required in this area. [33339/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way a household's eligibility for the new targeted child care subsidy scheme will be determined; if PPS numbers will be employed for this purpose; if she has had any discussions with the Data Commissioner in this regard; and the expected administrative costs of the means-testing system. [33797/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the grandfather scheme applies to child care providers which have years of experience in the sector and run their own business; if so, when this grandfather scheme is due to expire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32271/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when sections 1 to 9, inclusive, of the Child Care Amendment Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason there has been a delay in its commencement in view of the fact this legislation was enacted in December 2015 [30596/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the provision of the aftercare for young persons is inconsistent across the country; and the reason there is an exclusion clause for young persons who are admitted to the care system at 17 years of age (details supplied). [30597/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body responsible for the placement of a young person with a disability who has been in State care when they turn 18 years of age; and the steps that are taken to ensure various service providers work together to ensure that the needs of the young person are met at this significant transition [30598/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports available to vulnerable children who are not in education and do not receive aftercare supports. [30606/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps in place to ensure young persons have access to specialist supports, services and access to suitable placements promptly; if there is a high level of staff expertise available in residential care to meet the complex needs of some young persons; when these care centres were last audited and by which agency for the 26 care units in tabular form. [30624/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of voluntary child minders registered with Tusla per county; and the number of notified child minders registered per county, in tabular form. [30798/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department has taken to address an issue (details supplied) and alleviate this crisis. [30799/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Tusla is achieving comprehensive care planning, effective matching and adequate supports to maintain placements while children and young persons are in care. [30907/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has any data on the number of young persons with care experience aged 17 to 24 years who have children who are now in care; and the supports her Department can provide and ensure will be provided to these parents in order to give them the best opportunity of parenting their children. [30908/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding Tusla received in 2016 in order to have the adequate resources and staffing levels to meet the needs of children in care; and the budget figure. [30909/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person or body currently monitoring the number of recommendations made in the Ryan report that have yet to be implemented, for example action 65, a longitudinal study on outcomes for young persons leaving care, and action 69, a one-off life skills programme to ensure that these actions are delivered upon. [30910/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the practice of sending children to placement out of State will end and the State will focus on developing therapeutic services and expertise here; and the number of children currently out of State in care at the moment. [30913/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to examine the issue of young persons under voluntary care orders who do not have the same level of legal protection and where birth parents are consulted regarding consent issues (details supplied). [30914/16]
• 2016-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale behind the restriction that parents cannot avail of the early childhood care and education scheme and a CCS fee reduction at the same time; and her views that this discriminates against low income parents who use the CCS scheme for full-time child care. [27600/16]
• 2016-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of parents in each individual band, that is A, AJ, B, availing of the community child care subvention programme reduced weekly fees for child care; and the number of parents receiving rates for full-time services, a part-time service, sessional service or a shorter hours service in each band. [27603/16]
• 2016-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €16 million provided in budget 2016 to create an additional 3,200 full-time equivalent community childcare subvention, CCS, and community childcare subvention private, CCSP, child care places that has been recouped from the Department or Pobal from providers to date in 2016; and the number of additional places this has lead to in both schemes. [27604/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide estimates of the cost to the Exchequer to increase the subsidy or weekly fee reduction available to recipients of the community childcare subvention scheme and the community childcare subvention scheme private, by 10% for all bands and all rates; and the number of recipients in each scheme at each band and partaking of each rate, in tabular form. [25842/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23513/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure cases by Tusla. [23514/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is providing inadequate levels of resources to family resource centres throughout the country and does not properly support their vital community role. [23060/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the inadequate central referral system used by social worker services and the absence of a central ICT system. [23056/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns that the planned expansion of the community childcare subvention scheme is not taking place due to the low level of subsidy given to private child care providers to take up the scheme. [23059/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over inadequate case management by social worker services of adult disclosure cases and the lack of an overarching strategy for dealing with adult disclosure cases by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. [23057/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to address concerns over private residential care homes, specifically that many such homes provide less quality care to children in their care than voluntary and State care homes; the reason Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, relies so heavily on private residential homes rather than State-provided care homes. [23058/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide figures on the percentage of working days lost to Tusla due to sickness absence through certified and uncertified leave in each year since its establishment. [23753/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of increasing the number of weeks covered under the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme from 38 to 40 and 42, respectively, from September 2017 onwards. [24226/16]
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016. [24227/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her Department estimated the annual running costs of the proposed au pair council to be €500,000, as she mentioned in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016; the source of the figure she mentioned that less than 1% of child care is undertaken by au pairs; and the total number of households using au pairs to which this equates. [22828/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to substantiate the claim made in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016 that 98% of au pairs are women aged in their 30s and half of these are from South America; and the research undertaken by Pobal and the Department of Justice and Equality to which she refers. [22829/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to which Workplace Relations Commission ruling she was referring when she stated in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016 that the proposal to exempt au pairs from employment law runs contrary to the ruling of the Workplace Relations Commission. [22830/16]
• 2016-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of the €38 million additional funding to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in budget 2016 that is being allocated to cover the agency's new statutory functions of after-care planning under the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015; if he will provide additional funding to the agency in budget 2017 to cover its new after-care planning function. [21393/16]
• 2016-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or a body under its aegis reviewed the additional costs arising from the provision in the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 giving legal entitlement to after-care services for all young persons leaving care prior to preparation of the Bill; the cost of extending the eligibility to a full legal entitlement to an after-care plan to young persons who have been taken into State care at 17 years of age but who have not been in care for 12 months or over. [21394/16]
• 2016-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015 will include in the implementation of the Act a specified age at which after-care planning will begin; and how far this will be in advance of the young person turning 18 years of age. [21395/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommended action 75 of the Ryan implementation group for a professionally managed national archive to be developed as a central repository for the records for all children in care; and her views that there are barriers to the implementation of this recommendation. [21146/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has informed all community programmes and community groups under its remit of its budget for 2016 and 2017; if she has signed off on this budget to these groups; and the groups whose funding from the agency has been reduced or discontinued for 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [21149/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; her plans and proposals for the agency to take over the direct provision of child counselling services; and if she or the agency has examined providing child counselling services via family resource centres. [21150/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new places on the community child care subvention scheme which have been taken up by private providers as well as community providers since the announcement of the expansion to the scheme in budget 2016, by category. [21173/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres that exist and are fully operational. [21174/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, spent on community programmes, by county, in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date, including spending on family resource centres, school completion and area based childhood, ABC, programmes. [21175/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on aftercare for children not in foster care or in the direct care of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date; and the number of children in this regard. [21176/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding allocated to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date in comparison to the capital spending outturn by the agency in these years. [21177/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will issue a commencement order for the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015. [21341/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a list of all Bills which have passed Final Stage in the Houses of the Oireachtas but are yet to be commenced by her Department. [21342/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide a gender breakdown of children in State care and in foster care at present. [21343/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the standard payment that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, pays private residential care companies for each child in their care weekly and annually; if payments are made to these providers on a per-child basis or a per-bed basis; and the average cost to Tusla of providing a care place in State-provided care and in a voluntary provided care setting. [21344/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private residential care companies contracted by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to operate in the care system; and the number of children in this type of care. [21345/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and percentage of current child protection and welfare cases that have not been allocated a social worker, who are adult disclosures or historical referral cases; to provide estimates for the average waiting time for an adult disclosure case to be allocated a social worker; and the number of these which are considered high-risk, medium-risk and low-risk cases. [19151/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to provide estimates on the number and the percentage of referrals going through social work offices that are adult disclosure cases. [19152/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, will publish its draft policy or strategy on adult disclosure cases, so-called section 3 referrals; and the current guidelines on dealing with adult disclosure cases by social worker offices. [19153/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why the walk-in child sexual abuse service in County Galway is being shut down by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; her views on whether this is the correct approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19154/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the barriers to integrating information technology, IT, systems across social worker regional offices; if she is aware of the fact that there is no integration of referral systems across social service regions due to the lack of integration of IT systems and as a result, vital pieces of information that may be detailed regarding a prior case or individual in the files of one social work office are regularly not known by social worker offices in other regions dealing with the same case or individual; her views that this lack of integration is acceptable; and her plans to reform this unacceptable situation. [19155/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to all independent guardians ad litem, GAL, in 2015; and the amount which was paid to each individual to act as an independent GAL in the same year. [19157/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the proposed closure of a centre (details supplied); and if she or officials in her Department will agree to meet with the board of the centre to discuss the proposed closure. [19503/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in filling two vacancies on the board of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and if she will ensure that board positions are filled immediately. [17782/16]
• 2016-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on the waiting list for a special care placement; the average waiting time for placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16360/16]
• 2016-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase funding for youth workers. [16361/16]
• 2016-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care without an allocated social worker; the reason for the high number; and the steps she is taking to address this, by age bracket and by county, in tabular form. [16368/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs about her Department's responsibility for children who are placed in emergency homeless accommodation; if she will address concerns that neither her Department nor Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is responsible for putting into place special care plans for children experiencing homelessness; and the level of monitoring Tusla is carrying out to ensure that homelessness does not have a detrimental effect on these young persons' development. [15260/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the area based childhood programme remains fully resourced and funded for the upcoming number of years. [14946/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any concerns about reports from practitioners of long waiting periods for section 20 reports requested by District Courts and carried out by Tusla; and further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 19 January 2016, if the information is available. [13203/16]
• 2016-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Children

  Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the closure of the central section 20 office that previously covered the Dublin and mid-Leinster region. [13204/16]