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Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Child Care Services Funding
Robert Dowds
539. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the subsidies available for child care for working couples in severe mortgage negative equity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17756/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Adoption Records Provision
Jerry Buttimer
540. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to make it easier for adults who were adopted as children to access records relating to their identity, including information on the existence of biological siblings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17991/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Child Care Services Funding
Robert Troy
541. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail, in tabular form, the funding allocated to each local authority for child care services in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17330/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Youth Services Funding
Robert Troy
542. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail in tabular form the funding allocated to each local authority for youth services in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17331/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Adoption Services Provision
John McGuinness
543. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason her Department will not process adoption applications for children based in India for approved Irish families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17344/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Adoption Legislation
John McGuinness
544. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider extending the adoption declaration allowing families to adopt beyond the two years limit; if she will consider allowing an extension to these declarations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17345/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Inter-Country Adoptions
John McGuinness
545. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when an accredited agency will be established for Irish adoptions from India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17346/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Departmental Legal Costs
Niall Collins
546. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total legal costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17351/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
Niall Collins
547. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total external public relations costs incurred by her Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [17367/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Child Care Services Funding
Finian McGrath
548. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available to a child care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17428/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Youth Services Funding
Derek Nolan
549. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the funding cut to Youth Work Ireland Galway, in view of the threat to the rural co-ordinator position within the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17451/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Child Care Services Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
550. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of child care in Dublin; the average cost of child care across the State; and the number of child care places in Dublin as a percentage of the number of children. [17560/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Andrew Doyle
551. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of assessments that have been completed by the Health Service Executive and any other bodies for the purposes of inter-country adoption from 2000 to 2013; if she will provide a breakdown of the figures for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17653/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Andrew Doyle
552. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the sending countries, with associated numbers, for pre-Hague declaration inter-country adoptions into Ireland since November 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17654/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Adoption Services Provision
Andrew Doyle
553. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the staffing numbers of the Adoption Authority since its inception, showing the increase or decrease in staff numbers since the authority was founded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17655/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Andrew Doyle
554. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the lifetime of post-Hague declarations of eligibility and suitability for the purposes of inter-country adoption in view of the lengthy delays inherent in the process due to lack of countries from which Irish applicants may process an adoption; if she has had any discussions with the Adoption Authority in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17656/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Adoption Services Provision
Andrew Doyle
555. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time currently taken for the Adoption Authority to issue a declaration of eligibility and suitability from the time it receives the required documentation from the local adoption committee. [17657/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Departmental Reports
Jonathan O'Brien
556. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 13 February 2013, if she will make available a copy of the report of the national director for children and family services on the after-care provision referred to. [17747/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Youth Services Funding
James Bannon
557. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full extent of allocations for youth services in 2013 paid out in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17996/14]
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
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Child Care Services Funding
Brendan Smith
558. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide capital funding for community and not-for-profit child care services which have not availed of grant assistance to date; the timescale for the introduction of such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18068/14]