Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 February 2014
660. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is the case that some private residential child care centres require the payment of a retainer fee to secure a placement for a child. [7656/14]
View answer661. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of expenditure incurred in the years 2012 and 2013 towards the cost of placing children in care of the State in private residential child care centres. [7657/14]
View answer662. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown on a monthly basis of the number of children in the care of the State placed in private residential child care centres, including a breakdown of the number of children by Health Service Executive region. [7658/14]
View answer663. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all private residential child care centres used by the Health Service Executive Children and Family Services in 2013, including the names of the providers and the owners of the centres; the number of staff in each of the centres; and the level of training and qualifications attained by each member of staff in such centres. [7659/14]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 660 to 663, inclusive, together.
The HSE compiles monthly Performance Reports which are published on the HSE website http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/corporate/performancereports/2013pr.html. These reports include data on Children in Care, including the number of children placed in Private Residential Centres.
I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Child and Family Agency and I will forward this to the Deputy when it becomes available.
My Department is currently collating some of the information received and I will writing directly to the Deputy on this issue in the coming days.
