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Wed, 26 Jul 2017
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Child Care Services Data
Kathleen Funchion
1457. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the child care sector, by qualification level, or working grade. [36093/17]
Wed, 12 Jul 2017
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Child Care Services Expenditure
Kathleen Funchion
404. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the €132 million to be spent on measures for child care in the zero to six months, six months to three years of age, and after school care categories respectively, in tabular form; and when these payments will commence. [33236/17]
Wed, 12 Jul 2017
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Child Care Costs
Kathleen Funchion
405. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children estimated to receive a subsidy for each of the amounts (details supplied) per hour, per week under the 2017 extended childcare scheme measures; and the cost associated with each of these separate categories of children once implemented. [33237/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Child Care Costs
Kathleen Funchion
703. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 23 May 2017, the estimated number of children for the targeted scheme between six months and three years of age for 2017 (details supplied). [32130/17]
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
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Departmental Expenditure
Kathleen Funchion
712. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the unallocated spend within her Department for 2017; the expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the funds that will become available within her Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services and goods or changes to costs within her Department and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32311/17]
Thu, 6 Jul 2017
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Child Care Services Data
Kathleen Funchion
253. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated average hourly subsidy on the targeted child care scheme for those between six months and three years of age. [31854/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
Kathleen Funchion
36. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the immediate actions being taken by her Department to protect the many children affected by the serious capacity issues nationally at domestic violence centres and refuges that provide supports to victims of domestic violence, including women with their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31225/17]
Tue, 4 Jul 2017
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Departmental Reviews
Kathleen Funchion
52. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has commissioned an independent early childhood service cost and sustainability review encompassing the identification and assessment of stress factors impacting on the early childhood services; if so, the expected date for this to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31224/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Public Sector Staff Remuneration
Kathleen Funchion
174. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the rates of pay for secretarial assistants employed by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas were last increased; his plans to review these rates in view of the large volume of constituency work secretarial assistants deal with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29709/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Hospital Services
Kathleen Funchion
366. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the reason 20 week anomaly scans are not offered as standard to women in the public maternity system in St. Luke's Hospital in County Kilkenny which services the counties of Carlow and Kilkenny. [29703/17]
Tue, 27 Jun 2017
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Hospital Beds Data
Kathleen Funchion
367. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the measures which are being taken to address the increasing trolley crisis in St. Luke's Hospital, County Kilkenny. [29704/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Kathleen Funchion
1919. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of extending the ECCE scheme to 48 weeks. [27210/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
Kathleen Funchion
1921. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department's estimated hourly running cost for the early childhood care and education scheme and the hourly running cost of early years care for those under three years of age in services for both cohorts of children. [27385/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
Kathleen Funchion
1922. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of the early childhood care and education scheme over a 48-week period at a higher amount of €12 for both higher and lower capitation rates. [27386/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
Kathleen Funchion
1923. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of introducing a capitation rate of €12 to early years services for all babies under three years of age over a 48 week period. [27387/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Kathleen Funchion
1924. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children availing of the targeted subsidy within the affordable child care scheme, ACS, aged between six months and three years of age by amount (details supplied). [27438/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
Kathleen Funchion
1925. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of the targeted portion of the affordable child care in each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. [27439/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Maternity Benefit Data
Kathleen Funchion
2017. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection the full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week and extending maternity benefit by 26 weeks, in tabular form. [27209/17]
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Bereavement Grant
Kathleen Funchion
2020. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the reinstating of the bereavement grant particularly to those persons that have lost loved ones to suicide; and if it will be restored during the Government's term. [27369/17]
Thu, 1 Jun 2017
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Child Care Services Funding
Kathleen Funchion
259. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the detail of the higher subsidy rate for persons under three years of age when introduced as part of the affordable childcare scheme; and the difference in amount compared with the ECCE higher and lower capitation rates. [26347/17]