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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]
Thu, 1 Jun 2017
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Early Years Sector
Kathleen Funchion
260. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the under three years of age subgroup of the early years forum will produce their recommendations to support and sustain provision for children under three in ECCE; and when this information will be readily available for consideration. [26348/17]
Wed, 31 May 2017
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Teacher Training Provision
Kathleen Funchion
150. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of training CPD days both primary and secondary school teachers receive each year; the cost for those days; and his Department's total budget for teacher CPD training and the number of teachers. [26161/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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School Staff
Kathleen Funchion
205. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not allocated with an EAL teacher in 2017 in view of the fact that the school requested and was previously allocated one EAL teacher for the previous three consecutive school years; and the reason this decision changed in 2017 in view of the fact that there has been no change to the school's percentages. [24119/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Medical Goods Regulation
Kathleen Funchion
434. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the reason Macushield and Artelac medications are not being made available for medical card holders. [24041/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Child Care Services Staff
Kathleen Funchion
655. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if recommendations in her Department's sustainability audits of community services recommend that services cut pay to child care staff; and if so, the capacity in which, the amount involved and the circumstances in which this was decided. [24120/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Child Care Costs
Kathleen Funchion
656. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost under the proposed universal subsidy of increasing the €80 per month subsidy in €20 intervals up to the amount of €600 for all eligible parents. [24165/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
Kathleen Funchion
657. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for every level provided within the AIM programme in tabular form. [24166/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
Kathleen Funchion
658. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of level 7 funding between the 10 and 15 hours options allowed within the AIM programme; the amount provided for the total 10-hour allocation and total 15-hour allocation nationally; and the number of children each of those total amounts provide for. [24167/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Early Years Sector
Kathleen Funchion
659. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a review of the early years child care sector; and the Government body that will conduct the review. [24168/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Child Care Services Data
Kathleen Funchion
660. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost per year of the ACS in the event that the wage rate for educators is revised from the current proposed wage rate for level 5 educators to €11.50 an hour, €13.00 an hour for level 6 educators and €14.75 an hour for level 7 educators. [24169/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Preschool Services
Kathleen Funchion
674. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 12 April 2017, the costs of the Tusla early years inspections, the Department of Education and Skills early years inspections and the Pobal compliance visits per year, in tabular form. [24564/17]
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Child Care Services Data
Kathleen Funchion
678. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under three years of age her Department estimates will take up both private and community crèche-based child care in September 2017; and the number of children under three years of age that attended both private and community crèche-based services from September 2016 to date in 2017. [24762/17]