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Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services
Maureen O'Sullivan
51. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on linking in community and youth services with schools in the local area in terms of awareness programmes dealing with the dangers of misuse and abuse relating to drugs, alcohol and gambling and the possible positive effects this will have on children, particularly those from backgrounds of high risk. [6759/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Poverty
Thomas P. Broughan
52. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a cross-departmental task force to address the recent finding of a survey on income and living conditions that children in one-parent families are much more likely to live in consistent poverty in comparison to those in two-parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6739/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
53. 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]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Clare Daly
54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to increase resources to the Tusla specialist team for separated children. [7020/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Clare Daly
55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional matters that are delaying the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [7021/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Funding
Anne Rabbitte
56. 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]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Provision
Robert Troy
57. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the further supports she will introduce to support community child care providers' work towards sustainability following the changes whereby the community employment workers have been removed from the staffing ratio. [7049/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Homeless Persons Supports
Thomas P. Broughan
58. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to monitor and protect the well-being of children experiencing homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6740/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
Fiona O'Loughlin
59. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services her Department will be making available to unaccompanied minors arriving here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2574/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Care Services Provision
Niamh Smyth
60. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the affordable child care scheme will be available to parents from September 2017 through an online information technology system; the supports being developed for parents with the application to ensure that the support is not requested from the already over-burdened early years practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7022/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services Provision
Maureen O'Sullivan
61. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support the youth services sector and acknowledge the work being carried out by organisations within the community; her further plans to increase funding through the youth services grant scheme in line with predicted population increases of 13% in the age group between 18 to 25 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6757/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services Provision
Martin Heydon
62. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions between her Department and the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on the appointment of a dedicated youth officer for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7025/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Children and Family Services Provision
Mick Wallace
63. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any study and research undertaken by her Department in association with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the damage to children affected by parental imprisonment and the way in which it could be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7041/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Family Resource Centres
Martin Heydon
64. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review and increase the number of family resource centres in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7029/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child Detention Centres
Catherine Connolly
65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in adult prisons; the reason they remain in inappropriate facilities; the steps being taken to end this situation; the date it is expected that this will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6803/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Catherine Connolly
66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published; when the final report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6804/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
67. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [7089/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Family Support Services
Jan O'Sullivan
68. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the evaluation of outcomes from the ABC programme; the arrangements being made for the future funding of the work being done with vulnerable children and their families through the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7017/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Aftercare Services Provision
Anne Rabbitte
69. 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]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Youth Services Funding
Eugene Murphy
70. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding has been withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6713/17]