Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Child Care Services Inspections

Robert Troy

1. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the regulation and inspection of child care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32680/13]

Child Care Services Regulation

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to address the disturbing lack of management standards and the clear breaches of regulations exposed in the recent RTE "Prime Time" programme which focused on a number of crèches in the greater Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32643/13]

Missing Children

Joan Collins

3. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with the launch of the new 116000 number, the number of calls that have been received to date; the amount spent on advertising the line; where this advertising has been targeted; the number of countries that have an operational 116000 service; if long-term funding is now in place for the continuance of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32670/13]

Child Protection Issues

Robert Troy

4. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to publish the Children First legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32681/13]

Child Detention Centres

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

5. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the 2012 annual report of the Ombudsman for Children, the current capacity, work and accommodation conditions at Trinity House, Oberstown boys and Oberstown girls schools; the implementation of the new working roster and the implications of same for staff and for children; the date on which the investigation by Victor McElfatrick will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32644/13]

Youth Services Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a cumulative figure for cuts to City of Dublin Youth Services Board since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32604/13]

Ombudsman for Children Reports

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the Ombudsman for Children's annual report for 2012. [32596/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Niall Collins

8. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she proposes to improve the quality and qualifications of the workforce in child care facilities with specific emphasis where services are being provided in the age group zero to six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/13]

Care Services

Dessie Ellis

9. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32590/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Michael McGrath

10. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources that will be required to ensure the successful implementation of the Síolta and Aistear strategies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32563/13]

Children in Care

Pearse Doherty

11. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who now have an allocated social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32601/13]

Child Care Services Regulation

Dara Calleary

12. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the regulation of childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32552/13]

Child Care Services Regulation

Timmy Dooley

13. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce regulation for afterschool child care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32566/13]

Child Care Services Provision

John Browne

14. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the regulation and inspection of child care facilities with specific emphasis where services are being provided in the age group zero to six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32550/13]

Adoption Records Provision

Clare Daly

15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources that are available to the Health Service Executive in managing and sorting the adoption files which are being stored in Glanmire, County Cork; and who people can contact if they need to access information from within. [32355/13]

After-School Support Services

Brian Stanley

16. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will to take to address the lack of availability of after-school services for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32600/13]

Aftercare Services

Brian Stanley

17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who have left care during each of the past eight years. [32587/13]

Child and Family Support Agency Establishment

Sandra McLellan

18. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the required legislation for the establishment of the new child and family agency will be published in early July and will commence its address in the Dáil before the impending summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32585/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

19. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the actions her Department is taking in terms of child care provision, inspections, rules and regulations following on from the RTE "Breach of Trust" programme. [32350/13]

EU Presidency Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report of her Department's activities as part of the recent Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32602/13]

Child Abuse Reports

Clare Daly

21. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when allegations of abuse in crèche and preschool facilities were first brought to her attention; and the steps she took to deal with the matter. [32345/13]

Aftercare Services

Michael Colreavy

22. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who were in receipt of an aftercare service during each of the past eight years. [32588/13]

Childhood Obesity

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

23. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a national cross-sectoral strategy for the establishment of a childhood obesity prevention and intervention service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32578/13]

Child Poverty

Jonathan O'Brien

24. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will set out and provide details on the process for the selection of the sites, programmes, interventions, and supports to be provided under the new area based approach to the child poverty initiative in 2013. [32593/13]

Early Child Care Education Issues

Michael Moynihan

25. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the early years strategy will be brought forward; the reason for the delay in this happening; the financial package that will accompany same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/13]

Preschool Services

John Browne

26. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for a second free preschool year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32352/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Pearse Doherty

27. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures and strategies she is considering, including in conjunction with other Departments and-or State agencies to help address the issue of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32583/13]

Child Care Reports

Mary Lou McDonald

28. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will introduce to bring current child care regulations into line with the standards that all service-user parents, and Irish society generally, expect; the staffing levels, training and oversight requirements she proposes to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/13]

Missing Persons Hotline

Seán Crowe

29. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed update on the roll-out of the 116000 missing children hotline; the publicity strategy in place to publicise this facility; if she will give a commitment to future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32591/13]

Youth Services Funding

Martin Ferris

30. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making to protect front-line youth services in view of funding cuts in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32598/13]

Youth Services Funding

Maureen O'Sullivan

31. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the budget allocations to youth services in the Dublin area since taking office; if her attention has been drawn to the implications to youth services of reductions in funding and the effect future reductions will have on these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32358/13]

Early Child Care Education Issues

Billy Kelleher

32. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the part the implementation of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will play in the early years strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32574/13]

Adoption Records Protection

Mick Wallace

33. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 9 May 2013, if it is her position that a referendum on privacy is required in order to afford adopted persons the same rights as other Irish citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32542/13]

Aftercare Services

Martin Ferris

34. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who received an aftercare service while in full-time education during each of the past eight years. [32589/13]

Traveller Community Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

35. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the very poor E grade awarded to the Government in the Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2013 for its unsatisfactory performance in relation to Traveller children; the positive plan of action she will put in place to improve the Government's performance regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32354/13]

Children and Young People's Policy Framework

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

36. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to date on the development of the new five year Children and Young People's Policy Framework; when she expects its completion and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32582/13]

Child and Family Support Agency Funding

Bernard Durkan

37. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of adequate resources within her Department to meet the full scale of responsibilities likely to fall within her remit with particular reference to the welfare of children and young adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32497/13]

Child Care Reports

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

38. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has pressed, or will press, for the publication of all Health Service Executive inspection reports on child care facilities completed over the past three years; when the publication of said reports on completion will come into effect as standard practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32579/13]

Departmental Funding

John Halligan

39. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has undertaken or intends to undertake an analysis or impact study on the cumulative effects of the cuts in family support services, health services, guidance and mental health services, special needs assistants and resource hours and school completion programme on children and young persons in the areas catered for by the City of Dublin Youth Service Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32605/13]

Child Care Services Regulation

Derek Keating

40. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to introduce regulations for childminders in the home. [32349/13]

Child Protection Services

Joe Higgins

41. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the horrific occurrence of child abuse catalogued by Women's Aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32356/13]

Child Care Services Regulation

Gerry Adams

42. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the penalties she believes must apply where breaches of childcare regulations are detected; when she expects that said penalties will be introduced; if legislation is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32581/13]

Child Protection Services

Peadar Tóibín

43. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new national co-ordinator for the children's services committees has taken up office as anticipated before the end of last month; if she will provide an up-to-date report on the development of the 16 CSCs already established; her plans to continue to establish CSCs where they are not currently in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32584/13]

Children in Care

Thomas P. Broughan

44. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to allocate funding for increased provision of specialised services for children with severe behavioural difficulties here, such as those with very severe behavioural disorders, many of whom continue to be placed in specialist facilities outside Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32353/13]

Health Services Reports

Denis Naughten

45. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the audit report which was produced on foot of a specific recommendation of a public inquiry into the Roscommon child care case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32346/13]

Health Services Reports

Denis Naughten

46. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress to date on implementing the recommendations in the report on the Roscommon child care case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32347/13]

Missing Persons Hotline

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

47. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will detail the way the new 116000 missing children helpline will be advertised and promoted so that its presence will be widely known among children and their parents. [32351/13]

Child Detention Centres

Mick Wallace

48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the delay in opening the national children detention facility in Oberstown; if her attention has been drawn to recent comments by the Ombudsman for Children regarding resources and staff at Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32543/13]

Aftercare Services

Sandra McLellan

49. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children during each month of 2012 and 2013 between the ages of 18 and 21 years who were in receipt of aftercare services broken down by gender; and the number of young persons broken down by gender during each of those same months who were receiving a service and details of what receiving a service means, including any provision of financial support, education supports, accommodation, or emotional supports. [32586/13]

Child Care Services Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her view of the economic importance of investment in early intervention, in particular in the early years; and if she will provide an update on capital funding available to child care providers in 2013. [32592/13]