1153. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the joint protocol between the Garda and Tusla with regard to the Children First guidelines. [34178/17]
1152. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to continue the hidden harm and nurture programmes after the withdrawal of an organisation (details supplied). [34177/17]
1151. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her department assigned in 2016 and to date in 2017 to the hidden harm programme. [34175/17]
1150. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has published a revised child protection and welfare handbook in line with Children First requirements. [34174/17]
1149. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has recruited a full-time data protection officer, as per its 2017 business plan. [34173/17]
1148. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the children first e-learning module has been made available to those working with children in the voluntary and unpaid sector. [34172/17]
1147. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for a child to be allocated a social care worker. [34171/17]
1146. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care that have not been allocated a social worker, broken down by priority level and the number of weeks waiting. [34170/17]
1145. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the procurement process for a training partner for Tusla to implement the CPW strategy. [34169/17]
1144. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to develop data collection within Tusla and her Department. [34168/17]
1143. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 9 May 2017, the number of whole-time equivalent social workers in each of the years 2011 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the whole-time equivalent social worker target for these years; and the funding that was allocated for the provision of these posts for the years in question. [34167/17]
1142. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed breakdown of planned expenditure on the child care measures that will be put in place in September 2017. [34166/17]
1141. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full year cost of restoring the school completion programme to pre-2011 levels. [34165/17]
1136. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the ABC scheme; her views on its effectiveness; her plans to continue funding these centres after December 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33983/17]
1135. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department has spent on guardian ad litem services, broken down by county and provider. [33982/17]
1134. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of private residential care companies contracted by Tusla to operate in the care system; and the number of children in this type of care. [33981/17]
1133. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the standard payment that Tusla pays private residential care companies for each child in their care, weekly and annually; if payments are made to these providers on a per child basis or a per bed basis; and the average cost to Tusla of providing a care place in State provided care and in a voluntary provided care setting. [33980/17]
1132. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount her Department spent on aftercare for children not in foster care or in the direct care of the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of children in this regard. [33979/17]
1131. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of capital funding allocated to Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in comparison to the capital spending outturn by the agency in these years. [33978/17]
1130. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla spent on community programmes, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the spending on family resource centres, school completion and area-based childhood ABC programmes, broken down by programme. [33977/17]
1129. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of existing family resource centres that are fully operational. [33976/17]
1128. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the figures presented by the CSO, which suggest that just 52% of children availed of the ECCE scheme during the 12 months prior to being interviewed in Q3 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33975/17]
1127. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new places on the community child care subvention scheme which have been taken up by private providers, in addition to community providers, since the announcement of the expansion to the scheme in budget 2017, by category. [33974/17]
1126. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla provided to the Health Service Executive for the provision of child counselling services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; her plans for the agency to take over the direct provision of child counselling services; and if she or the agency have examined providing child counselling services via family resource centres. [33973/17]
1125. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has informed all community programmes and community groups under its remit of its budget for 2016 and 2017; if she has signed off on this budget to these groups; and the groups whose funding from the agency has been reduced or discontinued for 2016 and 2017, in tabular form. [33972/17]
1124. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommended action 75 of the Ryan implementation group for a professionally managed national archive to be developed as a central repository for the records for all children in care; and her views on whether there are barriers to the implementation of this recommendation. [33971/17]
1123. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated and drawn down in respect of the learner fund in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county. [33970/17]
1120. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times that the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures has met since its establishment. [34159/17]
1119. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of posts on the advisory council for Better Outcomes, Better Futures that are filled by members of her Department. [34158/17]
748. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health programme for children and adult mental health care patients that are designated patients under the auspices of the HSE or other such agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/17]
747. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health programme for special care, including nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34107/17]
746. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health programme for 0 to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/17]
745. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the status of the national pre-natal oral health programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34105/17]
744. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health the status of the national oral health programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/17]
473. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Health to set out the amount of funding that his Department assigned in 2016 and to date in 2017 to the nurture programme. [34176/17]
428. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if attending a college or other educational institution in the UK would affect a young person's residency status for the purposes of Irish naturalisation provided that young person's family remained resident here throughout that period. [34616/17]
82. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the current allowable food and board deductions for au pairs are fair and representative of the cost of providing these services, in view of Ireland's high cost of living. [34337/17]
81. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans on making the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission regarding au pair placements publicly available. [34336/17]
32. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Galway as of 30 June 2017; and the number of new recruits assigned to the division since recruitment resumed in 2014. [32859/17]
733. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an oral hearing for a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [32174/17]
706. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families who are expected to avail of each band of subsidy under the affordable child care measures that are being introduced in September 2017. [32200/17]
705. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of the €19 million budget that has been committed to the affordable childcare scheme. [32199/17]
704. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring funding to the school completion programme to 2011 levels. [32198/17]
609. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the long delays for processing applications, reviews and appeals within the domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance sections of her Department; her plans to rectify the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31423/17]
554. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to address the high rates of attrition and exhaustion among social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31233/17]
553. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her Department's review of the sustainability of the child care sector; and when this review will be published. [31232/17]
552. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address child poverty here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31231/17]
551. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which she will enact legislation on the single affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31230/17]
550. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation is suitable for homeless persons; her further views on whether the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is delivering on its responsibility to these persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31229/17]
543. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) (No. 2) Bill; when she expects this Bill to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30859/17]