Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, has announced that the new Affordable Childcare Scheme will open for applications in mid-October 2019, with payments flowing from November 2019. The scheme will offer a single, easy to access system of financial subsidies towards childcare for...
€1m funding to be made available The funding will be made available to community and voluntary sector youth organisations to implement a Youth Employability Initiative to assist young people on their progression to achieving career goals. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD,...
I welcome this opportunity to update the House on the decision by Government in relation to the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway. Before I outline the substance of what has been agreed, I would like to...
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Today we are marking a great partnership between the South Dublin Comhairle and their friends in Leitrim. It is inspiring to be here today to launch important, strong and powerful messages. These are messages which will ensure that young people are protected, safe and well. I know these...
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone TD, today welcomes the most recent inspection report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) into Oberstown Children Detention Campus (Oberstown). HIQA conducted a full inspection over five days, last March. The Minister said, “This report...
Dr Katherine Zappone TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, has today announced €1.74 million in grants for 128 targeted staff-led youth projectsand services across the country to fund small capital projects. The grants approved, support purchases of equipment and small scale projects, including the upgrade...
"I have decided today that funding of Scouting Ireland will be suspended for as long as the current Board of Directors remains in place. I was very concerned to learn of recent events, particularly the vote taken at the Board meeting on Saturday 22nd September to...
Putting Ireland top of the class for school completion ‘Joined up Educational Welfare Services will deliver for children, young people and families’ The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone, has announced plans for continuing and building upon the work in creating a joined up...
Children, parents and providers are set to benefit from improvements to the free pre-school ECCE scheme from this September. Childcare providers throughout the country will receive an increase of 7% in their capitation payments for the ECCE preschool programme in September. Childcare providers to receive 7% increase...
Minister Katherine Zappone opened the inaugural meeting at Government Buildings of the Collaborative Forum to facilitate dialogue and action on issues of concern to former residents of Mother and Baby Homes....