Results 81-100 of 244 for going forward speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is important to state that the issue is not about whether to provide domestic leave but about the issue of the rate. That was misstated earlier. The introduction of new leave is negotiated with the social partners with whom the Government engages. As part of that engagement, some small employer groups raised real and genuine concerns, considering their circumstances, about the...

Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to further examine the issues raised in the Bill alongside existing work to examine the workplace impact of pregnancy loss and miscarriage leave.". I thank Deputies Cronin and O'Reilly for bringing forward this Private Member's Bill which the Government will not be opposing, although we will be seeking a 12-month timed amendment. I am not a dad myself but I know that the grief of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the UN committee. It is delayed significantly at UN level. I had assumed it would take place this year but it could well not happen before 2024. As Minister, I would have found it useful to have gone through that process. I have done it for the human rights committee and next week, I will be doing it for the Committee on the Rights of the Child. I will go to Geneva to go through that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...approach. By having it in my Department we can have a more rights-focused approach to the issue of disability and ensure we are not just seeing it through a health lens. That change is not going to happen overnight but it is an important first step towards a structural change in how we approach the issue. On the tangible change that is going to deliver for people, I always try to be as...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...this Bill which will introduce five days' paid domestic violence leave. Addressing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has always been a priority of mine, and I am pleased to be able to bring forward these legislative amendments which will mean that Ireland will now become one of the first countries in Europe to introduce a right to paid leave for victims of domestic violence.On...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...set out a range of objectives for this legislation, one of which was to ensure that where a trans person becomes pregnant, they can avail of maternity leave in the same way as anybody else and that goal continues to be achieved in this Bill. My concern is not with how we achieve the goal but with achieving it and we have done that. I am very happy to make changes to legislation when...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...single additional once-off cost of living payment for each child in foster care to be paid at the rate of €325 for a child under 12 and €352 for a child over 12. Although this payment will go some way to alleviate the immediate financial pressures foster carers are facing, I see it as one part of a wider body of work required to improve the supports available to foster...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...recommitted to Committee Stage and this is the purpose of this motion. We are advised the right to request remote working amendments do not require the Bill to be recommitted so my contribution is going to focus on the information and tracing amendments but I will also briefly address the right to request remote working element as well. I am bringing forward an amendment to the Birth...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...s life are being discussed in some of these cases and I question the appropriateness of having journalists there. Nevertheless, the possibility is open in respect of a regulation-making power and if a good case is made to subsequent Ministers for Justice and for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, then there is at least the possibility that other classes of people could...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of disability and has discretion and a strong record with regard to engagement with all necessary persons and organisations in the conduct of its functions. With regard to amendment No. 28 and Government amendment No. 29, there was discussion on Committee Stage and in the Dáil with regard to the make up of the committee. I agreed with Senators Black and Warfield to look at this....

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report Stage (29 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...A previous Dáil took the steps necessary to address this but those provisions have not been in operation. We will have to bring this legislation through one final session in the Dáil and I look forward to doing that before the Christmas recess. I am very grateful to Senators for their engagement. This legislation is stronger for the process it has gone through, notwithstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (22 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to an independent learning review commissioned by the organisation, the purpose of which was to examine the historical reported instances of sexual abuse to identify learnings for the organisation going forward. Separately, the Department as a provider of substantial grant funding to the organisation took a number of steps to satisfy itself in relation to current safeguarding and...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The key change we are seeking to introduce is that, going forward, we would look for a hotel-based accommodation and we would provide a bed-only accommodation. As the Deputy knows, many Ukrainians are working and others are obviously availing of social welfare protection. It would be open to them to use their income to support their living expenses, whereas their accommodation expenses...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... In terms of the assistance from other Departments, and particularly in terms of the move to a longer-term accommodation approach, we are working closely with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. That Department, through the local authorities, will take the lead action in terms of the new vacant homes call that will come at the end of the month. As the Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (17 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would certainly be happy to engage with the joint committee on this issue. We can continue to be reasonably proud as country that when children are taken into care, 89% of them go to foster care rather than residential. That is a strong proportion compared to other European countries. We want to avoid any child going into care but where it is necessary, it is good that it is in a family...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Law Cases (17 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., Deputy McEntee, brings in her reforms as to where these cases take place but also the processes around them, we can start to better weave in the best interests principle in all court cases going forward.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The sort of schemes that relied on evidence being brought forward have been replaced. The stolen generation scheme in Australia originally used an evidence-based approach but moved to a time-based approach, talking about a common experience. We believe a time-based approach is the right way to go to recognise the impact on individuals of time spent in these institutions. That is the basis...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...we are on the cusp of this new change in bringing in this new type of legislation and that recognises the importance we place on supporting victims of domestic violence. It is part of the overall Government response to the epidemic of domestic violence and links in with the work the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, is pursuing in the third national strategy. In terms of the use of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...quantitative research piece and a final output piece. We have commissioned it so there will be a plain English element to that. That might be something the Deputy and I can touch base on as we go forward. On Deputy O'Reilly's comment on the daily rate, the regulations are not drafted yet but I will bear in mind what she is saying. We will consider that in terms of the response. ...