Results 101-120 of 244 for going forward speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to me, I will try to address some of their queries, many of which I know we will discuss on Committee and Report Stages. I would like to take the opportunity to set this Bill in the context of the Government's action plan and all that Government is doing in response to the needs of former residents and the legacy of these institutions. Unfortunately, Deputy Connolly is not present. She...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...harsh conditions, emotional abuse and other forms of mistreatment, stigma and trauma, experienced by people while resident in a mother and baby or county home institution. I reiterate that the Government is under no illusion that there is any financial payment or service provision that could make up for the immense pain and suffering endured by so many of our citizens whose lives have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: White Papers (25 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for raising this extremely important matter, which is close to my heart. We emphasised this matter when we brought forward the White Paper to end direct provision in February of last year. I will outline some of the achievements that have been made since the White Paper was published. We created a unit within my Department to implement the White Paper. We established...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to this debate today and yesterday. The Government is committed to ensuring that every child gets the best start in life and to supporting parents to spend more time with their children in those precious years at the start of life. This Bill provides additional flexibility to ensure that parents and carers can be supported to balance their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...them, all of them can provide benefits to foster carers as well. We have to look at the response to foster carers in terms of the suite of alternative care policies that Tusla is bringing forward right now on foster carers, on residential care and on aftercare and all the measures that my Department takes, that Tusla takes and, indeed, that the Government takes in response to each of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised) (12 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... In Killarney, we had a situation where there was a hotel that could accommodate such applicants. The reason the Department sought to move international applicants there is that, three weeks ago, as the Deputy will recall, we were not able to provide accommodation for them over a five-day period and people were being turned away. I want to avoid that situation recurring. Much as I...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on a range of UNCRPD measures. In order for that to happen, I am currently bringing legislation through both Houses. The Assisted Decision-making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 has cleared the Dáil and is going through the Seanad at the moment. We recently finished Committee Stage and I look forward to completing Report Stage and bringing it back to the Dáil to approve the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...committee and other survivors of these institutions on the record and for that to form part of the historical record. It is not just an archive that we are looking to create here. This is going to be part of the wider Government response in the centre for research and remembrance, which we hope to base in Seán McDermott Street. It will be designed by experts who have the most...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Testimonies Provided by Survivors of Mother and Baby Homes: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...I spoke about trying to ensure that the testimonies of persons who appeared before the confidential committee were on the public record. I said explicitly then that I did not know how this was going to be done because we had nothing prepared at that stage. From my point of view there was not a proposal in June 2021. On the wider issue, and Deputy Cairns's statement about me ignoring...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Equality Issues (29 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...always feel safe in public spaces. They continue to experience unacceptable levels of harassment, violence and discrimination. LGBTI+ people also face particular health issues. Therefore, we, in Government, have more work to do and we are committed to doing so. I am here to discuss the Government's plans to progress the ban on the abhorrent practice of conversion therapy in Ireland....

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Mental Health Act 2001 shall be construed following amendments made to those Acts in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill. I wish to speak also to amendment No. 58, which is a Government amendment in the group. Amendment No. 58 proposes changes to the application of the 2015 Act, including decision support arrangements and the validity of advance healthcare...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to the work being undertaken by the Department of Health on the reform of the Mental Health Act 2001, heads of Bill were published earlier this year. My understanding is they have gone or are going through the pre-legislative scrutiny process with the committee. Once that pre-legislative scrutiny process is over, the outcome will influence the final draft that will be brought to Cabinet....

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in a 2023 situation are relevant to this issue and those Senator Warfield listed out in terms of the issues that the Mental Health Commission has raised. That is why it is incumbent on all of us, Government and Opposition, to get mental health reform through both Houses of the Oireachtas. I am certainly committed, and I am more committed having gone through this process, to using my role...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...consideration. Consideration has been given to this already and the existence of the court friend process was seen as a mechanism to provide greater oversight. It is something we can consider going forward.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (28 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...directives, but because the wider issue has not been resolved, we will not be able to resolve it in the context of this one piece of legislation. I accept the legitimate arguments brought forward. There are constitutional issues. Constitutionally, someone under the age of 18 years is a child and there are issues in terms of the rights of parents towards their children.We have come a...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Senators for their contributions and their support in passing this critical legislation. The move away from wardship is long overdue. It represents a huge step forward in further aligning Ireland with our commitments under the UNCRPD. Senators have spoken very eloquently about how the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act was passed in 2015 and for seven years we have seen no...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...was debate on this matter in the past. This legislation came through in the previous Oireachtas but was not passed. I am very hopeful we will get it passed today, which will be an important step forward. One of the topics of debate related to whether there should be mandatory appointment of GALs. What we have done in the Bill is provide a strong presumption in favour of appointment,...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: We are not going to be in a position to accept the two amendments being put forward. With regard to amendment No. 1, our position is that the use of the word “represent”, which the Senator seeks to insert through the first amendment, could be interpreted to mean active representation by a GAL. This would conflict with the policy position that a guardian ad litem is not a party...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...come this September. That is important because we want core funding to be in a position to deliver additional places. The Deputy is correct that availability is an issue. Core funding will go some way to improving the availability of services, but we also need to look to the capital programme that my Department is bringing forward. We received funding of €70 million under the...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...later this evening. I thank the Senators for putting forth this set of amendments. I know we discussed similar amendments in the Seanad on Committee Stage here and in the Dáil, and I am not going to be in a position to accept these amendments. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, seek to alter the definition of principal land, as Senator Ruane said, and the conditions for making a...