Results 141-160 of 244 for going forward speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of the iceberg. I agree. We made additional changes in this area during Committee Stage in the Dáil. We are resourcing a specialist tracing service. It can work in two ways. First, if an individual comes forward with a strong belief or a piece of information that suggests that he or she was the subject of illegal birth registration, he or she can engage with that specialist...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In December 2021, Government adopted the 25 recommendations contained in an Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC). The new funding model will support delivery of ELC and SAC for the public good, for quality and affordability for children, parents and families. To achieve this, there...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...The provision allows for adapting the work of the office in line with the request of the director. This in turn reflects the reality that, at the start of any intervention, there is probably often going to be a high degree of uncertainty in regard to what the office or the director are going to encounter at the site. We have an idea of what is happening in Tuam because there has already...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...once the office of the director is dissolved at the end of the process, which is when the final report would emerge. I appreciate the Deputy's concern. How we resolve it is complex so we must go back. I am not sure if we will be able to resolve it but I commit to checking with my officials whether there is a mechanism whereby we can ensure at least one attendance is possible following...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Murphy and Murnane O'Connor referred to the problems we have with that with this postcode lottery. That is not acceptable and must be addressed. This is what we are seeking to do by bringing forward this legislation. I want to address some of the issues that came up, in particular the issue of the appointments. Deputy Funchion, a number of her colleagues in Sinn Féin and Deputy...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the late 1990s. I know there have been disputes around its interpretation but that Supreme Court decision has had that restrictive effect. That court case indicates there are individuals who will go all the way to the Supreme Court because of their concern about their privacy rights. I do not question that judgment call but it is why so many of the attempts to legislate in this area...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...birth registrations - there was illegality involved in many such adoptions - and the use of the word "incorrect" in the legislation. I made the point that in my communications and those of the Government, in which we have engaged extensively with groups of people who have been subject to illegal birth registrations, we have always used that language of "illegal birth registrations". I...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the reference to early life and care definitions being subject to subsection 2(2), while amendment No. 17 deletes subsection 2(2) completely, thus removing that limitation. I know that Deputies brought forward similar amendments on Committee Stage and, in response, I stated that I would seek to have this timeline removed, subject to consultation with the Office of the Attorney General....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...that a total of 24,036 offers of accommodation have been pledged through the Irish Red Cross portal. Of these pledges, 5,714 are for independent units and 18,322 are for shared accommodation. Work is on-going involving a number of stakeholders to draw down these pledges. Overseen by the Irish Red Cross, assisted by the Defence Forces and others, over 1,200 calls are now being...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1106 and 1121 together. In December 2021, Government adopted the 25 recommendations contained in an Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC). The new funding model will support delivery of ELC and SAC for the public good, for quality and affordability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...that a total of 24,036 offers of accommodation have been pledged through the Irish Red Cross portal. Of these pledges, 5,714 are for independent units and 18,322 are for shared accommodation. Work is on-going involving a number of stakeholders to draw down these pledges. Overseen by the Irish Red Cross, assisted by the Defence Forces and others over 1,200 calls are now...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I look forward to examining that proposal because it is not the motion before us today. It is really valuable to have that figure. Deputies from Sinn Féin have today highlighted both the problems of pay and fees. In its pre-budget submission, Sinn Féin kind of conflated those and suggested that one figure can contribute to addressing both of those problems. Those are two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. That is the reason that I am bringing forward a package of €221 million in core funding for the childcare sector in a full year. That money is primarily designed to address the issue specifically raised by the Deputy on the rates of pay that our fantastic childcare professionals receive at the moment. Core funding, dependent on the employment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Registration of Births (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...all agree it did not deliver what survivors of institutions were seeking. Deputy Tully spoke about accountability. One of the key issues with a truth commission is that it requires people to come forward on a non-statutory basis. As a result, what everybody seeks to achieve from an inquiry may not be delivered from a truth commission model as opposed to a commission of inquiry model,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: We are bringing forward €221 million per year in funding. This is a significant State investment, as everyone recognises. The bulk of that money is linked to the delivery of the ERO. We all know how poorly childcare professionals are paid. I see, Government sees and it is seen across the House the ERO as the means to deliver that. That money has to be contingent on the ERO. If we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...wording in front of us and the legislation is passed, any referendum is potential so we will just have to accept that. However, I am very clear that we want to bring the constitutional changes forward. We do not have a date as yet. I must be upfront that there is no date. Aside from responding to the committee's invitation, one of the reasons I am eager to be here today is to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...this committee is engaged. The Senator is correct; this has been glacially slow but much work has been taking place. The problem is that there has not been an agreement in terms of whether we just go with the deletion of Article 41.2 or do we replace it, and, if so, what with, how and in what elements? Much work was done in the previous Oireachtas and it fell at the last hurdle. I feel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...across Government to not have a back to normal approach to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. We will have a major chance. That is why we are seeing responsibility for services going out of my Department. I regret that, because I was passionate about it and delivered a significant increase in funding for Tusla in the last two budgets for domestic, sexual and gender-based...