Results 161-180 of 243 for going forward speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

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: I have always acknowledged the work that Deputy O'Reilly has done on this issue. We looked very closely at the Bill she put forward. We do not believe that the avenue indicated there around using the Organisation of Work Time Act is the right way to go. We are looking to create separate leave in the way that we have parental leave and maternity leave. We are looking to create a separate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...with the service in question and is providing appropriate support including: 1. Updating the manager on current and upcoming DCEDIY funding schemes, 2. Outlining the potential for the service, going forward. 3. Providing support and guidance to bring about a change of ownership of the service. The DCCC Development Officer has offered to call on site or virtually to provide advice and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of places is the idea of a schedule. We believe that the statement, which is not just a list, like a schedule, but actually gives some context to the documents being proposed, is a better way forward. That is why on each occasion the issue comes up, we believe the provision of a statement alongside the release of documents is better than the provision of a schedule. The Deputy raised...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in these organisations. We will do this in a number of ways. First, we must amend the law because the law does not facilitate the proper release of information. That is why we are bringing forward this legislation and we believe it crucial in beginning that change. We are bringing forward guidelines to ensure and copper-fasten that culture of release of information and the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...has developed from heads of Bill. Changes were made between the heads of Bill and the introduction of this draft legislation. Since the publication of the draft legislation, I have brought forward a set of important amendments, which have been agreed by this committee. In the context of the significant number of amendments that we discussed, I have agreed to go back to the Office of the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...12 of the Bill sets out the definition of what a "provided item" is. The whole purpose behind this legislation is to provide adopted people with information. We have discussed the various categories of information. However, its purpose is also to provide them with provided items. If anything was left for them by their family members, they should be entitled to it. That is why we have...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...be constitutionally flawed because there will be no recognition of privacy rights and this will be easily struck down by any future court. In terms of how the balancing mechanism we are bringing forward in this legislation works, an adopted person seeks access to their information. The agency looks at the contact preference register. Where a preference accepting contact is put on the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...have had to run and then for me to have made the point. If we accept there is a need for the balancing of constitutional rights, the question then is what is the best way to do this. I have set forward the reasons I believe, and more importantly why others believe, the information session and the provision of the conveying of the preference of the parent to the adopted person is the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in the area. Action 1 of the 22-point action plan in response to the commission's report referred to developing a new and enhanced model of engagement and we are looking at the proposal to bring forward a special advocate for survivors and former residents of mother and baby and county home institutions. This could look at providing a well-resourced and dynamic model of representation...

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...issues discussed. They include issues we are already working on to address so we can improve and strengthen the transport supports available to people with disabilities. I am glad that work is ongoing within the framework of the interdepartmental working group on transport in view of the different needs of people with disabilities around this country. We need to give this work the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... This transfer is an important step towards achieving a more equal Irish society and towards honouring the human rights of all people in Ireland, including people with disabilities. I look forward to working closely with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, on this new and important area of responsibility. Equally, I will continue to engage with the Minister for Health, Deputy...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to publish the new draft of the legislation by the end of this month and introduce it to the Oireachtas shortly afterwards. On the question of the enhanced model of stakeholder engagement, work is ongoing for a long-term mechanism where the views of the survivor community can be conveyed to the Government. As we know there are a very significant number of groups in the sector, some...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government-approved proposals for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme were developed taking a range of important matters into consideration, including the feedback from a public consultation process. As a result, the proposals go well beyond the recommendations of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation. In particular, the Scheme will include: - Women who spent...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...practitioners and others working with children and young people, as well as the wider public, the opportunity to input into the successor framework. This consultation seeks general views on what is going well in children and young people's lives, and what is not going well. I am looking forward to working with my officials to ensure the feedback we receive from the whole of society...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...particular, as members of the joint committee, for speaking about a number of recommendations we implemented in moving from the original draft of the Bill last May to the Bill published two weeks ago. It has been said in the House and on the national airwaves that no recommendations were implemented. A significant majority of the recommendations of the joint committee were implemented...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Order as a result of the Joint Labour Committee. I published a Workforce Plan for the sector today, which includes important actions to strengthen career pathways and support recruitment. The plan also maps out a positive way forward for the sector, and I believe the services will develop further in the years ahead. Regarding concerns raised in relation to the Early Childhood Care and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Poverty (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I see the successor strategy to Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures as being hugely important. There is always the decision of whether to go narrow and centralise the decision-making process or make it broad and ensure all parts of government are acting towards it. That is that balancing element. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, the policy framework that is ending now, has been really...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am aware that work is ongoing in the area of flexible working. Some of that is through my Department and some is through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I believe that a monitoring element would be really useful in the context of getting the take-up. We have seen a huge increase in the take-up of parental leave by both parents. Whereas originally and pre-pandemic it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child Abuse (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...allegations against one named adult. Two of these individuals were under 18 at the time of the abuse. All three people and the accused were volunteers with St. John Ambulance. A fourth man came forward in November 2020 and a fifth in recent months. It is my understanding that a Garda investigation is under way into all these allegations and also that a number of civil cases are in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...A lack of information about their origins is deeply troubling to many survivors and the remedy to address this is making sure that they have access to this information. Therefore, I have prioritised work on legislation that is going to achieve this important aim, in the form of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill. Consultation with survivors on the design of the Mother and...