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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Exchequer funding for youth services is currently allocated on an annual basis in the Budgetary process. My Department is obliged to adhere to the public sector spending code, and therefore it is not possible to enter into multi-annual grant agreements with the youth organisations funded by my Department. However, so to support organisations to have greater certainty of funding on a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative (TYESI) provides funding to youth services to support young people aged 15 to 24 years who are not currently in education, training or employment. TYESI was first introduced in 2021, as the ‘Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative 2021-2022’. This initiative as evaluated in 2023, with recommendations informed the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Two Referendum Bills have passed all Stages in the Houses of the Oireachtas which will: - amend Article 41 of the Constitution to provide for a wider concept of Family; and - delete Article 41.2 of the Constitution to remove text on the role of women in the home, and to insert a new Article 42B to recognise family care. The Referendum is planned to take place on 8 March 2024. As the Bills...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (14 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (14 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department circulated to all staff guidance it received from the Department of an Taoiseach in respect of the application of the principles of the various Court judgments relevant to the Government’s role in referendum campaigns. It is the responsibility of An Coimisiún Toghcháin, under Chapter 5, Part 2 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022, to provide a general...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (14 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In line with a commitment in First 5, my Department appointed Stranmillis University College, Belfast to undertake an independent review of the ECCE programme. The review was designed to assess whether the ECCE Programme is meeting its core objectives and to identify any opportunities for enhancements that can be made to the Programme, based on international evidence and experience to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department are currently experiencing temporary issues in accessing the ESRI SWITCH Model, which is required to model complex changes to the National Childcare Scheme. Officials will revert to the Deputy directly as soon as possible once access is restored and an accurate estimate to the above scenario can be derived.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Two Referendum Bills have passed all Stages in the Houses of the Oireachtas which will: -amend Article 41 of the Constitution to provide for a wider concept of Family; and -delete Article 41.2 of the Constitution to remove text on the role of women in the home, and to insert a new Article 42B to recognise family care. The Referendum is planned to take place on 8 March 2024. As the Bills have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Investment in early learning and childcare is at unprecedented levels with public funding exceeding €1.1 billion in 2023 for early learning and childcare – a clear demonstration from Government of the value of the sector. The overwhelming majority of this funding is allocated through Together for Better, the new funding model. Together for Better brings together four strands,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Properties (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information is not available in the manner requested by the Deputy with respect to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) or in relation to International Protection applicants. However, data at local authority for BOTPs and at county level for IP applicants is presented in the two tables below. I can advise that my Department releases statistics in relation to BOTPs by local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As part of the whole of government humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine and the increase in those seeking International Protection, a range of measures have been put in place to respond to local need and the potential pressures on services. At a sectoral level, individual Departments have put in place processes to ensure there are systems to allow an appropriately targeted response to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, efforts within the Oireachtas to amend the Constitution to address the sexist wording contained within Article 41 go back to at least 1996, through the then Constitutional Review Group. In terms of the present proposals, the Deputy will also recall that the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality was established almost five years ago and its 100 members, over...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Child Benefit is a monthly payment of €140 to support parents and guardians which falls under the remit of the Department of Social Protection. If a child is not living with or being maintained by their parents, the person caring for the child may get Child Benefit. Child Benefit payments begin automatically from the month after birth once the child’s birth has been registered....