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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The numbers of civil servants on career break from my Department are shown in the tables below by year, month and grade. There was one civil servant on a career break longer than 5 years (less than 6 years) in 2023 and in January 2024. The Civil Service agencies under the aegis of the Department have responded directly to the Deputy in respect of their own organisations. 2024: ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The table below shows the number of vacancies by grade in the Department in 2023 and 2024. The agencies under the aegis of the Department will reply directly to the Deputy in respect of their own organisations. Month - Year Jun-23 Sep-23 Dec-23 Mar-24 Jun-24 Sep-24 Dec-24 SO (Service Officer) 2...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am advised by my colleagues in HR that no Department staff have had their career break extended beyond 5 years by the Department. All staff returning from career break have been assigned to appropriate vacancies and it has not been necessary to place any staff on a redeployment panel or consider facilitating them on a supernumerary basis. The Civil Service agencies under the aegis of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department employs a range of approaches to identify and address shortages of early learning and childcare places, bearing in mind the wide range of types of early learning and childcare provision offered by services and required by families. Last year, I established a Supply Management Unit within the Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Division of my Department. A key part...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The maximum number of children that can be detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus at any time is set by the Minister by way of a Certificate issued under sections 195 and 196 of the Children Act 2001. In accordance with section 195 of the Children Act 2001, the maximum number of children who may be detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus shall be 46 to include a maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of 5th January 2025, there are 990 people who are International Protection applicants residing in properties in County Clare, and of these, 291 are children with their families. The Department's responsibility to protect the right to confidentiality of each international protection (IP) applicant is set out in the International Protection Act 2015. Since 2024, the International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department are currently developing an annual workforce plan for 2025. Details on numbers of vacancies in the Department will not be available until the plan has been developed and received Management Board approval.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you Deputy for your question relating to services provided by Tusla at a HSE facility in Garranes, Carrigtwohill, County Cork. I have made contact with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and Tusla has informed me that they do not provide services from a facility in Garranes. Tusla has made enquiries with the Health Services Executive who have informed them that similarly the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm to the Deputy that while Áiseanna na hÓige is not a member of the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme to which core funding applies however, I note that Áiseanna na hÓige has received funding from its local Tusla office to support the delivery of its services. Work is ongoing to calculate the precise level of funding provided to Áiseanna na hÓige...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1152, 1162 and 1163 together. There have been significant improvements in the duration of family leaves for working families in recent years. The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 provides the relevant parent (other than the mother of the child) with 2 weeks paid paternity leave. S.6(5) of the Act limits this entitlement in the case of multiple births...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The accommodation provided to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine by my Department is temporary in its nature and it is not possible to develop tailored solutions for individuals or families. In seeking to address immediate accommodation needs, safety and security are the paramount considerations. The Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) is not in a position to guarantee...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your question, Deputy. There is significant pressure on the International Protection Accommodation system at present, and on the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) which manages the intake and movement of people seeking international protection. This has been the case since 2022, when numbers of people applying for International Protection in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1155, 1159, 1160, 1161 and 1164 together. The Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 introduced the legislative basis for gender pay gap reporting in Ireland. The Act requires organisations to report on their hourly gender pay gap across a range of metrics, including mean hourly remuneration, median hourly remuneration, bonuses and benefit in kind, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are a number of measures in place to support single parents. Queries regarding matters under the remit Departments can be directed to those Departments. Firstly in 2024, I announced that from 1 August, parents will be able to avail of 9 weeks paid Parent’s Leave and Benefit. This measure means that under the Parent’s Leave and Benefit schemes, the number of weeks that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1157 and 1158 together. As the Deputy will appreciate, my time as Minister is at an end, and it will be for the next Government to progress work in this critically important area. My Department leads on cross-government policy to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and the National Strategy for Women and Girls (NSWG)...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Enabling access to and availability of affordable high-quality early learning and childcare is a key Government priority. Considerable investment has taken place in recent years to improve the resourcing, quality and availability of early learning and childcare. Data available to my Department demonstrates that the level of capacity in the sector has risen substantially in recent years. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Act 2014 requires that a public body, in the course of it's functions, have regard to the elimination of discrimination and the equal opportunities and human rights of it's staff and service users. This obligation is known as the public sector equality and human rights duty. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Rights (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has written to me seeking approval for a draft Code of Practice on the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty which was prepared under s.31 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. In line with section 31(3) of the Act, the draft code is currently under review by officials in my Department. My officials will liaise with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1182, 1183, 1184 and 1185 together. Ireland is becoming ever more diverse and ongoing efforts are required across Government to ensure that Ireland is an equitable and inclusive place for all. Work is underway to develop a new national strategy for migrant integration, which will address ongoing and emerging needs in supporting integration in Ireland. To...