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Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I acknowledge the central role of the survivors affected by the Shannon report, who advocated for their right to be heard and for the harm that was done to them to be acknowledged. It is through their tireless activism that we have a report that is a testament to the truth as they have told us all along. I have had extensive and valuable engagements with Mick Finnegan since becoming...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The National Childcare Scheme income assessment system is a complex and multi-faceted tool to support a fair an progressive approach to calculation subsidies. Models to support calculations arising from parameter changes to the income assessment system are equally complex. Officials in my Department are currently assessing the change in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Missing Children (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under EU telecoms rules agreed in 2009, the 116 000 number is reserved in all EU member states for a missing children hotline. In Ireland, the 116 000 Missing Children Hotline (MCH) number is operated by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC). The MCH is not an emergency number but is available to provide emotional support and advice to young people and adults in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am very conscious of the hurt that continues to be felt by survivors and family members of the people who died while resident in Mother and Baby institutions. One of the most tragic aspects of what happened in the former institution in Bessborough is the uncertainty regarding the burial place of many children who were resident there. The investigation of burial arrangements in Mother...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since February 2022, my Department has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge following the invasion of Ukraine with over 78,000 people arriving in Ireland, including 57,000 who have sought accommodation from this Department. Overseeing provision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 24 and 25 January 2023, I led a delegation of officials from relevant government departments for the hearing before the Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. I was pleased to discuss in detail Ireland’s progress towards realising the rights of children and young people, and pleased to hear the views articulated by the Committee of independent experts that monitors...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are remedial works are being carried out currently in Dolcain House, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 to enable the property to receive a fire certificate for residential use. An application for a valid fire certificate for residential use has been applied for through the Local Authority. While the owners of the site continue to progress works on site, the timelines for approval on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since February 2022, my Department has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge following the invasion of Ukraine with over 78,000 people arriving in Ireland, including 57,000 who have sought accommodation from this Department. Overseeing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is the Government's intention that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) will monitor permanent International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres against national standards as part of transitional arrangements for moving to the new model. It is important that compliance with the national standards should be measured through on-site assessment. Planning is well...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I share the Cathaoirleach's welcoming of Ms Gibbons back to the committee. I thank the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee for inviting me to discuss matters relating to foster care. I recognise and acknowledge the enormous work foster carers do in this country. They are at the core of the alternative care system in Ireland and they provide a safe and stable home for thousands of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for his question and his earlier comments. I appreciate them, as will officials across my Department. Some of the measures I have set out are directly within the remit of my Department and some within those of other Departments. Going into budget 2024 negotiations, I have identified a key priority as being to increase the weekly foster care allowance. The Senator knows...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: By providing the once-off payments, I wanted there to be a recognition in this regard, not just someone saying it but a tangible recognition of at least one additional payment. As the Senator will be aware, we made once-off payments in several social welfare schemes as part of the budgetary package. That was something I was able to secure in working closely with Tusla. Similarly, changes...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputy Sherlock. I was very clear around the budget in particular when I met with both organisations individually but also when I spoke at the Irish Foster Care Association, IFCA, conference, which was a large gathering of foster parents. I recognised that there was real disappointment that there was not an increase to the weekly rate and that rests with me, as Minister. I was not...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As far as I know the rates are Civil Service rates but there is a high threshold for allowing a person actually to claim. That is why a person can do quite a lot of travelling and not actually be able to claim anything. It is abotu looking at where that is and recognising regional variations and so forth. As I said, I am sorry I cannot get into it in more detail today but we just received...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently considering the EPIC publication, looking in particular at children with a disability in the care system. It was a valuable contribution, as the contributions from EPIC usually are. We recognise the importance of making additional provision for children with a disability who are in the care system, particularly those in the fostering system. I spoke earlier to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I agree with the Deputy on the importance of recognition and agree that that recognition can take many forms and that different foster carers prioritise different elements of it according to their particular situation. For some it may be the immediate payment; for some it may be the issue of pensions in the longer term; for some it may be the institutional supports Tusla provides; and for...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy Creed is absolutely right not only on the volume of cases that social workers have to see but also on the complexity of the cases they need to address. One case can now take much longer than it may have done in the past due to its complex nature, as well as the complex needs of a young person a social worker may be dealing with. Tusla has been innovative regarding the recruitment...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I had a useful meeting with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, in the context of the recommendation in the Report of the Commission on Pensions about care and the recognition of unpaid care. There is a strong recommendation there. My Department and I, as Minister, are advocating that foster care would be part of that consideration. We had a good engagement with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Foster Care Issues: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: We do not have those figures but we can find them and will come back to the Deputy in writing on that issue.

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