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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the period 2020-2022, in addition to funding under my Department’s funding schemes, my Department and the State more broadly put in place a range of Covid-19 related supports for early learning and childcare services, estimated to cost €1 billion. The objective of these Covid-19 supports were to: - support providers’ sustainability to enable services return to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (13 Dec 2022)

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: Emergency Accommodation (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over 650 providers are currently in arrangements with my Department to provide accommodation to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. Over €50m has issued from my Department in November in respect of Ukraine accommodation and related costs. We are working rapidly to process all invoices received, with additional resources assigned. A further 17% increase in number of invoices...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The policy position of my Department is that nursing homes that were active since 1 September 2022 will not be considered for conversion to temporary accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, regardless of the amount of time that has passed since closure. As we head into the winter season, it is essential that capacity in the nursing home sector is preserved in order to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, My officials are collating the information in regard to this request currently and we expect to have the information with you early next week. The reason for this short delay is because the projected spend for 2023 will be available in the Revised Estimates Volume, which will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, I can confirm that as of 4 December there were 10,568 International Protection applicants in temporary accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). However, due to different room configurations, occupancy is not gathered on a room basis. As you are aware, under the Recast Reception Conditions Directive (SI 230 of 2018), my Department is legally...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, my officials are currently in negotiations in regard to the Dolcain House lease arrangement. As you are aware, I cannot comment on such negotiations as they are commercially sensitive. As of 11 December, there are 180 single males accommodated in Dolcain House. There are no families, children or couples accommodated in the facility. As of today there are almost 18,000 people...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, under the Recast Reception Conditions Directive (SI 230 of 2018), the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is legally required to provide accommodation to international protection applicants who seek it while their claim for international protection is being determined by the International Protection Office. As of 05 December 2022, there are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, it is not possible to provide the information sought due to the commercially sensitive nature of procurement negotiations. My Department cannot comment on plans for accommodation in any specific area pending the agreement of rates, terms and contracts with providers. However, I can assure you that the Department considers all offers of accommodation from all areas of the country and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this seeks further clarification on the information provided by Tusla regarding their operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy and I know that he has been contact with my Department and directly with me about some local providers. We have over the last number of months started over 650 individual contracts with hotels, guesthouses and bed and breakfasts. We have needed to upscale our ability to deal with that number of contracts. When the Deputy and others have asked, I have had additional...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government includes specific commitments that the Government will develop and implement a new Migrant Integration Strategy and a new National Strategy for Women and Girls, in addition to reviewing the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and ensuring that the successor strategy has a stronger outcomes focused approach. While initially due to conclude in 2020, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281 and 282 together. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24 February, and the invoking of the Temporary Protection Directive by the European Union shortly afterwards, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information being sought by the Deputy is currently being collated and the response will issue as soon as possible.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 33: In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “Amendment of Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 21.The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 45: “45A.(1) Subject to section 45, a person who was a member of the staff of the Human Rights...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 34: In page 21, to delete lines 7 to 9 and substitute the following: “(b) in section 41(7)— (i) by the substitution in paragraph (c)(iii) of “father or other parent” for “father”, (ii) by the substitution in paragraph (g) of “the occurrence of the dispute,” for “the occurrence of the dispute,...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 35: In page 21, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Amendment of Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 21.The Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 is amended— (a) in section 5(2), by the insertion of “In this section,” before ‘‘ ‘public body’ ”, (b) in section 25(2), by the insertion...