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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The following are the amounts expended by the Department on advertising and awareness-raising initiatives directly on foot of COVID-19, from March 2020 to-date. Department Initiative Media Organisation Total Spend Reopening of Childcare Inventive Marketing Ltd t/a KICK Communications €2,804 Reopening of Childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The supply of, and demand for, ELC and SAC places is currently monitored annually through the Early Years Sector Profile report. This survey is conducted by Pobal on behalf of my Department. Data from the 2018/2019 programme year, indicates that existing childcare provision, in general, meets current demand nationwide in terms of capacity, whilst recognising that small pockets of under...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The supply of, and demand for, ELC and SAC places is currently monitored annually through the Early Years Sector Profile report. This survey is conducted by Pobal on behalf of my Department. Data from the 2018/2019 programme year, indicates that existing childcare provision, in general, meets current demand nationwide in terms of capacity, whilst recognising that small pockets of under...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department funds numerous childcare schemes to help parents’ access quality childcare at a more affordable cost, these include: - The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) which launched in November 2019 and replaced a number of pre-existing childcare support programmes and the universal childcare subsidy with a single scheme to help parents meet the cost of quality childcare, - Community...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5: A Whole of Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families, published in November 2018, sets out an ambitious programme of work across Government Departments to improve the experiences and outcomes of children in Ireland from birth to age 5 across all aspects of their lives in the coming ten years. Included in First 5 is a commitment to designing a new Funding Model...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (12 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I welcome the Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” and my Department accepts its recommendations in full. The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department has embarked upon a series of actions, planned for the short to medium term which will build upon existing work to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Probation and Welfare Service (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I welcome the report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) “Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision” and my Department accepts its recommendations in full. I am pleased that the recommendations of Dr Muldoon's Office are being acted on by all of the relevant agencies. While a good deal of work has been undertaken in the past number of years to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Years Sector (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials of my Department are currently in correspondence with the parents of the child referred to by the Deputy, and a final decision will issue to them shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Workplace Relations Commission (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 560, 562, 566 and 570 together. In August 2019, the union referred to by the Deputy, which represents the managers of the County Childcare Committees (CCC) and the CCC Boards of Management, who are the employers of CCC staff, engaged in a review of CCC managers’ pay. The employers and the union agreed that the CCC manager should be regraded from a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The ongoing management of the organisation referred to by the Deputy is a matter for its Board, including the challenges being presented due to the recent Covid-19 restrictions. My Department provides substantial funding to this organisation, which plays an important role in providing young people with opportunities for developmental experiences and informal learning. All of the youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563, 564 and 565 together. The health and wellbeing of all residents being provided accommodation and ancillary service by my Department is the highest priority for both myself and my officials in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). This is particularly so at this time. I can confirm that there are no particular concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, I have referred the question to IHREC for response directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department will allocate €70m in funding to various youth services across the country in 2021. To ensure that this funding meets need and is governed appropriately we rely on the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) who cover mainland and offshore needs, and various national youth organisations. Each ETB has a Youth Officer leading on youth services. Officials hold quarterly...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policy Reviews (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures – The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, 2014-2020 concluded at the end of 2020. A final Annual Report for 2020 is due for publication by the year end. Progression of a new framework, policy successor to Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures,has been delayed until 2022. This decision has been made in light of Covid-19, and two...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In reply to the Deputy's questions, I wish to confirm that the 50 people to be resettled to Ireland from Greece have already been granted international protection in Greece; none of the 50 has yet arrived in Ireland; the timeframe for the completion of the proposed relocations will depend on the completion of selection interviews, scheduled for June, and security clearances; upon their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My colleague, Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte T.D., recently announced her intention to establish a Working Group to develop an Autism Innovation Strategy. The focus of the strategy in the short term will be to deliver real and tangible solutions to the challenges, needs and experiences of people with autism. The Autism Innovation Strategy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can advise the Deputy that my Department and its agencies have not provided funding to An Taisce in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021. No allocation has been made in my Department to fund An Taisce in the remainder of 2021.