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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme incorporates two kinds of subsidy towards the cost of quality of childcare. The universal subsidy is available to all parents of children aged between 24 weeks and 36 months (or until the child qualifies for the Early Childhood Care and Education programme if later). The universal subsidy is set at a rate of €0.50 per hour and is available for up to 45...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), which launched in June 2016, is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Its goal is to empower pre-school providers to deliver an inclusive pre-school experience, ensuring that every eligible child can meaningfully participate in the ECCE programme and reap...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme, and provides direct funding to counselling services that operate from certain FRCs around the country. As the Deputy's question concerns an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested that Tusla respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding for the provision of youth services is administered on behalf of my Department by the Education and Training Boards, which allocate funding via applications to the UBU Your Place Your Spacescheme. This scheme is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 24 who are, or are at risk of becoming, disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable. Targeted annual youth funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding for the provision of youth services is administered on behalf of my Department by the Education and Training Boards, which allocate funding via applications to the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. This scheme is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 24 who are, or are at risk of becoming, disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable. Targeted annual youth funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Protected Disclosures (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to inform the Deputy that it is not appropriate for me to comment on individual cases under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014. I can, however, assure the Deputy that the issues raised by the person concerned with my predecessor were examined. Based on the assurances provided, Minister Zappone was satisfied that the issues raised were being actively managed by Tusla. The person...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters was established by Government on 17th February 2015 (S.I. No. 57 of 2015). In establishing the Commission, the Government noted that the investigation and associated additional demands on the Department of Children and Youth Affairs were estimated to cost €21.5m, exclusive of third party legal costs....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his question on this pressing matter. I am extremely concerned with the plight of the refugees in Moria following the fires there, especially young people who are without parents or family in the camp. Ireland has committed to bringing four children from Moria in the coming weeks. The state’s capacity to bring unaccompanied children to Ireland is determined by...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has received this correspondence from the Deputy on behalf of his constituent. My staff are currently looking into the issues raised and a formal reply will issue from my office shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: EU Directives (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that there are no EU directives as referred to in the question under my Department's current remit.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554 and 555 together. The allocations under Budget 2021 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2021. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. In recent years, funding for the provision of youth services has increased on an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Student Support Schemes (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am not in a position to comment as these responsibilities have not yet transferred to my Department. These matters are more appropriate for the attention of my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. The transfer of functions process is ongoing in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Deportation Orders (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department of Justice and Equality is the body responsible for immigration, asylum and deportation issues. There is no formal notification by the Department of Justice to either the Minister or Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when a child is deported, either with their family, or in circumstances when they are unaccompanied. In determining whether to make a deportation order in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Correspondence (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm for the Deputy that I have received the document referred to on the 30th September 2020, and it was acknowledged by my office on the same day.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The reopening of the early learning and care and school-age childcare sector and the resumption of services has been positive to date. By 5 October 4, 473 (99% of all services) has signed a funding agreement with my Department to operate a childcare funding scheme, and scheme and child registrations for ECCE, NCS, CCS and TEC are higher than the same period last year. The HSPC...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department has engaged a third-party company, Kantar Media, in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to provide the Department with a service that monitors both traditional and online media outlets. This takes the form of the provision of press cuttings from both print and online media. We do not have a contract with a third party company to conduct social media monitoring or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: As requested, please find details in the table below of the number of staff in my Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020 and the number of sick days accounted for by my Department over the period. MONTH YEAR No of Staff on Sick Leave No of Sick Leave Days March 2019 31 ...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Chair for her kind words and congratulate her on her appointment as Chair of this committee. I look forward to working with her and all members of the select committee and joint committee on both the financial matters in my Department and on the busy legislative schedule that we will have over, hopefully, the next years. I look forward to the committee's input and working closely...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The point on the transfer of functions is important. The functions will come over in two phases. The first is the transfer from the Department of Justice and Equality. I had hoped the delegation would be before today's Cabinet meeting but I expect it at next week's Cabinet meeting, with an official date of the transfer of function the following week. I am aware I have said that for two...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The number of social workers leaving the profession or retiring has eclipsed the number of new recruits in many individual years. This is a major issue, but it was not the case during 2020. I should single out an initiative taken by Tusla under its chief executive, Mr. Bernard Gloster, to convert agency staff to full-time staff. That has been extremely successful and has provided 140...