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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 Deputy Costello. A draft retention framework is being trialled in a number of Tusla regions where the issue of retention is very significant. There are other areas where the issue is not as significant. The turnover in social workers is approximately 7.3% across the organisations, but there are variations. Some regions are regarded as tougher and may have built up issues, case...

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 am glad to hear the Deputy raise the issue of domestic violence because it is something that I feel particularly passionate about. Tusla funds most of the domestic violence refuges and €750,000 was provided during the Covid crisis to support Tusla in taking the basic measures around ensuring they had additional personal protective equipment, PPE, within the services. Many refuges...

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: -----and it has one in Blanchardstown as well which is not far from me. A refuge was also opened in Galway so we are seeing a gradual expansion of the number of refuges but more needs to be done, particularly now that we have signed up to the Istanbul Convention, which places further obligations on us. On mental health, I have met with Jigsaw since I have been elected. It has done great...

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: As the Deputy noted, €64 million is a very small amount in the grand scheme of things but the value the State gets from that investment is absolutely huge. The value we get from youth work is incredible. The sector never shut down during Covid but just went online. I have met various groups over the last number of weeks, including Foróige, the National Youth Council of Ireland...

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 am happy to respond in writing to that point once I get that correspondence from the Deputy. With regard to schools, I absolutely take the point. As the Deputy knows, schools and childcare facilities remain open all the way up to level five, and that is because of their importance from an educational point of view but also from a socialising point of view for children and young people....

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 Deputy. On an initial point, the Revised Estimate we are looking at today relates to decisions taken at Budget 2020, therefore last year. When I come back to the committee next year, I will be dealing with a full year of decisions that l will have made as Minister. The position of youth services is as of what was allocated in last year's budget. As I stated earlier in response...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. A child must have reached 2 years and 8 months of age on or prior to 31 August of the relevant programme year to be eligible for the September start date, and a child cannot turn 5 years and 6 months of age during the course of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (1 Oct 2020)

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 Tula respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (1 Oct 2020)

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 Tula respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to her on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to her on this matter. 

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to her on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Register (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that this is not a matter for my Department.  I ask her to refer to the Minister for Health, who may be in a position to advise on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The total funding that was available for the 2020 Childminder Development Grant round, which has now closed to applicants, was €250,000. The Childminder Development Grant provides up to €1,000 to assist childminders who are providing a childminding service in their own homes, to enhance quality and safety in the service through the purchase of small capital items, equipment,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (1 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: 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, 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 annual basis. Between 2016 and 2020 the annual current youth funding available to my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (1 Oct 2020)

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.

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: "commits strongly to the principle that Government should ensure the best start possible for every child, underpinned by the principles of social justice, equality and fairness; recognises the need for a renewed, target-led, cross-Departmental approach to tackling child...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) was first launched in November 2019. There are currently over 30,200 children who are subject to a claim by childcare providers. This is the highest number of child registrations on NCS to date and in comparative terms more children are registered for my Department’s schemes overall than were registered at the same time last year. While the NCS...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla has a national research office with a view to meeting its statutory obligation to under Section 8 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to undertake and commission research. Considerable information is available in this regard on Tusla's website .  As the Deputy's question concerns operational matters, I have requested that Tusla respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy's question concerns an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have requested that Tusla respond to the Deputy directly.