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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Fire Safety (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In January 2021, I launched a capital funding programme to make fire safety grants available to early learning and childcare services.  The purpose of the grants, which were between €1, 000 and €10, 000,  was to support services to carry out remedial works required to receive a Fire Safety Certificate. The closing date for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The introduction of the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) was a landmark moment for making high quality childcare more affordable and accessible to families in Ireland. The NCS provides financial support to help parents meet the cost of childcare and, to support better outcomes for children.  The NCS entails a fundamental shift away from subsidies grounded in social protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The €69 million to which the Deputy refers is for the new core funding stream. Core funding will be a payment directly to Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare (ELC and SAC) providers who sign up to participate. A condition was this funding is that providers will not to increase parents’ fees for ELC and SAC. Core funding will be available from September 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The introduction of the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) was a landmark moment for making high quality childcare more affordable and accessible to families in Ireland. The NCS provides financial support to help parents meet the cost of childcare and to support better outcomes for children.  Subsidies can be income assessed or universal. Whereas up to now, the universal subsidy...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022 I have secured an additional €78m in early years and school age childcare funding, bringing the total investment in the sector to €716m next year. This will allow my department to bring forward a substantial and comprehensive package of developments to achieve significant progress on its policy priorities of affordability, quality and sustainability of ELC. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022 I have secured an additional €78m in early learning and care and school age childcare funding, bringing the total investment in the sector to €716m next year. This will allow my Department to bring forward a substantial and comprehensive package of developments to achieve significant progress on its policy priorities of affordable, high quality, inclusive and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022 I have secured an additional €78m in early learning and care and school age childcare funding, bringing the total investment in the sector to €716m next year. The €716 million investment in ELC and SACincludes €69 million for a new Core Funding stream for providers in 2022.This will allow my Department to bring forward a substantial and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022 I have secured an additional €78m in early learning and care and school age childcare funding, bringing the total investment in the sector to €716m next year. This will allow my Department to bring forward a substantial and comprehensive package of developments to achieve significant progress on its policy priorities of affordable, high quality, inclusive and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department currently has two office areas: - 2nd and 3rd floors, Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 - 58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2; and - 2nd and 3rd floors, Montague Court, 7 - 11 Montague Street, Dublin 2.  My Department has occupied its headquarters in Miesian Plaza since May 2018. This building is leased by the OPW - the rent is paid...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not currently rent or own any offices which are not in use by my Department. My Department has two office areas: - 2nd and 3rd floors, Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 - 58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2; and - 2nd and 3rd floors, Montague Court, 7 - 11 Montague Street, Dublin 2.  Both of these offices are occupied on a daily basis.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 to 660, inclusive, together. My Department currently allocates targeted youth funding of €41.8 million through the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. The mission of the scheme is to provide out-of-school supports to marginalised, disadvantaged or vulnerable young people in their communities to enable them to overcome adverse...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The play-pod model in ELC and SAC settings is recommended as an alternative to social distancing. The purpose of ‘play-pods’ is to limit the number of people a child has contact with, and to support close, positive interactions between children and their adult caregivers. This system also reduces the amount of contact adults have with each other. The HSE has not given any date...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla may enter arrangements with organisations to provide child and family services or services associated with the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. Section 59 of the Act provides for similar arrangements through a grant or contribution in kind to non-profit organisations for services supplemental to those provided by the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and I had the opportunity to go out and meet some of those families yesterday. We have engaged with many of them over recent months. There has been substantial engagement between my Department, the Ministers, Deputies McEntee and Donnelly, and the Attorney General on this matter. It is an issue we discussed recently at Cabinet. The Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Pregnancy loss is a heartbreaking experience for parents and my sympathies are with every person who has suffered such a loss. I can confirm to the Deputy that there is currently no provision for statutory leave where a pregnancy loss occurs prior to 24 weeks. However, my Department has been examining this issue and intends to commission research to examine how best to support working...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department does not directly provide after school childcare, but my Department does provide a range of supports for any body who wishes to set up an early learning and childcare or after school childcare service. Any school which wants to set up an after-school service, and which registers with Tulsa, will be able to access the National Childcare Scheme funding which may reduce the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question. Please see below the data in tabular form that we have received from our colleagues in Tusla, showing the number of private foster carers approved in the past 36 months by Tusla area. Please note that this data includes both private and Brussels II foster carers, as the data is collected combined: It should be noted that data is collected...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question. Please see below data in tabular form that we have received from our colleagues in Tusla on the number of relative/general foster carers approved over the last 36 months by Tusla area. We wish to advise that Tusla cannot provide a breakdown of relative foster carers and general foster carers as they collect the figures combined - thus the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy is aware, the Government has taken an active role in supporting those wishing to leave Afghanistan. It has focused on supporting human rights defenders, activists, LGBTI+ individuals, journalists and judges. To date letters of waiver have been issued in respect of 489 people. Some 285 people have arrived in the country. The International Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) is...