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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Children in Care (25 Jan 2022)

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: Protected Disclosures (25 Jan 2022)

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: Nursing Homes (25 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am not in a position to comment on these matters which are more appropriate for the attention of my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). Tusla is funded from my Department through Vote 40. My Department does not have a capital budget for this DSGBV. Capital funding for approved housing bodies, including services that provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Work on the implementation of the new model of accommodation envisaged by the White Paper to End Direct Provisionis underway. Under that plan, income support payments and integration supports are intended to be in place before International Protection applicants will move to the new system. Good progress is being made on these fronts, along with development in parallel of new accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the last number of months the Transition Team has been working closely with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Housing Agency and the County and City Managers Association on developing the new accommodation model. This has included the development of an allocation key which sets out the number of applicants to be accommodated in each Local Authority once the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My officials have estimated that the total income to the sector of both public funding and parental fees is approximately €1 billion. 60% of the sector's income is estimated to come from the State with the remaining 40% from parental fees. The Deputy will be aware that the amount of State funding provided to the sector continues to increase. Budget 2022 makes provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: To estimate the wage bill of the sector, my officials have analysed data from the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2019/20, gathered in Spring 2020. This analysis estimates the (pre-Covid-19) wage bill. This data is assessed to be a better predictor of likely wage costs during Covid-19, given the distorting impact of both public health measures and the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme on pay...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (26 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Irish Sign Language Act was signed into law on 24thDecember 2017 and it was jointly commenced by Minister Rabbitte and me on 23rdDecember 2020. Implementing the Irish Sign Language Act requires a whole of government approach. As such, all public bodies have obligations to fulfill. Under section 10 of the Act, my Department has an important role to play in monitoring the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (26 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (26 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (1 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Strategy for Women and Girls, adopted by Government in 2017, provides a whole-of-Government framework through which women’s empowerment continues to be advanced. In view of the significant impact of COVID-19 on planned work, the implementation of the Strategy was extended from 2020 to the end of 2021. The first progress report was published in March 2019. A report on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (1 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Cost of Disability in Ireland report was commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and prepared by Indecon International Research Economists. It was published in December 2021. It provides important evidence of the additional costs that people with a disability face in their day-to-day lives. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to use research into...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (1 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since September 2018, all children within the eligible age range of minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months to 5 years and 6 months are eligible for a full two programme years on the ECCE programme. The upper age limit of 5 years and 6 months for ECCE was set in consultation with the Department of Education and ensures that children transition into primary school with their peers....