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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: No, Chairman. I thank the Deputies for their questions. I also thank my officials for the support in terms of the briefing material.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the current allocation, I do not have a budgetary line for interim payments right now. I will still continue to work with the committee and Deputies as we bring this legislation through.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government is committed to continuing to reduce the costs of childcare. We have taken important measures in this year's budget to provide core funding to childcare providers to enable them to better pay their staff, so we can get that quality and we can retain staff in the sector. In exchange for that, we will get the fee-freeze mechanism, which will be the first time in the State we...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In December 2021 as part of a new suite of measures aimed at supporting Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Aged Childcare (SAC) services during the Omicron wave of COVID-19, I provided €10 million through a Grant Programme for Improved Ventilation and other measures to reduce transmission. The objective of the grant programme is to support infection control in services,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, as international travel restrictions have lifted, there has been an increase in the number of new arrivals seeking international protection in Ireland. In the period from 4 October 2021 to 6 February 2022, 2,969 new arrivals have sought International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) accommodation. This increase, if unaddressed, would place significant...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 to 109, inclusive, together. I fully understand the sense of urgency in relation to the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. I have been given Government approval to bring forward legislation on the basis of the agreed proposals for the Scheme and my officials are working on drafting a General Scheme of a Bill as a matter of a...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I warmly welcome the publication of this Bill, which marks a significant milestone in the transfer of specialist community-based disability services from the Department of Health to my own Department. This transfer is an important step towards achieving a more equal Irish society and towards honouring the human rights of all people in Ireland, including people with disabilities. I look...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Bodies (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have committed significant additional resources to both Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and the Adoption Authority of Ireland to ensure that both organisations are adequately resourced to fulfil their obligations under the Birth Information and Tracing Bill. As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 16th November 2021, I received Government approval to bring forward legislation on the basis of the agreed proposals for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. I fully appreciate the sense of urgency regarding the Scheme and my officials are working on drafting the legislation necessary to establish it as a matter of priority. The next step will be to bring the General Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In June 2020, my Department announced a €75m package of funding to facilitate the reopening of early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) services. The funding package contained a number of significant elements including a once-off reopening support payment (RSP), which was an exceptional arrangement devised to support early learning and care and school aged childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Staff (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy may wish to be aware that my Department has no office in County Wexford. My officials have asked the State Agencies under my remit to respond to you directly on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Capital investment in early learning and childcare will be delivered through the National Development Plan (NDP) during 2021-2030. Investment under the NDP will consist of three pillars: Modernisation, New Capacity and First 5 Initiatives. This will enable significant capital investment in early learning and childcare during the lifetime of the NDP as follows: (1) Modernisation: Much of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sustainable Development Goals (10 Feb 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: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-Agency issue coordinated by the Department of Justice. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides supports for victims of domestic violence primarily through funded NGO service providers. I am informed by Tusla that support for victims of DSGBV in Counties Cavan and Monaghan is available...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can advise the Deputy that my Department currently does not have any electric vehicle (EV) charging points that are available for use by its staff. 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. The Department of Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Human Trafficking (10 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Office, An Garda Síochána or the Border Management Unit contact Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when separated children seeking international protection arrive at an Irish port, to assess the child’s circumstances. Under Tusla’s obligations of the Child Care Act, 1991, and Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (15 Feb 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information sought by the Deputy is presently being collated and will be forwarded directly to her at the earliest opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your query, Deputy. I can confirm there are two Emergency Reception Orientation Centres (EROCs) currently in operation: - The Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon - The Clonea Strand Hotel, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford In addition, there are dedicated EROC places within the Mosney Accommodation Centre, due to its particular suitability for families. The table below sets...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that on 11 February 2022 the number of unrelated single residents sharing a room in International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) accommodation was 2,374. This comprises 1,361 residents in a room assigned to 2 people and 1,015 residents in a room assigned to 3 people. It should be noted that some of these 2 and 3 person rooms may not be fully occupied at...