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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The annual capital budget available to the Youth Affairs Unit of the Department is approximately €3 million and this funding is utilised to meet the capital needs of all national youth organisations, youth services and youth clubs which are in receipt of youth funding from the Youth Affairs Unit. This limited annual capital funding is distributed among over 30 national youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Family leaves are an important tool for working families to balance their working lives with the needs of their families and the current entitlements for parents in Ireland includes a range of options, both paid and unpaid. Under the Parental Leave Act 1998 (as amended), an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child under the age 12 is entitled to 26 weeks unpaid parental...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Flexible Work Practices (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Following Public Health advice staff in my department were supported to work remotely since March 2020. Further to the revised Public Health advice staff are currently attending the office at least 2 days per week. A central policy framework for Blended Working in the Civil Service was launched on 31 March 2022. This framework will inform my Department's blended working policy which is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: To date more than 10,000 of those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland have been referred to the International Protection Accommodations Service (IPAS) for accommodation. In light of the continued significant numbers of people coming into the State, and the potentially substantial numbers that may arrive, my Department is contracting all forms of accommodation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: To date more than 10,000 of those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland have been referred to the International Protection Accommodations Service (IPAS) for accommodation. The Government is committed to delivering a whole of Government, humanitarian response to people fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking protection in Ireland. My Department is liaising with all...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 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 Rural and Community Development.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter I have referred the matter to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, for a direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for people who spent time as mothers or children in Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions. It is recognised that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions also. However, the institutions covered by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department does not collate the information requested by the Deputy. Funding provided under the UBU Your Place Your Spacescheme does not directly fund youth worker posts/salaries. Rather, it is allocated on an organisational basis on a 'provision of service' basis to meet the identified local needs of the youth population in an area. The UBU Your Place Your Space scheme is targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is focused on providing emergency accommodation to people fleeing Ukraine where requested. Almost 10,000 people have been provided with accommodation by IPAS to date. IPAS has contracted over 5,000 hotel rooms, with additional capacity also being pursued through hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, accommodation pledged by the general public, religious properties, and local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 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: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response to meet the immediate accommodation needs of those fleeing the conflict. It is reviewing how best to provide translation services to Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection but has not yet concluded its assessment in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: To date more than 10,000 of those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland have been referred to the International Protection Accommodations Service (IPAS) for accommodation. A dedicated team in my Department is focused on the provision of accommodation to refugees fleeing Ukraine. This team is in contact with all relevant Departments and Agencies on a regular basis in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding is a new funding stream for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services introduced in Budget 2022 and informed by the work of the Expert Group to develop a new funding model for ELC and SAC, outlined in Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. Core Funding is a payment to providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families, recognises that the workforce is at the heart of high-quality early learning and care (ELC). The evidence suggests children achieve better outcomes when staff are well qualified. This is undisputed internationally. First 5 seeks to continue to build an appropriately skilled and sustainable professional...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Providers of early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) are private businesses and the State has no role in the employment of their staff, nor does my Department provide funding specifically to cover the costs of employing staff. However, providers receive income from a number of State funding schemes as well as from parental fees. Currently, ELC and SAC providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The company in question provides therapeutic and individualised residential care to young people in the care of the State and to adults with intellectual disabilities. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, remain engaged in a tendering process with the provider and as such, the Deputy will appreciate that Tusla is not in a position to share detailed information. I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The company in question provides therapeutic and individualised residential care to young people in the care of the State and to adults with intellectual disabilities. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, remain engaged in a tendering process with the provider and as such, the Deputy will appreciate that Tusla is not in a position to share detailed information. I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (as amended), working parents are entitled to five weeks of paid parent's leave for each relevant parent, as defined in the legislation, to be taken in the first two years after the birth or adoptive placement of a child. Provision has been made in Budget 2022 to increase the number of weeks of Parent’s Leave and Benefit available to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In December, I announced major reforms to the funding model for early learning and childcare services. These reforms are on foot of a report from an Expert Group established in 2019, which comprised national and international experts, and was independently chaired by Michael Scanlan. Its report, Partnership for the Public Good, proposes a new approach to State funding of the sector in future....