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

Roderic O'Gorman: Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Aged Childcare (SAC) services are required to have insurance as part of their registration with Tulsa, the independent regulator of the sector. My Department provides funding to childcare providers under a number of programmes to provide fully or partly subsidised childcare services to families. Childcare providers are private businesses and my...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (7 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 Tusla...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is focused on providing accommodation to people fleeing Ukraine where requested. Over 11,000 people have been referred to the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) for accommodation to date. IPAS has contracted approximately 5,000 hotel rooms, with additional capacity also being pursued through hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, accommodation pledged by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Learning and Development Unit of my Department, in conjunction with the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS), has designed and implemented a training programme in the areas of Interview and De-escalation Skills and Awareness of Intercultural, Torture, Sexual, Physical, Emotional and Gender based violence issues. This training has been rolled out among all of my IPAS...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department provides material in many different languages depending on the needs of each International Protection (IP) applicant. Material in all of the languages listed below are widely available to IP applicants. These are the languages that material has been translated into so far: -Afrikaans -Albanian -Arabic -Bengali -Burmese...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My department is providing accommodation to people fleeing Ukraine where requested. Over 11,000 people have been referred for accommodation through the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) to date. IPAS has contracted around 5,000 hotel rooms, with additional capacity also being pursued through hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, accommodation pledged by the general...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department currently has one member of staff at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union, Brussels. Their role is to represent Ireland and the Department and undertake various functions consistent with the Department’s strategic objectives and in contributing to the wider effort to project a coherent image of a modern, dynamic and progressive country. Prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Education Schemes (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding is a new strand of funding to ELC and SAC services which will form part of the new funding model as recommended by an Expert Group in December. It will operate alongside the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme and in addition to the income that services receive from parents' fees. Core Funding is designed to meet the combined...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 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 inPartnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. Core Funding is a payment to providers designed...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 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: Housing Provision (7 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is providing accommodation to people fleeing Ukraine where requested. Over 11,000 people have been referred to the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) for accommodation to date. IPAS has contracted approximately 5,000 hotel rooms, with additional capacity also being pursued through hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, accommodation pledged by the general...