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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme, and provides direct funding to counselling services that operate from certain FRCs around the country. As the Deputy's question concerns an operational matter for Tusla, I have requested that Tusla respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding for the provision of youth services is administered on behalf of my Department by the Education and Training Boards, which allocate funding via applications to the UBU Your Place Your Spacescheme. This scheme is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 24 who are, or are at risk of becoming, disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable. Targeted annual youth funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding for the provision of youth services is administered on behalf of my Department by the Education and Training Boards, which allocate funding via applications to the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. This scheme is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 24 who are, or are at risk of becoming, disadvantaged, marginalised or vulnerable. Targeted annual youth funding of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for raising an issue that is of real concern to me. I acknowledge that there is a need for significant improvement in levels of pay and working conditions for practitioners working in early learning and care and school-age childcare services. The level of pay they receive at the moment does not reflect the value of the work they do for children, for families and for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: As regards the overall funding of the sector, I am focused on the report of the expert funding group. I have contacted it since taking on this role as Minister. I have asked that we will have something very clear by the middle of next year to allow three major pieces of work: the expert funding group, the workforce development plan and the organisational review of the entire sector. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Retention (8 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The new Early Years platform is designed to support multi-layered rights of access and security to information submitted by parents and providers. This includes sensitive and personal information. Access to the system is based on specified business need and functional requirement; and must align with sound data protection principles. Access to sensitive and personal data is restricted to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (8 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has no current contracts regarding public relations with agencies or consultants. This excludes information campaigns run through media buying companies as this is paid advertising rather than public relations.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The power to transfer functions from one Minister/Department to another and to rename Departments is vested in the Government under section 6 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939, Subsections 6(1)(c) and 6(1)(d) of the Act enable the Government to transfer functions from one Minister or Department to another by a Transfer of Functions Order while subsections 6(1)(a) and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget Statement (8 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am not in a position to comment as these responsibilities have not yet transferred to my Department. These matters are more appropriate for the attention of my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality. The transfer of functions process is ongoing in this regard, which I expect will conclude very shortly. I look forward to engaging with...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1)THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 14 October 2020—(a) in section 96(1B), by substituting “A is the amount to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted, being €33.50 in the case of petrol, aviation gasoline, and heavy oil used as a propellant or for...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies who contributed. I agree with Deputy Howlin, in that supporting the implementation of the carbon tax is the acid test of our seriousness as a country in tackling climate change. Over the course of the next ten years, the carbon tax's application will help us to achieve 15% of our CO2emission cuts compared with a situation where we did not apply it. Deputies have made...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will finance a range of important and targeted social protection interventions,-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: -----some of which are particularly relevant to my Department in the context of increases in the qualified child payment, those being, €2 per week for children under 12 years of age and €5 per week for children over 12 years of age.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will lead to a €5 increase in the living alone allowance and a €3.50 per week increase in the fuel allowance. Those are the social welfare measures that will be funded as a result of this measure. A number of Deputies raised the issue of rural Ireland. It is important to note that €20 million of the revenue will be used to pilot environmental programmes in...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle indicating that I must conclude?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The overall impact of this measure has to be seen in the context of a range of programme for Government commitments, some of which are being financed today, for example, the increased investment in LocalLink so that we can provide rural public transport, which has not been adequately provided for by previous Governments, and an increase in the public service obligation payment so that we can...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1) THAT the rate of value-added tax on the supply of certain goods and services at present chargeable at the rate of 13.5 per cent be decreased to 9 per cent of the amount on which tax is chargeable in relation to the supply of certain goods and services from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021 and that accordingly, subsection (1)(ca) of section 46 of the Value-Added Tax...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1) THAT section 288 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, in subsection (3C), by substituting “incurred before 14 October 2020 on the provision” for “incurred on the provision”. (2) THAT paragraph (1) of this Resolution shall have effect as on and from 14 October 2020. (3) IT is hereby declared that it is expedient in the...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will try to address some of the issues raised by Deputies. Following on from what the Tánaiste has said, these measures are in the context of wider reviews of corporate tax regimes and the wider process of ongoing corporate tax reform in recent years. This has been taking place internationally and at a European and OECD level. A part of those endeavours has involved an examination...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2021 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2021. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. While I recognise and acknowledge that youth sector funding saw deep cuts during the preceding decade, in recent years, funding for the...