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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is aware of the concerns raised and is considering the issues raised in the correspondence and will issue a response in due course. I will also be requesting that my officials meet with the corresponding organisation to discuss the matters further. The review which the correspondent references noted the considerable success of the NCS in reaching those most in need. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 26 June, the Government approved the proposal that 500 modular units would be built as part of its plans to address the need to expand the potential accommodation capacity for Ukrainian arrivals. Once in place, the modular houses will accommodate up to 2,000 people at urban locations across the country. My Department is finalising the site selection, with support from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have received a letter from Professor Ruskus and a response to him is being prepared. During the Report Stage debate on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022, I referenced positive comments made by Professor Ruskus on Ireland’s legislation at the recent World Congress on Adult Capacity in Edinburgh. Professor Ruskus has since clarified that his remarks in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: UBU Your Place Your Space Funding Scheme – A single youth funding scheme that targets disadvantaged young people with evidence informed interventions and services that will secure good outcomes. This fund replaces funding previously provided under Special Projects for Youth, Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund 1 &2 and the Local Drug Task Force projects. UBU...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 to 389, inclusive, together. I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department operates a number of early learning and school-age childcare funding schemes. These schemes are administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department. The allocation under the B3 subhead for 2021 amounts to €334.5m. This subhead provides funding for three programmes. - Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) - Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) - Programme Support...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department oversees a Case Management process through which local CCCs and Pobal work together to assess and provide support to early learning and care and school age care services. Where there are financial difficulties that contribute to the issues that services are faced wtih, Sustainability Funding can accessed through Case Management under a number of different strands....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 393 together. Disaggregated information with regard to the current cost of ECCE provision across to pay and non-pay elements is not currently available. The total cost of provision for the sector as a whole is approximately €900m across registered centred based services which breaks down to an estimated €630m for pay related costs and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2019 the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth put in place a National Childminding Coordinator, who is located within the Department, along with 6 Childminding Development Officers, who are located within City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs) around the country and who have a regional remit. As part of the implementation of Phase 1 of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Youth Services Grant Scheme (YSGS) provides funding to national voluntary organisations with an interest in youth services or youth work. The 2022 YSGS allocation to the National Youth Organisations for 2022 is €12,886,600. The cost of a 40% increase on the 2022 funding allocation funded under the youth service grant scheme would be €5,154,640 approx. There are 30 national...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding allocated to the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme in 2022 was €2.5 million. A 33% increase in funding for this scheme would represent €832,500 approx. Funding under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) is provided to Education and Training Boards to manage the development and provision of youth clubs locally. This supports volunteer-led youth club/group activities...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre programme which provides funding to 121 centres across the country. My Department allocates core funding for the Family Resource Centre programme which has amounted to some €18m in 2022. Therefore, the estimated cost to increase funding by 20% for the Family Resource Centre programme would be approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Extrapolated data from the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2020/2021 suggests that in 2021 there were approximately 26,200 staff working directly with children in Early Learning and Care (ELC) services, of whom 24.9% held a relevant Level 5 major award as their highest qualification, i.e. approximately 6,520 staff. Currently the Learner Fund provides a bursary of €750 for staff who...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2022 allocated budget for the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is €45.55 million. This funding covers the cost of the seven levels of AIM, which encompass a range of both universal and targeted supports for pre-school settings. This funding provides a programme of capital grants for specialised equipment, appliances, assistive technology and/or minor alterations for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (13 Jul 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: Asylum Seekers (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First of all, I would like to assure you that the health and wellbeing of all people who avail of accommodation provided by this Department is of the highest priority to myself and my officials. All services for international protection (IP) applicants are mainstreamed. Applicants access health services through the same referral pathways as Irish citizens, including referrals to medical and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: All staff within my Department are paid in line with standard civil service pay scales. A list of these can be found here: .

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 407 together. The next cycle for UBU Your Place Your Space is due to start on 1 January 2024. This is to be preceded by an area profiling exercise and application process. UBU Your Place Your Space does allow for changes or improvements, as might be expected in a cyclical scheme. However, as regards the underlying policy, no change to the approach...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department does not recruit staff directly. The Public Appointments Service recruits all staff for my Department. The agencies under the remit of my Department have been asked to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently working with the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) to implement the commitment for HIQA to monitor International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres against National Standards adopted in 2019 and in effect since the beginning of 2021. Planning is well advanced on this process. My Department is currently engaging with HIQA on resources and...