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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department’s funding model for early learning and childcare - Together for Better - brings together three major programmes, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, including the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and the new Core Funding scheme. Other than the ECCE programme, these programmes are open to Tusla registered school-age...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department secured Dormant Accounts funding for the Initiative which was designed to run over the period 2021 to 2022.   Funding was made available to applicants from all 16 Education and Training Board functional areas.  The time limited nature of the initiative and the overall duration of funding available was advised to all successful applicants from the outset...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: This matter would be more appropriately addressed by my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 to 423, inclusive, together. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive immediately afterwards, over 59,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Ukraine and have sought refuge here in Ireland. Approximately 47,000 of those are being provided with accommodation from the State....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware the Government made a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the current system of accommodation for International Protection applicants and replace it with a new model that is based on a not for profit approach. As part of this process, I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains immensely challenging. Due to the urgent need to source accommodation, my Department has contracted in excess of 37,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 650 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government includes specific commitments that the Government will develop and implement a new Migrant Integration Strategy and a new National Strategy for Women and Girls, in addition to reviewing the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and ensuring that the successor strategy has a stronger outcomes focused approach. While initially due to conclude in 2020, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 281 and 282 together. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24 February, and the invoking of the Temporary Protection Directive by the European Union shortly afterwards, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The information being sought by the Deputy is currently being collated and the response will issue as soon as possible.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: When this Government took office it was made clear that delivery on housing would be our number one priority. At a time of global upheaval, be that with Covid, the cost-of-living pressures, or the war in Ukraine, the Government has sought to deliver on that, led by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We did not, nor do we,...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to address the House on Second Stage of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill. The primary purpose of this Bill is to ensure that Ireland has fully transposed Articles 6 and 9 of the EU Work-life Balance Directive, which are the final elements not already compatible with Irish law. The Bill also fulfils an important and long-standing commitment to extend the...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Senators for their detailed consideration of and response to the draft Bill. I will do my best to address as many of the issues raised as possible. A wide range of issues were raised, many of which we can look at in more detail on Committee Stage. I will begin by addressing the points made by Senator Keogan regarding the heads of the Bill that were published in the summer. In the...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am glad to be here to speak to the last Stage of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022. It is a key Bill that allows us finally to abolish the Victorian concept of wardship from Irish law and thus enhance our compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. It will finally allow for the operation of the Decision...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: We had an extensive debate and the Deputy's colleague, Deputy Ward, raised a number of issues, particularly on the applicability of advanced healthcare directives, AHDs. We have since been able, following on from the amendments made in the Seanad, to broaden out the applicability of AHDs. They do not cover everybody, and if he was here I am sure Deputy Ward would make that point. In the...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: From the Seanad (14 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: These amendments all relate to complaints provisions within the Act and allow for the director to undertake either a review or an investigation of a complaint prior to forming a view as to whether the complaint is well founded. This will reduce the requirement for the Decision Support Service, DSS, to undertake an investigation automatically on each and every occasion a complaint is made,...