Results 6,741-6,760 of 11,754 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 19: In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Deposit with Minister of records in possession of Chief Deciding Officer 17. All records in the possession of the Chief Deciding Officer shall, on the dissolution day or as soon as possible after that day, be deposited with the Minister and, in so far as the records comprise personal data and...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 24: In page 12, to delete lines 14 to 18. In committee proceedings, I outlined my intention to bring a Report Stage amendment to section 13(6). The published Bill contains a provision in regard to double recovery and the residential institutions redress scheme, RIRS. The provision specifically relates to the inclusion of one institution, St. Patrick's, Navan Road,...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the original Bill, there was a provision in place which meant that if someone had been in St. Patrick's, Navan Road, Pelletstown, and had received a payment under the RIRS, he or she was disbarred from seeking a claim under this scheme. We are now removing that.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 25: In page 13, line 28, to delete “subsection (8) ofsection 13” and substitute “section 18(7)”.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will speak to the amendments in the order in which they were tabled by the Deputies. As I outlined on Committee Stage, I am not in a position to accept amendment No. 26. In that context, I am of the view that the provision in section 15 has perhaps been misinterpreted. I will explain its intention. The section provides for a person to make a further application to the scheme in...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As I outlined during Committee Stage proceedings, I am not able to accept amendment No. 27 or amendment No. 28. This scheme we are creating will be the largest of its kind established by the State. It is important that we are realistic about the timeframes within which the applications under it can be processed. Every intention will be taken to process the applications as speedily as...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 172 together. IPAS has a policy on the recording and reporting of deaths of residents in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres, and as part of that policy, IPAS publishes resident death statistics on a biannual basis with the most recent publication in June 2022. This information is available on the IPAS website and can be found...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The table below provides details on the amount spent by my Department on online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023.  Year Online Advertising* 2023 No spend year to date 2022 €419,918.28 2021 €194,572.03 2020 €170,039.33 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department does not engage in the activity the Deputy describes.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: To date in excess of 72,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have arrived in Ireland. Of those, my Department is accommodating approximately 53,000 who have requested shelter. My Department is focused on providing immediate, temporary accommodation to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. This has involved entering into arrangements with over 700 providers and securing 42,000 beds...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Section 32 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill provides that the personal representative of a deceased relevant person, who died on or after 13 January 2021, can apply to the Scheme. The personal representative will be acting on behalf of the deceased person's estate and any award from the Scheme arising from that application will be made for the benefit of the deceased...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as of 22 January 2023, there are over 19,800 people accommodated in the IPAS accommodation system as a whole. This includes the National Reception Centre and IPAS accommodation centres, City West transit hub and emergency accommodation locations nationwide. At this point in 2022, there were approximately 7,500 persons in IPAS accommodation.  In regard to your query,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Matters concerned with household energy bills are for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. The Deputy may be aware that the Accommodation Recognition Payment, set at €800 per month, is available to those homeowners who have made their property, either in part or in full, available to house people who arrived in Ireland under the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme is designed to be flexible and acknowledge that childcare needs differ widely across different families. A core design of the scheme is that parents and providers agree the number of hours of childcare required. The subsidy amount reflects those agreed hours e.g. a child receiving 20 hours of eligible early learning and childcare will receive a greater subsidy...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Justice, as the court services are under her remit.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016 set out the requirements for service providers in relation to First Aid training. Regulation 25 (1) states that   “A registered provider shall ensure that a person trained in first aid for children is, at all times, immediately available to the children attending the pre-school service.” The Tusla Early...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (1 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the information requested is gathered as part of 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 Abuse (2 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The statutory bodies with primary responsibility for child welfare and protection are Tusla and An Garda Síochána. Both have distinct functions, powers and methods of working. Tusla has a statutory duty under the Child Care Act 1991 to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. In doing so, it relies heavily on individuals reporting concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (2 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I wrote to St John Ambulance to seek information about the publication of the report on 12th December 2022. St John Ambulance replied on 23rd December and confirmed that they had received a completed report from Dr Shannon. The Commissioner of St John Ambulance stated that the organisation was committed to publishing the full report immediately after the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (2 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Any person who has been impacted by child abuse, whether neglect, physical, sexual or emotional abuse, including retrospective cases of abuse should contact their local Tusla social work office. Child abuse is a crime, and should also be reported to An Garda Síochána. Contact details for all Tusla social work offices are listed on Tusla's website, tusla.ie.  Statutory and...