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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (14 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding is allocated to “Partner Services”, i.e. Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or School Age Childcare (SAC) services which have entered into a Funding Agreement with the Minister for Core Funding and which are registered with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, as a prescribed early years service or school-age childcare service (excluding services which are registered...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (14 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as requested see below the number of direct provision centres, emergency centres, reception centres and tented accommodation locations which were in use by the International Protection Accommodation Services as of 31 December 2019, 2020 and 2022; the occupancy of each of these centres and locations as of 31 December 2019, 2020 and 2022; the contracted capacity of each centre and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: New contracts, with existing or additional suppliers, are commercial decisions made on the basis of scale and suitability in the context of the number of refugees and applicants for international protection that we need to accommodate and the budget available. Demand for accommodation is strong at present and we are offering new contracts to many existing suppliers. It is not possible...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The tables below provides details of the amount of funding granted by my Department to the GAA, FAI and IRFU in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. The funding has been provided under the youth services scheme UBU (Your Place Your Space). Organisation Area of Funding 2021 2022 2023 FAI Funding provided under UBU Your...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as of 05 February 23, there are 19,741 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole, compared with 7,500 at this time last year. Of this total, 4,096 are children. Since the beginning of 2022, Ireland and many other European countries are experiencing a significant increase of new arrivals seeking international protection (IP)....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware my Department is responsible for the provision of accommodation to persons in the International Protection process. All other matters and obligations relating to the asylum process should be directed to Department of Justice. On 6 July 2018, Ireland adopted the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 231 of 2018) through it...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together. An Expert Group was established in September 2019 to develop a new funding model for the sector. Under their terms of reference, the Expert Group was not asked to propose changes to the current model of delivery (i.e. privately-operated provision), rather that the Group should seek to further achieve policy objectives of quality,...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I want to begin by setting the context in which we are having this debate. As we sit here this evening, Ireland is in the midst of the greatest humanitarian effort in the history of the State. More than 70,000 people have fled here from a war in Europe: a war inflicted on a country that did not seek it, and that has killed more than 7,000 civilians. It is the biggest displacement of people...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: No.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023, a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 7th February, 2023, be referred to the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5),...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I welcome the opportunity to address the House today on this issue. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)(Amendment) Act 2022 was signed into law on 17 December 2022. It paves the way for the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015. This legislation will bring about major reform in Irish society. It will have a significant impact on those who lose or have lost...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: We have had a discussion before about the Deputy's assertion that the Act was rushed. We took longer because of issues Deputy Pringle and other Deputies raised.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Measures (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy wanted more time and we gave more time. We tabled amendments and changed the Act. The Deputy said it was not a perfect solution but it was a significant change. That must be recognised. The reason this is behind is that I listened to what Deputies said and took additional time. The Government could have decided to rush it through before the summer recess - it had the numbers -...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have already addressed this group of amendments.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy. I reassure Deputies by reiterating it is the full intention that applications to this payment scheme will be addressed as quickly as possible. While I understand that concern was expressed regarding the absence of specified timelines in the legislation and that this could be interpreted as opening the door to long delays in processing applications, this is absolutely not...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 34: In page 22, line 36, to delete “section 13,” and substitute “section 18*, and”. Amendments Nos. 34 to 38, inclusive, relate to the effect of an appeal lodged by the chief deciding officer in the High Court to section 24 of the Bill which relates to appeals. Amendment No. 34 also deals with a cross-referencing amendment arising from...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In answer to the question Deputy Sherlock asked about the amendments, access to the institutional payments scheme is based on evidence of a person's residence in one of the named institutions. That is primarily proved by the database that was created by the commission of investigation. This House voted to keep that database in 2020, to maintain it and to transfer it to Tusla. The database...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is in no way proposed that the making of an affidavit will become the general approach. The legislation has been designed in such a way as to minimise the need for survivors or applicants to have to relive the trauma, to the extent that is possible, and the approach that has been adopted has been to provide for an application to be made, following which the officials will look through the...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 35: In page 22, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(ii) subject to section 30— (I) an offer to the applicant of a payment to him or her of the amount concerned, and (II) a statement of the effect of sections 31, 32 and 33,”.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 36: In page 22, to delete lines 37 to 39.