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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (21 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 relating to the asylum process including statistics on the number of applicants applying, should be directed to Department of Justice. The Government made a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the current system of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a commitment, in terms of gender recognition, to examine arrangements for those aged under 16. DCEDIY has jointly commissioned research, with the Department of Social Protection, to identify the mechanisms used in other countries which govern legal gender recognition of children aged under 16 and to provide practical advice on establishing mechanisms...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is designed to provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card to people who spent time in a Mother and Baby or County Home Institution. The Government recognises that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions, who will not qualify for this Scheme. The decision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since 24 February 2022, my Department has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge from the invasion of Ukraine, coming to over 75,000 people, of which over 55,000 have sought accommodation. Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have not suspended funding or grant aid to any NGOs under the aegis of my Department due to failure on their part to file accounts or any other concerns regarding governance from 2019 yearly to date.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is collating the information and will respond to the Deputy directly. The Department does not collate information an agency advertising and the Deputy may choose to contact the agency communications units directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of December 31 2022, 11 staff were employed in the Communications Unit. The cost of staffing in the Communications Unit for 2022 was approximately €630,872. The forecasted cost for the unit for 2023 is €693,270.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, in response to your request for an update on the use of Dolcain House for the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) emergency accommodation centre, I can provide the following information: Although the building has a valid fire certificate for office use and significant remedial works were carried out to mitigate fire safety issues for emergency residential use, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: With regard to your question of buildings owned by the Church for the accommodation of refugees and asylum seekers, including the provision of former school buildings owned by the Catholic Church, the Department has utilised offers that have come through the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) for religious buildings such as seminaries and convents for IPAS...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department successfully secured €69 million under the revised National Development Plan (NDP) allocation for the Building Blocks Capital Programme, designed to meet current and long-term Early Learning and Childcare infrastructure needs. The Building Blocks Capital Programme includes three Pillars: - €9m Building Blocks - Improvement Grant - €45m Building Blocks -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment, provided under the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022, is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to Ukrainians who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The rate of payment doubled from €400 per property per month to €800 with effect from 1 December 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on meeting the immediate accommodation needs of those fleeing the war. My Department is focused on the short-term accommodation needs of those who have fled here. To date, more than 75,000 people have arrived in Ireland and in excess of 55,000 of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Legal Cases (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There were no discrimination cases taken against my Department in the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as the requested information is quite voluminous, my officials will require more time to answer this parliamentary question comprehensively. Significant resources in my Department are focused on the delivery and management of emergency accommodation for international protection applicants. My officials will provide the Deputy with the details as soon as is possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, the International Protection Procurement Services (IPPS) can confirm that there are two buildings being used by IPAS to provide accommodation for people in the international protection system that do not presently have fire safety certificates in place. Breaffy Woods Arena currently has a regularisation certificate in place. The provider has applied for a valid Fire Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has engaged over 700 properties to provide accommodation for Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. In line with the Department’s commitment to substantially clear the backlog at the end of 2022, I temporarily re-assigned staff from other parts of the Department in December, doubling the size of the payments unit. The enlarged team approved more than 100...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, accommodation and education. The Acts cover nine grounds of equality, including that of disability. In addition, the Acts prohibit discrimination in the provision of accommodation services against people who are in receipt of rent supplement, housing assistance, or social welfare payments. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Parental Leave Act 1998 (as amended) provides parents with an entitlement of 26 weeks unpaid parental leave for each eligible child. The leave is available to a 'relevant parent' of a child, which is defined in the 1998 Act as a parent, an adoptive parent, or a person acting in ‘loco parentis’. There have been significant developments in the entitlements to family leaves...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, further to your question on the need for a public information campaign in respect of the national response to the arrival of refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland, the Department of the Taoiseach has convened a Senior Officials Group (SOG) which is looking at the issue of community engagement and communications. My Department, and several others are engaged in that process. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, I can 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. My Department receives complaints relating to food upon occasion but there has been no recent notification received in relation to any outbreak of vomiting or diarrhoea related to catering services. All of the...