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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Decisions on who is eligible to engage with homeless services are matters for the Minister for Housing. As the Deputy will be aware, the response to the ongoing migration crisis has entered an extremely difficult phase; with no apparent accommodation for international protection applicants (IPAs) at scale available into the short term to medium term. The overflow facility at the Citywest...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 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 matters and obligations relating to the Labour Permission Access should be directed to Department of Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (28 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: Emergency Accommodation (28 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: Emergency Accommodation (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, the number of people currently accommodated in Citywest convention centre is 730. There are currently no children under the age of eighteen years accommodated in the Citywest convention centre. The total number of children currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation stands at 4,139 as of 19 February 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Development Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Its goal is to empower Early Learning and Care (ELC) providers to deliver an inclusive preschool experience, ensuring that every eligible child can meaningfully participate in the ECCE programme and reap the benefits...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tulsa’s National Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme is an area-based Prevention and Early Intervention initiative which is delivered in twelve areas of significant socio-economic disadvantage across the country through the Prevention Partnership and Family Support Programme within Tusla. Through prevention and early intervention approaches, the ABC programme works in partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442 and 443 together. As previously advised, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 29th March 2022, Government accepted the findings of the independent Review of the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) Operating Model in Ireland that a dedicated state agency is the optimal operating model for the ELC and SAC sector for the years ahead. It is envisaged that this dedicated agency will undertake the functions currently carried out by Pobal Early...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Responsibility for Assessment of Needs under the Disability Act 2005 currently resides with the Department of Health and any questions with regard to that process and any associated reports should be directed that Department. It is important to note that the Assessment of Needs process has no bearing on access to supports under the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM). AIM aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (28 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: Child Abuse (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: St John Ambulance is not a body under the aegis of my Department however in my capacity as Minister with responsibility for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have encouraged St John Ambulance to engage with Tusla and with the independent review process. I wrote to St John Ambulance to seek information about the publication of the report on 12th December 2022. St John Ambulance replied...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The bringing of a referendum is a matter for the Taoiseach and the Government. The Government is currently considering the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality and its recommendations with regard to the possible holding of referenda on Article 40.1 and on Article 41.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This Department has not engaged any social media influencers, online personalities, television or radio personalities in 2021, 2022 or to date in 2023. The Department does not collate information on same for bodies under the aegis, the Deputy may wish to contact these agencies separately.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The bringing of a referendum is a matter for the Taoiseach and the Government. Any amendment to the Constitution must be carefully considered to ensure the that revised wording will have an appropriate effect and not have any unintended impacts. The report of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality made 3 recommendations on the Constitution, including around language related to gender: ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since 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 Reports (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not yet been informed of a publication date for this report. St John Ambulance is not a body under the aegis of my Department however in my capacity as Minister with responsibility for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have encouraged St John Ambulance to engage with Tusla and with the independent review process. I wrote to St John Ambulance to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My department has record of a contract with one of the management firms supplied in the details. Below is a description of that contract in tabular form. Firm Name Tender Process Purpose of Award Total Amount Paid 2022 Timeframe of Contract Completed Output Deloitte No To assist with response to the refugee...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My department has not awarded any direct contracts with Microsoft in the specified years, 2018 to 2022. All other bodies under the aegis of the department will respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, I have referred the matter to them for a direct reply.