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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently engaged in a review of the Equality Acts, including in relation to strengthening protections for transgender people. I will consider proposals that emerge from that process, including in relation to gender-related language. I anticipate legislative proposals arising from the review to be brought forward this year.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Community Sponsorship Ireland model began as a pilot scheme in December 2018. Following this successful pilot, the Government launched the initiative nationally as a mainstream programme in 2019. Since then, 32 families have settled across a number of different rural and urban communities throughout Ireland. As the Deputy is aware, Community Sponsorship Ireland (CSI) is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sustainable Development Goals (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: With regard to the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) requesting Persons with Status in Clondalkin Towers Accommodation centre to leave IPAS accommodation centres, I can confirm that no such targeted request has been made. Unfortunately due to the current shortfall in accommodation there are over 200 international protection applicants (IPAs) that IPAS has been unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme which provides funding support to 121 FRCs across the country. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy. I should inform the Deputy that the funding from my Department represents...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise 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 relevant legal...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The funding provided under the Youth Service Grant Scheme for the period 2008 to 2023 is outlined in the following table: Youth Service Grant Scheme Total Allocation 2008 to 2023 2023 €13,402,066 2022 €12,911,600 2021 €12,261,538 2020 €11,563,368 2019 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 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. All International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres conduct resident welfare/consultative clinics and there was one such clinic scheduled at the Croke Park (Richmond St) IPAS emergency accommodation...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputies for their statements. There were many detailed and specific contributions. I take the opportunity to respond to Deputy Harkin's point as I was not in the Dáil earlier. The preservation of records about Ireland's institutional past is essential. A significant step in that preservation has already been taken with the Birth Information and Tracing Act we passed last...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Mar 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, 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 are significant. Our country has never experienced an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is now accommodating in excess of 76,000 people, including both those fleeing the war in Ukraine and those seeking International Protection. We have contracted in excess of 43,000 beds to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in more than 720 settings including hotels, guesthouses, B&Bs, hostels, commercial self-catering accommodation and certain other...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, My Department is currently providing accommodation to almost 20,000 international protection applicants (IPAs) and almost 60,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protections (BOTPs) who are fleeing the war in Ukraine. In relation to the number of hotel beds currently contracted to My Department, there are 19,900 hotel beds contracted to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is responding rapidly to service requirements in emergency accommodation centres that are being brought into use. At end of February 2023, my Department has contractual arrangements in place with 126 emergency accommodation centres and 47 permanent IPAS accommodation centres. These providers engage their own in-house catering or subcontracted services. In addition, my...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In September 2022, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare. This new funding model 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 Core Funding , with a fourth programme under development - Tackling...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 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.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 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.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Mar 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 (IP) process. All matters and obligations relating to potential victims of trafficking who wish to leave the state is a matter for the Department of Justice. It is possible for people residing in IPAS accommodation to be absent for a maximum of two weeks once...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (9 Mar 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: Legislative Measures (9 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to legislate to ban conversion therapy. The National LGBTI Youth Strategy 2018 – 2020 and the National LGBTI+ Inclusion strategy 2019 – 2021 contain commitments in relation to conversion therapy. The LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy provides for the prohibition of “the promotion or practice of conversion therapy by health...