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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Birth Information and Tracing Act was signed into law on 30 June 2022, and all services established under the Act are open to applications since 03 October 2022. The Act provides for the release of birth, early life, care, and medical information to persons who were adopted, boarded out or nursed out, subject to an illegal birth registration, or resided in a mother and baby home or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Migrant Integration Strategy was launched by my Department in 2017 and concluded at the end of 2021. The Strategy forms the central policy framework adopted by the Government to promote the integration of all migrants and their Irish-born children across ten areas of public policy. The Strategy aimed to enhance diversity, inclusion and equity for migrants across all aspects of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There has been an unprecedented increase in State investment in early learning and childcare since 2015, albeit from a low base. Over the period 2015-2018, investment increased by 84 per cent – rising from €265 million per annum to €485 million per annum. This increased investment provided for a doubling of State-funded pre-school under the ECCE Programme –...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. As Minister, I am not in a position to intervene in individual cases as Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is required by law to be independent in its work as set out in Section 8(11) of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 that "the Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: While the Department of Social Protection has lead responsibility on the issue of child poverty, my Department has taken steps to contribute to the addressing child poverty and related issues. My Department is preparing a new policy framework for children and young people (0-24), covering the period 2023-2028 for publication later this year. This framework is adopting a rights-based...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013. Supports are generally provided through funded NGO service providers. In the course of its work, Tusla will also become aware of instances of DSGBV through the provision of its other...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department successfully secured €70 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: - An Improvement Grant to improve energy efficiency standards, while also supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: At the end of 2022, which is the latest data published by Tusla, there were 5,759 children in the care of the State. Of these, 89% (5,112) of children in care were in foster care (general and relative) and 7.6% (439) were in a residential (general and special care) placement. Both Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and my Department are committed to promoting safe and high quality...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In January 2022, the Government agreed that issues relating to international surrogacy required further detailed consideration and agreed to the establishment of a Special Joint Oireachtas Committee on International Surrogacy. Following the publication of the Final Report of the Committee in July 2022, officials from my Department joined colleagues from the Department of Health and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2015 Act is an important piece of legislation that represents significant legal reform. It changes the existing law on capacity from the status approach of the wardship system to a more rights based and flexible approach, whereby capacity is assessed on an issue and time-specific basis. Adults currently in wardship will transition to the new decision-making support arrangements on a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your correspondence. My officials will require more time to collate the information in order to answer this query. My officials will contact the Deputy with the details as soon as it is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Please see the number of emergency accommodation locations in use for international protection applicants per County in tabular format below: County Number of Emergency Accommodation locations Carlow 1 Cavan 4 Clare 2 Cork 4 Donegal 13 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your correspondence. Further to your query, please find in tabular format a list of International Protection Accommodation centres in the Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 areas. Centre County Eircode Occupancy Of Whom Children The Central Inn Dublin 1 D01WR94 109 19 Belvedere...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputy McDonald. The Government agrees with the importance of ratifying the optional protocol and it is set out in the programme for Government. An important step towards achieving that was the passage earlier this year of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. That Act will be enacted later this month and the various processes that flow from that enactment...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The programme for Government sets out an objective to ratify the optional protocol and it is something the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I are working to achieve. A key step towards that was achieved by the passing of the Assisted Decision-making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. All the various elements of that are going to be commenced next week, including the operationalisation...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Today, I am bringing the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 before this House. This Bill, when enacted, will allow the Government to deliver a statutory scheme that will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card to thousands of mother and baby and county home institution survivors. I look forward to working with Senators to discuss the Bill further...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senators for their detailed engagement with the debate and discussion today. I thank those who have joined us to listen both in the Chamber and online. We all recognise that this scheme is awaited by survivors. It is critical that we get the legislative framework in place as soon as possible. Any scheme brought forward by a Government cannot meet all expectations. I recognise...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am aware that Forensic Science Ireland is acquiring new technology which can be used to support an identification programme in the context of an intervention at the site of the former Mother and Baby institution in Tuam under the Institutional Burials Act. Last October the Government made an Order to direct an intervention at the site. The making of the Order followed on from...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on 20 March 2018. The UNCRPD Optional Protocol creates important additional mechanisms through which Ireland's implementation of the UNCRPD can be monitored and evaluated. That is why I fully support ratification and why it is a clear commitment in the Programme for Government. The timeline...