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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has not received a briefing by the Minister for Justice, her Department, the Garda Commissioner or his staff concerning the specific matter the Deputy raises. Any live investigations are a matter for An Garda Síochána and as such we cannot comment on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government is committed to delivering on its legal obligations to provide material reception conditions to those seeking international protection in Ireland. The Department is contracting emergency and short-term accommodation across the country in order to accommodate people as they arrive. While not in a position to comment on specific contractors or contractual matters due to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is preparing a response and will contact the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is contracting emergency and short-term accommodation across the country in order to accommodate people who are seeking international protection here. While not in a position to comment on specific contractors or contractual matters due to the commercially sensitive nature of this information, the Department carries out due diligence on accommodation providers prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1096 and 1097 together. The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme is a free universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. It provides children with their first formal experience of early learning prior to commencing primary school. The programme is provided for three hours per day, five days...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal two year preschool programme available to all children within the eligible age range of 2 years and 8 months to 5 years and 6 months. A child must have reached 2 years and 8 months of age on or prior to 31 August of the relevant programme year to be eligible. The ECCE age requirements have been set to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As noted in my reply of 28 March, the investigation of burial arrangements in Mother and Baby institutions, including Bessborough, was an important part of the work of the independent Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters. The Commission’s Fifth Interim Report noted that, despite extensive inquiries and searches, the Commission was only able...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) is responsible for the procurement of accommodation for use by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). Initial offers of accommodation are received by IPPS primarily through its email portal. Once an offer is received, IPPS sends a proposal template to the prospective provider that they are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: On 8 March 2023 the Government announced the intention to hold a referendum on gender equality as recommended by the Citizens’ Assembly and the Special Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality. It is envisaged that the referendum will take place in November of this year. My Department has convened an Interdepartmental Committee involving all Government Departments to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I firmly believe the level of pay for early years educators and school-age childcare practitioners should reflect the value of their work for children, families, society and the economy. The State is not the employer and therefore does not set the pay or conditions for employees in either early learning and care (ELC) or school-age childcare (SAC) services. However, there is now,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Please find in tabular format, the number of international protection applicants (IPAs) and Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BoTPs) currently being accommodated in the aforementioned towns in County Tipperary. Location Number of BoTPs Number of IPAs Roscrea 0 251 Nenagh 102 0 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cost of Living Issues (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Matters related to social welfare payments are a matter for the Department of Social Protection. Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, the Department of Social Protection may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet essential expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (15 Jun 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. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his ongoing engagement on this. I recognise the very significant welcome that the town of Roscrea has given Ukrainians and international protection applicants. A former convent in Roscrea has been refurbished for Ukrainians fleeing the war. It is for Ukrainians - primarily family groups. It is to be phased in regarding its use with some over the summer, some in the...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In two days' time, on 23 June, it will be exactly 30 years since former Minister for Justice Máire Geoghegan-Quinn stood where I am standing now and introduced the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 1993. That Bill gave effect to the requirements of the Norris judgment and finally abolished the 19th-century laws, those Victorian laws, that criminalised gay men. Since then, we have...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Minister of State is going to conclude. He has allowed me one minute to speak. While we have had a very good and productive debate, I cannot remain silent on one remark that was made. Within 20 seconds of his speech beginning, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae explicitly linked LGBT+ and paedophilia. I do not agree with anything Deputies Danny and Michael Healy-Rae said. We can have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There is a WRC process under way involving my Department, the Department of Health, Tusla and the HSE and related to both section 39 and section 56 organisations, which have not seen the degree of pay restoration that civil and public servants have received. That process is ongoing. Our Departments and agencies are participating in it. It has not concluded yet but I hope the process can...