Results 61-80 of 177 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to access and meaningfully participate in the ECCE programme since it was first introduced in September 2016. A commitment to expand AIM beyond the ECCE programme was first made in the First 5 strategy. The fulfilment of this commitment was to be informed by an independent evaluation of AIM. That evaluation is now complete and it will be published before the end of this year. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...development of improved community-based services, shifting care to the home and offering greater choice for older people. In budget 2021, the Minister of State secured additional funding of €150 million to progress the development of a reformed model of service delivery to underpin the statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support services and to provide 5...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to by the Deputy is part of the National Federation of Arch Clubs, which is funded by Department under the Youth Service Grant Scheme (YSGS). The National Federation of Arch Clubs received €64,275 in YSGS funding in 2023, and this has increased by 5% to €67,488 in 2024. In addition, my Department is providing total funding of €2.5 million in 2024 to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for the sector and increased wages for over 70% of staff working in services. I understand that the JLC continues to meet and have submitter to the Labour Court new draft EROs proposing a 5% increase in minimum rates for all grades and the removal of 3 years experience requirement for graduate minimum pay rates. Outcomes from the JLC process are support by the Government through...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to access and meaningfully participate in the ECCE programme since it was first introduced in September 2016. A commitment to expand AIM beyond the ECCE programme was first made in the First 5 strategy. The fulfilment of this commitment is informed by an independent evaluation of AIM, which has just been completed and which I will publish in January. All participants in that evaluation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2021 and 2022, I secured an additional €5 million for youth services which brings the total funding from my Department to youth organisations to €71.8m. I am satisfied with the increases in funding that I have secured for youth services, clubs and organisations but remain committed to further supporting this important sector. My Department provides extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (16 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for the sector and increasing wages for over 70% of staff working in services. I understand that the JLC continues to meet and plan to submit to the Labour Court new draft EROs proposing a 5% increase in minimum rates for all grades and the removal of 3 years experience requirement for graduate minimum pay rates. Outcomes from the JLC process are support by the Government through...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Youth Services (11 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...their ICT, which is particularly important because many other organisations have had to move online in order to facilitate their ongoing engagement with young people. In 2020, we spent €61.79 million on current funding and €3 million on capital funding. Following my engagement with the youth sector, in particular recognising the great work it did, we added an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has, since 2015, administered an annual capital funding programme, under which early learning and childcare services that are registered with Tulsa can access capital funding. The works eligible for capital funding are determined by my Department on an annual basis, having regard to the needs of children, families and service providers, and to Departmental priorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Sector Profile 2020/2021 suggests that in 2021 there were approximately 26,200 staff working directly with children in Early Learning and Care (ELC) services, of whom 24.9% held a relevant Level 5 major award as their highest qualification, i.e. approximately 6,520 staff.  Currently the Learner Fund provides a bursary of €750 for staff who complete a relevant degree-level...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has strongly supported young people throughout the pandemic with a range of supports, in particular financially. We provided an additional €5 million in both budget 2021 and budget 2022. We have continued to provide those financial supports in order that we can have more services. I visited the Kilkenny and Ossory youth services, based in Kilkenny city. Under its UBU,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Regulation Orders (ERO) for the sector and increasing wages for over 70% of staff working in services. I understand that the JLC has submitted new draft EROs to the Labour Court proposing a 5% increase in minimum rates for all grades and the removal of 3 years experience requirement for graduate minimum pay rates. Outcomes from the JLC process are supported by the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The closing date for applications was originally 26 February but was extended to 02 March 2021 at the request of service provider representatives. It is not possible to re-open this programme. Almost €5 million has been allocated across 644 services under this grant programme to help them to carry out remedial fire safety works.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the implications of the report and the issue is under review by officials in the context of our consideration of the Estimates for 2022. As the Deputy will be aware, I provided an increase of €5 million in funding for youth services in 2021, bringing the total from my Department to €66.8 million this year. Each year, my Department funds universally focused, volunteer led,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Sep 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 424 together. Over the past six budgets, investment in Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) has increased by 141% - rising from €260 million in 2015, to €638 million in 2021. This excludes substantial funding provided to support the sector during COVID-19. Despite this progress, investment in the area remains low...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The application process is preceded by a local needs analysis undertaken by the ETB. Further additional funding may be provided as part of the Estimates process, and in 2021 this resulted in a 2.5% increase to services funded under UBU Your Place Your Space. In Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB, my Department has provided almost €7.8 million for funded youth organisations under this scheme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...understand I will not give out budget secrets today. I know he and I have engaged extensively on the matter, and as I said to other Deputies earlier, my Department is currently investing €638 million in early learning and childcare, amounting to approximately 60% of the total income of the sector. Most of the rest of the income is from parental fees. The investment of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Monaghan education and training board area in 2020. Of these, 16 were made to Foróige clubs, making it the largest group to receive a local youth club grant scheme in that area. I secured €2.5 million for the scheme in 2022, which represented a 20% increase on 2021. As the Deputy knows, as part of budgets 2020 and 2021, in each year I have been able to secure an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5 was launched in 2018 with an ambitious investment target of at least doubling expenditure in the sector by 2028 to approximately €1 billion. A new funding model was to be the key vehicle to ensure that such significant additional investment delivers for children, families and the State. Further to Budget 2023 announcements, that achievement will be reached in 2023, five years...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...does everyone across the country. We do have the resources. In last year's budget, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, provided my Department with an extra €5 million that we used to specifically target unaccompanied minors. These are young people under the age of 18 who do not have any family and who have fled. Many such young people are on...