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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I answered the question on numbers and made the point that tented accommodation comprised a small proportion. Tented accommodation is temporary accommodation for Ukrainians, with most people in it for two to three weeks before being moved on to vacancies in our existing stock. Coming into the winter, there will be pressure due to the overall number. The team in the Department is continuing...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The comparative analysis is a document of the Cabinet committee.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023.
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary). (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is being viewed by the Cabinet committee. No more than any other document that goes before the Cabinet, it is not one that I can publish on my own. It is not just a document for our Department. Rather, it is part of a Cabinet committee.

Estimates for Public Services 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move the following Supplementary Estimate: Vote 40 — Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary Estimate) That a supplementary sum not exceeding €1,090,000,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2023, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I join the Ceann Comhairle in thanking Deputy Flaherty for raising this important issue. He has given us a real sense of the great work done at St. Christopher's and the real challenges that the staff there face in dealing with very vulnerable students with complex needs. Both myself and the Minister of State at my Department, Deputy Rabbitte, are fully committed to the development and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: On the first point, I do not think the Deputy has in any way overdramatised the challenges faced by staff in St. Christopher's in terms of the complexity of the health and social care needs of the students in that school, including those who have epilepsy, those who use wheelchairs, those with intellectual disabilities, the student who needs to be PEG fed and the various additional supports...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy. As he is aware, we had a very enjoyable day at the centre about a year ago with the Deputy, other Deputies from the area and my colleague, Caroline Conroy, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin at the time. During my time as Minister, there have been significant increases in the level of investment in the youth sector. It is an area I have prioritised. Between 2021 and 2023,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I met the National Youth Council of Ireland and we discussed its budget submission. I met it individually and also as part of a much wider annual forum we have with those in the youth sector to discuss challenges including funding and recruitment. We discuss the range of challenges they have but also the amazing work they do. The Deputy is absolutely right that the youth sector bore a very...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Oct 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 pre-school providers to deliver an inclusive pre-school experience, ensuring that every eligible child can meaningfully participate in the ECCE Programme and reap the benefits of high quality...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2023 expenditure for the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is estimated to be approximately €48m. This funding covers the cost of the seven levels of AIM, which encompass a range of both universal and targeted supports during ECCE for pre-school settings. ECCE, the free preschool provision is 3 hours per day, 38 weeks per year. This funding covers training of staff,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since my Department was established in June 2020, it has prepared eight general schemes which have been referred to Oireachtas Committees for pre-legislative scrutiny. The table below sets out the information requested: Title of general scheme Date referred Date published General Scheme of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188, 189 and 190 together. My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department operates the Play and Recreation Capital grant scheme, which provides funding, via Local Authorities, to support the development of new recreation facilities for children and young people. The scheme also funds the refurbishment of existing play and recreation facilities and the incorporation of natural play elements. The criteria for the scheme were developed in partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 316 together. Each accommodation provider who has a contract with my Department to provide accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) is required to notify my officials of any vacancies at the accommodation on a weekly basis. The accommodation provider for which details have been supplied is one of our contracted providers and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In March 2022, Government approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance, to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1. The National Centre will stand as a site of conscience to honour equally all those who were resident in Industrial Schools, Magdalen Laundries, Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is not possible to to provide an update in respect of a person's potential eligibility for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme in advance of the Scheme being open for applications. Opening the Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The Deputy may be aware that underpinning legislation for the Scheme - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Oct 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.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to be here to outline the key elements of the budget 2024 allocation for my Department. Two years ago I set out an ambition to deliver a meaningful reduction in childcare costs for families all over our country. I am pleased that today we have have been able to deliver that, with an average 25% reduction in the cost of childcare in budget 2024. This change will be effective...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (10 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 and 447 together. The below two tables outline the funding information provided by my Department to youth services and youth work, as requested by the Deputy. Current Funding Universal, policy development, and targeted UBU Your Place Your Space Funding Scheme Targeted Youth Services Grant...