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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department was established in 2011 and I am happy to supply the Deputy with information relating to the period 2011 to 2024. Year Total Youth Capital Funding Allocation Youth Capital Funding Scheme for Youth Organisations/Youth Services/Youth Clubs Youth Café Funding Scheme Capital Grant Scheme for Play and Recreation ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department was established in 2011 and I am happy to supply the Deputy with information relating to the period 2011 to 2024. The annual current funding allocation provided for youth organisations and services under the sectoral programme for children and young people within subhead B06-Youth Organisations and Services (part funded by the national lottery) is set out in the table below. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I was very pleased to secure an additional €1 million in the Budget to support the Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative (TYESI) in 2024. The aim of this important scheme is to engage and support harder to reach young people, aged from 15 to 24 years, who are not in employment, education, or training. The focused interventions are intended to provide community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The annual breakdown of the current funding allocation per budget line provided by the Department for youth organisations and services under the sectoral programme for children and young people within subhead B06-Youth Organisations and Services (part funded by the national lottery) is set out in the tables at the below link for 2014 to 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Youth workers and volunteers are central to the delivery of youth services to young people. The relationships which young people develop with their youth workers or volunteer leaders can be transformative to a young person's life. I have committed to developing a workforce development plan for the youth sector, to support the recruitment and retention of staff and volunteers in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (5 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department provides funding to 21 Youth Information Centres (YICs) nationally. Their purpose is to provide young people with information on rights, opportunities, benefits, health, welfare and other matters. My Department has contracted independent research into the role, benefits, and best practice of state-funded youth information provision. This research will address a set of key...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme, opening on March 20th, will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible for its benefits. I am conscious that many potential applicants to the Scheme are elderly. As promised, the Scheme will, generally speaking, prioritise applications according to the age of the applicant, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The additional information relating to this overage exemption application has been received in my Department. Officials from my Department have been in contact with the parent, and I can confirm the matter has been resolved.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In line with a recommendation in Partnership for the Public Good, providers that had an active Core Funding Contract during the 2022/2023 Programme Year must provide validated Financial Returns as per their Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement. Following constructive engagement with members and nominees of the Early Learning and Childcare Stakeholder Forum (ELCSF), my officials...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked the bodies under the aegis of my Department to respond directly to you on this matter in relation to staff of their own organisations. I and my officials are committed at all times to the proper use of public funds, and my Department sanctions such packages in line with the relevant circulars and guidelines. To answer your...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked the bodies under the aegis of my Department to respond directly to you on this matter in relation to staff of their own organisations. I and my officials are committed at all times to the proper use of public funds, and my Department sanctions such packages in line with the relevant circulars and guidelines. To answer your...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I confirm that exit packages were not sanctioned for staff other than payments to Ministerial staff. Such arrangements would be in accordance with central guidance from DPER.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: With respect to integration and funding, I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a new local integration model has been developed in collaboration with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH), the City and County Management Authority (CCMA) and the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA). The model centres on a new national network of four-person Local Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (6 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Inspections of IPAS accommodation is an operational matter for Tusla and as such I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy. Outlined below is measures in place within IPAS to ensure Centre compliance with requirements of Children First legislation and national guidance. When an accommodation centre is opened, a designated member of the International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with additional needs can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. Its goal is to empower Early Learning and Care (ELC) providers to deliver an inclusive pre-school experience. The main supports are grouped into universal or targeted supports. Universal supports are designed...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Phase 1 of the National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028, which is nearing completion, requires the amendment of primary legislation to enable childminders to register with Tusla; the development of new, childminder-specific regulations that are proportionate and appropriate to the home environment in which childminders work; development and roll-out of new, bespoke training for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are currently over 27,000 people being accommodated by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). Over 9,800 of those International Protection (IP) applicants are being accommodated in 70 hotels throughout Ireland. Over 90% of those hotels are contracted exclusively for the accommodation of International Protection (IP) applicants and are not available for commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As at 4th March 2024, 1,159 single adult males are awaiting an offer of accommodation. While demand continues to outstrip supply, particularly for single male adults, the Department is ensuring that all single adult women, families and children have been accommodated. The Department is continuing to work intensively to source further accommodation and to follow up with those International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is currently accommodating over 100,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection (IP) applicants. This includes over 75,000 Ukrainian people who have sought accommodation from the State and over 27,000 IP applicants currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation. In this context, there is a recognition that the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: DCEDIY has utilised offers that have come through the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) for religious buildings such as seminaries and convents for International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation. There are also a number of such buildings which are currently in use for the accommodation of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) and...