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- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has no role in determining access to homeless services for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection or for any other group. The Deputy might wish to address this question to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who has policy responsibility for homeless services. My Department provides access to State supported accommodation...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I acknowledge that many early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) services report staffing challenges in relation to recruitment and retention. In general, staffing pressures in the sector are caused not by insufficient supply of qualified personnel, but by high levels of staff turnover. Pay levels are one of a number of issues impacting staffing levels.Providers of ELC and...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (25 Jun 2024)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (25 Jun 2024)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (25 Jun 2024)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is not in a position to comment on individual cases. Under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018, those who have had their application determined are no longer entitled to Material Reception conditions. However, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) continues to accommodate those with status, until such time that they progress...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: When a Partner Service enters into Core Funding, they agree to adhere to the terms of the Core Funding Partner Service Agreement. One such term of this agreement for the 2023/2024 Programme Year is that a Partner Service agrees that they will not charge non-refundable deposits including administration fees, registration fees or other such charges where the parent/guardian takes up the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: My department provides funding to support the development of new play and recreation facilities for children and young people through the Capital Grant Scheme for Play and Recreation. Established in 2013, this grant scheme operates through and with Local Authorities. The scheme also funds the refurbishment of existing play and recreation facilities and the incorporation of natural play...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: 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: International Protection (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: There are currently over 31,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom over 7,833 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022.Please see, in tabular format, the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by international protection applicants arriving between 2019 and 2024. This data...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: My Department does not collate information on beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) that have exited supported accommodation as requested by the Deputy. The overall number of BOTPs reported in accommodation that is supported by my Department has been in decline since November 2023. Estimates indicate that approx. 40 to 50 BOTPs per day have been leaving accommodation supported by my...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: My Department did not collate the information in the manner requested by the Deputy in relation to a breakdown of the number of persons that vacated State-owned accommodation, commercial accommodation or other accommodation types respectively between end-December 2023 to end-March 2024.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (26 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: The support my department provides for the development of new play and recreation facilities for children and young people is through the annual Capital Grant Scheme for Play and Recreation. Established in 2013, this grant scheme operates through and with Local Authorities. The scheme also funds the refurbishment of existing play and recreation facilities and the incorporation of natural...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (26 Jun 2024)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (26 Jun 2024)
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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 152 and 153 together. As at 16 June 2024, there were 31,222 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom 7,833 are children) compared with approximately 8,700 people at the end of February 2022. The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has a policy on the recording and...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: Improving access to quality and affordable early learning and childcare is a key priority of Government. My Department has in place a range of supports and funding schemes to support the delivery of early learning and childcare places but services are independently operated, either by community not-for-profit or by private for-profit providers. The level of capacity in the sector...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: Improving access to quality and affordable early learning and childcare is a key priority of Government. My Department has in place a range of supports and funding schemes to support the delivery of early learning and childcare places but services are independently operated, either by community not-for-profit or by private for-profit providers. The level of capacity in the sector...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (27 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that as this is an operational matter, my officials have asked the HSE to respond directly to you on this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Jun 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on providing access to emergency temporary accommodation to those fleeing the conflict who request it, in line with Government policy. To date, approximately 108,000 beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) have arrived in Ireland and...