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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) was introduced in 2016 to ensure that children with additional needs or a disability could access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Its goal is to empower preschool providers to deliver an inclusive preschool experience, ensuring that every eligible child can meaningfully participate in the ECCE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) was introduced in 2016 to ensure that children with additional needs or a disability could access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. An independent evaluation of AIM was published in January 2024 and has informed the phased extension of AIM, commencing from this September with the extension of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Projects (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme was introduced in 2020, targeted youth funding distributed under this scheme has increased by 28%, from €37.3 million to €47.9 million in 2024. There are 251 youth projects currently funded under UBU. In addition, my Department has allocated Resilience and Effectiveness funding of €580,480 this year, which provides...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) does not comment on the particulars of individual transfers. The Department is currently providing accommodation to over 31,000 people, of whom over 5,500 have been granted permission to remain in Ireland and, as such, are no longer in the International Protection process. At the same time, there is currently an ongoing shortfall...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jul 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 and services are independently operated by community not-for-profit and private for-profit providers. The level of capacity in the sector has risen...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In September 2022, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare (ELC). This new funding model supports the delivery of ELC for the public good, to provide affordability, accessibility and quality for children and families as well as sustainability for providers. Through Together for Better, my Department provides a number of schemes which offset...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department engages with relevant stakeholders and accommodation service providers as appropriate, to ensure that international protection (IP) applicants placed in accommodation in isolated areas will have access to transportation for basic requirements. The International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) try to ensure in as far as possible that IP applicants are not located in remote...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) was introduced in 2016 to ensure that children with additional needs or a disability could access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. In line with a commitment in First 5: A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families 2019-2028, an independent evaluation of AIM was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In September 2022, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare. Together for Better brings together Core Funding, the Early Childhood and Education (ECCE) programme, the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), the National Childcare Scheme (NCS), and the newly announced Equal Start. Core Funding is a grant to early learning and childcare providers...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for her question. I can confirm that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has not requested or drawn down funding from EU sources in relation to Covid-19 expenditure in the years 2020 - 2024 (to date).

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (10 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 264 together. Action 18 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions commits to the creation of a Children's Fund to honour the memory of the children who died in Mother and Baby Institutions, with the core aim of supporting children experiencing disadvantage in the present day. Three...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am aware of the issues facing Northside Community Enterprises, and of the funding that they require to support the re-opening of the Before 5 Family Centre in Churchfield, Co. Cork. The Before 5 Family Centre is in an area of undersupply and of high need, so the ambition of Northside Community Enterprises to reopen this Centre, with an extended offer of full time, full year places for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days as my Department liaises with the relevant Department and bodies for the provision of educational services.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In July 2023, my Department announced the publication of an independent report, "Realising the promise of national equality policy”. The study examined and evaluated the effectiveness of the process for implementation of three quality strategies: the Migrant Integration Strategy, the National Strategy for Women and Girls, and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently providing accommodation to approximately 43,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) fleeing the war in Ukraine and almost 31,400 International Protection (IP) applicants from a variety of countries. The accommodation to which the Deputy refers was contracted to provide accommodation to BOTPs. There are currently 80 vacant contracted beds at this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days.

Seanad: Better Planning for Local Childcare Provision: Motion (17 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Acting Chair for his kind remarks. I thank Senator Currie for facilitating the debate today and, in particular, I thank her for her report on better planning for local childcare because it very usefully highlights some of the high-level planning challenges that exist at the moment. It illustrates those through case studies, many of which I am familiar with from our Dublin West...

Seanad: Better Planning for Local Childcare Provision: Motion (17 Jul 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Great. That is why we have announced the €25 million for next year in terms of building blocks. That will be important. We are focusing that building blocks investment on services that will be offered to one- to three-year-olds, recognising the particular challenge at that end, even before we get into the ECCE side of things. That is where our big challenge is now. When it comes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (9 Sep 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Information requested for 2014 and 2015 is not centrally available. Request 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 YTD Number of individual young persons admitted to Oberstown 01.04.16 – 21.08.24 N/A N/A 159 133 132 127 122 73 82 95 68