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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are a couple of hundred. We have 5,300 children in foster care, which is 90% of all children in care. I might get an official to give Deputy Coveney the exact figure. It is a couple of hundred.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is a significant driver of our costs. Tusla and the HSE have a protocol for children with a very significant disability who are now in the care of Tusla. From a budgetary point of view, there is a shared responsibility for meeting the needs of those children. That is a significant driver of costs too. As the Deputy knows, in 2024, we have taken significant steps to boost foster care,...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his comments. I will make one comment. We know we are moving towards the end of the term of office of this Government. I put on record the value I see in the decision that was made by this Government to take disability out of the Department of Health and put it into our Department. It was made at the start of the Government's term of office. The change happened...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary)
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I see a very real value in child law reporting and I want to see that continue. One particular organisation has the contract at the moment. That was through a tendering process. We cannot just extend it for that organisation. There has to be a re-tendering process. I met the organisation in March and explained that was the situation. Between then and now, there were some delays in...

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of this important legislation. It is incredibly worthwhile legislation, which will have a very real impact on women at a very important juncture in their lives. The Bill provides for two main areas of reform. The first is to allow a pause in maternity leave for treatment...

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is built in.

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: No, it was fully published.

Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions and their assurance of support for both the core legislation and the two sets of amendments that we will seek to bring forward next week. In terms of the process, the amendments on NDAs relating to private records will be printed by the Bills Office tomorrow and will be available for full view. Next Wednesday we will have the opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is progressing works for the accommodation centre, for people applying for IP, at Thornton Hall. An accelerated procurement process begun in May 2024 for Thornton Hall. Three competent facilities management operators were invited to submit proposals for the creation of suitable tented accommodation, and ancillary services. The successful tenderer would thereafter operate the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over recent years, Ireland, alongside many other EU Member States and other countries, has experienced a very significant increase in people seeking International Protection (IP). The Government and this Department is making every effort to accommodate people seeking international protection against this backdrop of unprecedented demand. This is part of Irish and EU law and is also part of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Legal Cases (16 Oct 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: Data Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of all individuals in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679). As a data controller, my Department is cognisant of its obligations and has implemented a range of measures to protect personal data including a suite of policies and procedures and a data breach management policy. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Official Travel (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is collating the necessary information and a substantive response will issue directly to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his question. Below, in tabular form, is the information requested. There was no relevant expenditure in the years prior to 2017. The expenditure for 2024 covers the period to October 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has incurred the following amounts in consultancy fees in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024: Year Total Value 2014 €2,676.00 2015 €3,076.00 2016 €0.00 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The amount spent by my Department on traditional and online advertising from 2016 to date can be seen below in tabular form. Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Year Traditional & Online Advertising Spend 2024 € 1,239,891 2023 €...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. 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 (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. 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 (16 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to data collated by Tusla, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. The Deputy may also be aware that the The National Review Panel (NRP) for the investigation of serious incidents including the deaths of children in care and known to the child protection service has published a 2023 Annual Report which provides a summary of causes of death...