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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht (28 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I láthair na huaire, tacaíonn an Clár um Sheirbhísí Pobail (CSP) le breis agus 420 eagraíocht pobail chun deiseanna áitiúla fostaíochta agus seirbhísí sóisialta, eacnamaíochta agus timpeallachta a chur ar fáil trí mhúnla fiontraíochta sóisialta. Cuirtear maoiniú ar fiú €19,033 é...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: 756. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 981 and 1030 together. As the Deputies are aware, under the EU Temporary Protection Directive, all persons fleeing the war in Ukrainian have been granted the rights of EU citizens, including the right to access income supports, employment supports and the right to work in this country on the same basis as EU citizens. Government’s first priority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: 1789. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of dedicated clinics and models of care for patients with long Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Government is working to ensure that local capacity, resources and knowledge are brought to bear on the overall humanitarian response to people fleeing Ukraine and seeking protection in Ireland. Building on structures developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Response Fora are being repurposed in each local authority area, including in Dublin. The Forum brings together...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is currently exploring options for the establishment of centralised grantee database for the community and voluntary sector in line with our Statement of Strategy. Streamlining the compliance and reporting burden faced by the sector across many different agents of the State has been identified, via engagement with the sector, as a key requirement. The merits of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (26 Apr 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I am aware of the challenges facing community groups in relation to utilities and insurance costs.  In November 2021 I launched the €9m Community Activities Fund to support community and voluntary groups impacted by COVID-19. The fund will support community groups, particularly in disadvantaged areas, with their running costs such as utility (Electricity, Heating charges) or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (4 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) drug rehabilitation schemes have a very significant social inclusion focus, are well embedded in our local communities nationally and are generally engaged in significant levels of local service support and delivery. The role of the service support worker is crucial in providing these services. I refer to your question on behalf of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Sector Staff (4 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: My Department’s Community Services Programme (CSP), which is administered by Pobal on behalf of the Department, currently supports over 420 community organisations to provide employment opportunities and local services through a social enterprise model.  As part of their contracts with Pobal, CSP-funded organisations agree to comply at all times with the rules and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (4 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Charities Act 2009 makes it clear that in order to carry on any activities, including seeking and accepting donations, an organisation must be registered on the register of charities. The Charities Regulator is responsible for registering and regulating all of Ireland’s charities. Its role is to provide effective and robust regulation in accordance with the Charities Act...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Prior to being elected to the Dáil, I spent many years advocating for change in how we facilitate immigration in Ireland, how we allow migrants to enter, what rights we grant migrants who enter and how we help people to become and feel part of society. In the past ten weeks, 28,000 Ukrainians have come to our shores seeking refuge from war. We have provided accommodation to all who...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, following complex and detailed discussions between the Department of Social Protection and unions representing CE supervisors and a subsequent ballot of union members, an agreement was reached late in 2021 that resolved issues arising from a 2008 Labour Court recommendation on CE supervisor pensions. Both Minister Humphreys and I were very pleased that this settlement...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (11 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) Scheme is an active labour market programme designed to provide long-term unemployed people, who have been out of work for a year, with an opportunity to engage in useful work experience and training opportunities within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis to improve their prospect of returning to employment. While the duration on CE can vary...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (12 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) is the official poverty data for Ireland. The most recent survey results in relation to the 2021 survey were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on 6 May 2022. It is welcome that the national rate of child poverty, which is based on consistent poverty, decreased...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (12 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: There is no official food poverty indicator in Ireland. However, in 2012 the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) developed a measure which defined food poverty as the inability to have an adequate and nutritious diet due to issues of affordability or accessibility. This measure is derived using data collected as part of the annual Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). For...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (12 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 272 together. The Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025, which is a whole of Government strategy to reduce poverty and make Ireland one of the most socially inclusive countries in the EU, includes a commitment to ‘Develop a comprehensive programme of work to further explore the drivers of food poverty and to identify mitigating...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Tús is a community work placement initiative aimed at providing short-term, quality work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The scheme aims to improve the employability and work readiness of participants, by providing them with the opportunities to put work skills into practice and learn new skills enabling progression to work, further education or skill...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their local communities. The programme aims to improve a person’s opportunities to return to the labour market. There are currently 848 CE schemes nationwide. At the end of April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Both Tus and RSS are funded by the Department of Social Protection and delivered by Implementing Bodies (IB). Tús is a work initiative that provides short-term work opportunities for those who have been unemployed for more than a year, in community work placements lasting for twelve months. The Rural Social Scheme (RSS) is an income support initiative that provides part-time...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Department provides a range of income supports and activation programmes for long-term unemployed jobseekers and those most distant from the labour market. These supports include Tús, Community Employment Scheme (CE) and the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). Tús is a work initiative that provides short-term work opportunities for those who have been unemployed for more than a year,...