Results 161-180 of 232 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...task of monitoring the implementation of this plan. In Budget 2022, I announced a new Core Funding stream which will provide an additional €69m of funding in 2022 and is equivalent to more than €207 million in a full year. Core Funding is expected, among other objectives, to support the delivery of Nurturing Skills through supporting the employment of graduate staff and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...their lives, particularly at present in relation to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The importance of supporting young people through this crisis and beyond is also reflected in the additional €5 million funding I secured for youth services in the last budget. This brought annual funding provided to youth services by my Department to almost €70m in 2021. Last year my...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to come into contract for the scheme. It will be a payment directly to services who choose to participate in the scheme. The total available budget for Core Funding is equivalent to €207 million in a full programme year, contingent on an Employment Regulation Order being agreed by the Joint Labour Committee. Core Funding will be allocated to services based on their capacity and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to achieving that, which would represent an investment of €1 billion per annum by 2028. This would be a very substantial increase in the voted expenditure for the sector, which amounts to €638 million this year. The new funding model I mentioned earlier will be a key vehicle to ensure the additional investment delivers those important returns for children, families and the...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: First of all, I recognise the presence of many staff members of section 56 and 39 organisations in the Public Gallery. I also recognise that they have been joined by many service users, who will be impacted by industrial action, and their family members. I know that the threat of industrial action is not one that is made lightly by any of these incredibly dedicated staff members. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 May 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...a critical part of the nation’s infrastructure, both as a core element of the education system for children and a prerequisite of job creation and labour market participation for parents. €89 million has been allocated to this sector under the revised NDP over the period 2023-2026. First 5: A Whole of Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations and draw downs for the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) are set out in the table. Year Allocated Draw down 2019 35,500,000 34,290,000 2020 43,000,000 31,900,000 2021 48,330,500 n/a Last autumn I was pleased to announce a €5 million increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (5 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) is a very important piece of legislation that changes the existing law on capacity from the status approach of the wardship system to a flexible functional approach, whereby capacity is assessed on an issue and time-specific basis. It will abolish the wards of court system for adults by repealing the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland)...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for parents is a key priority for me. We need to achieve this alongside our continuing work to improve quality, sustainability and accessibility. This year, my Department is investing €638 million into the sector and affordability for parents is a key policy objective in the context of that investment, separate from the Covid supports I mentioned. There are two major schemes...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...small grant to support local funded organisations, youth information centres and youth clubs to defray some of their Covid-19 costs. Since then, in last week's budget, I secured an additional €5 million investment in youth services for 2021. I see this funding as supporting the front-line services as they seek to innovate in order to continue to provide critical services to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...has undertaken to calculate what such a payment might cost on the basis requested The number of children approved for targeted supports under Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Level 4, 5 and 7 supports for the 2022/23 programme call is 7,275. Based on this figure, if each family were to receive a payment of €500 per-month for 12 months the cost would amount to over...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...learning and childcare is accessible and affordable is a key priority for me and there are a number of funding programmes available through my Department that seek to improve capacity. Since 2015, significant increases in State investment in early learning and childcare have given rise to a substantial growth in the numbers of children participating in these services. Every year, more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...childcare services that identify as naíonraí with Pobal and my Department. Of these, 237 provide the ECCE scheme. For the 2019-20 programme year, my Department provided these services with €25 million worth of supports. Tusla, the early years regulator, and the Better Start quality development service offer services to the sector through Irish and continue their efforts...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the basis of parliamentary constituencies or postal areas, the ETB’s which provides for areas in Dublin 1, 3, 7, 9 and 11 are City of Dublin ETB and Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB. In 2022, over €17.5 million has been allocated to CDETB and over €9 million has been allocated to DDLETB. The more significant elements of these figures are: The UBU - Your...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. As members will have seen in the briefing provided for them last week, my Department is projected to spend €7.293 billion in current expenditure and €135 million in capital expenditure during 2024. This represents an increase of €244 million, or 3%, on the Supplementary Estimate for 2023. The 2024 allocation covers financial...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (3 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to confirm that I secured an additional €5 million in current funding for youth services nationally as part of Budget 2021. My officials are currently working on the apportionment of these funds in the context of the publication of the Revised Estimates Volume later this year. As such, I am not in a position as yet to provide a detailed breakdown of these allocations. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (6 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to support the integration of migrants. - My Department administers a National Funding Programme to promote the Integration of migrants and the National Integration Fund 2020 had funding of €2.2 million available over a three year period. The Fund supports communities to promote the integration of migrants and their children into Irish society and selected projects will help to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (16 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...informed by the findings of the end-of-year-three evaluation of AIM, which is currently underway, with the final report due to be published in February 2022. Budget 2022 has ensured an additional €78 million for early learning and childcare, which will support my Department to introduce a range of new measures in 2022. Among these measures are reforms to the National Childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to 1 November 2021. It is important to note that the suitability and safety of premises is a key concern in the assessment of quality provision for children in early years services. Section 58G of the Child Care Act, 1991 (as amended by Part 12 of the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013) places an onus on the providers of early years services to ensure that they take all reasonable...