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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Irish Sign Language Act, 2017 was signed into law on 24thDecember 2017. The Minister of State with Responsability for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte and I jointly signed the commencement order. My Department is responsible for this piece of legislation, although key sections of the Act are the responsability of other Departments. The Act recognises Irish Sign Language (ISL) as a native...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Commencement of Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The following Acts contain provisions for which my Department has responsibility but which have not yet been commenced : Children (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 45 of 2015) Section 6(88b), section 8, section 9, section 10, section 16, section 18, section 19 and section 26 of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 have not yet been commenced as alternative policy proposals for the remission of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Disability Participation and Consultation Network was established in 2020 as a mechanism to ensure that people with a disability and their representative organisations are involved in the development of policy and legislation. The Network is made up of an Organising Member and four Grant Funded Members who play a central role in coordinating and organising the the work of the Network....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Disability Participation and Consultation Network was established in 2020 as a mechanism to ensure that people with a disability and their representative organisations are involved in the development of policy and legislation. The Network is made up of an Organising Member and four Grant Funded Members who play a central role in coordinating and organising the the work of the Network....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy was published in 2018 and it is a world first, action-oriented mission to ensure all LGBTI+ young people are visible, valued and included. This Strategy remains a key commitment for my Department as part of the 2020 Programme for Government. The Strategy also plays an important part to achieve the Government's broader commitment to continue to strive for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019 - 2021 provides a framework for improving the lives of LGBTI+ people by enabling their full participation in Ireland's social, economic, cultural, and political life. My Department plays a coordinating role in the implementation and monitoring of the Strategy. In this regard, I chair a monitoring Committee that comprises representatives of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Independent Review into illegal birth registrations, which was published recently, concluded that it is unlikely that a more comprehensive review of records would provide clear information relating to the existence of markers or wording suggestive of markers and the degree to which they may potentially be linked to incorrect birth registrations. Notwithstanding this, I am aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The ongoing management of the organisation referred to by the Deputy is a matter for their Board, including the challenges being presented due to the recent Covid-19 restrictions. My Department provides substantial funding to this organisation, which plays an important role in providing young people with opportunities for developmental experiences and informal learning. All of the youth...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (31 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 252 together. I recognise that miscarriage and stillbirth are very tragic for parents. The Maternity Protection Acts 1994-2004 provide for up to 26 weeks paid maternity leave, and a further 16 weeks unpaid leave for women whose pregnancy has been confirmed by a doctor/medical practitioner after the 24th week of pregnancy. In the event of a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Supply of, and demand for, early learning and care and school-age childcare places is monitored annually through the Early Years Sector Profile report. This survey is conducted by Pobal on behalf of the Department. Published data from the 2018/2019 programme year indicates that existing childcare provision, in general, meets current needs nationwide in terms of capacity whilst recognising...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Policy on surrogacy rests with the Minister for Health while policy on parentage rests with the Minister for Justice. Legislation on family leaves must be developed in the context of the legal situation concerning parentage, including in relation to surrogacy. Any changes in the legal situation with regard to parentage and surrogacy are matters for the Minister for Justice and Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes submitted a Sixth Interim Report to the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on 2 January 2020. The Sixth Interim Report was published in full on 12 January 2021 in line with the commitment I gave to publish this Report in tandem with the Commission's Final Report. I have requested my Department to provide the Deputy with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Joint Labour Committees (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government commits to supporting the establishment of a Joint Labour Committee (JLC) for the early learning and care and school-age childcare sector and the drawing up of an Employment Regulation Order. In December 2020, I began a short process to examine the possibility of regulating the pay and conditions of employment of practitioners in early learning and care and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies Data (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that Tusla publishes considerable information on its funding of bodies under section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Acts 2013. For example, Appendix 1 of the Tusla's Annual Financial Statements for 2019 provides a list of organisations that received payments equal to or greater than €50,000 in that year. These are published and were laid before the Houses of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The purpose of the Prevention, Partnership and Family Support Programme (PPFS) is to support children, young people, parents and families in accessing preventative and support services while enabling their participation in decisions which affect their lives. It aims to prevent risks to children and young people arising or escalating through building sustainable services within Tusla and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The current funding difficulties in the organisation referred to by the Deputy has been brought to my attention at a meeting with the organisation’s Board. The ongoing management of the organisation referred to by the Deputy is a matter for their Board, including the challenges being presented due to the recent Covid-19 restrictions. My Department provides substantial funding to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The table below shows a breakdown of staff employed in my Department in the requested grades by gender as of 30 March 2021. Grade Female Male Total Higher Executive Officer 40 29 69 Administrative Officer 21 14 35 Assistant Principal 58 35 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (1 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue. Policy is coordinated by the Department of Justice. Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. Capital funding for approved housing bodies, including services that...