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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (28 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: Children in Care (28 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: Child and Family Agency (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the matter raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have referred the question to Tusla for response directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foster Care (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Foster carers or foster care applicants are not requested to cease their employment when considering fostering or when fostering. Tusla have a number of foster carers who are in employment. Every child in care has unique and individual needs and social workers match children to their foster carers based on the capacity of the foster carers and the needs of the child. Decisions in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: A Vulnerability Assessment process is currently being piloted by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of my Department in the International Protection Office.  The pilot commenced in December 2020 and was extended to all new applicants for international protection from the beginning of February. The pilot will continue until end 2021. The purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 716 and 717 together. Section 9 of the Official Languages Act 2003 prescribes the categories of information which must be published by public bodies, in each of the official languages simultaneously. My Department is compliant with these requirements. Section 11 of the said Act requires each public body to publish a Scheme which...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs Staff (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am not in a position to comment on this matter. This is more appropriate for the attention of my Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Education.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: A detailed description of the actions contained in the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 can be found at . The following actions have been completed:

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foster Care (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has regular meetings with the Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA)  on a range of issues. In recent months my officials have engaged with the Association regarding their concerns about HIQA's draft Standards for Children's Social Services. HIQA's proposal is to replace the current standards for Foster Care (2003), Children's Residential Care Special Care and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to provide the following information to the Deputy regarding the cost of each contract entered into by my Department and the agencies under my remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the contractor in each case. DCEDIY contracted Holland Safety to provide bespoke Covid-19 Health and Safety Induction Training to all staff. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: All youth funding programmes received an increased allocation in 2021 arising from the additional €5 million in Budget 2021 for youth services. The table below details the exact amount increased in each funding programme for the Deputy. This increased the funding for youth services to €66.8 million and this is broken down as follows: Scheme Allocation 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy points out, I secured an additional €1 million for the provision of new UBU services in 2021. Six Education and Training Boards (ETBs), who did not form part of the Sample Services process in 2016 and 2017, were pre-selected to establish new services. These ETBs are: - City of Dublin ETB - Donegal ETB - Kerry ETB - Laois Offaly ETB - Louth Meath ETB - Waterford...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government commitment referred to by the Deputy sets out that the Government will develop mechanisms, through a new youth strategy, for the voice and views of young people to be part of decision-making at community, county and national levels. Promoting and ensuring the participation of young people at all levels of decision-making is a key priority for my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to thank the Deputy for her question. As this is an operational matter, it has been sent on to Tusla who will reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme and provides funding supports to 121 FRCs across the country. Core funding for the national FRC Programme is provided from my Department (Vote 40), and, since 2019 has involved the allocation of approximately €18m annually to Tusla for this purpose. FRCs will receive funding from Tusla other than core funding, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: All of my Department’s international protection accommodation centres are contractually bound to provide menus that reasonably meet the dietary needs of the different ethnic, cultural and religious groups accommodated at the centre and the reasonable prescribed dietary needs of any person accommodated at the centre including the provision of a vegetarian option. All...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: One funding stream under the remit of my Department can be accessed by community groups through the Local Authority  in which the facility for which funding is needed is or will be located. My department has administered  the Capital Grant Scheme for Play and Recreation every year since 2013. This Scheme  provides Local Authorities with the opportunity to apply for funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department for Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth has no spend on public relations advice and media advice in the dates January 2020 to date in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (28 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: . Date Amount Company Engaged Company With August 2020 €4059 Inc VAT Mindshare Media Ireland Ltd Online Advertising 2020 Total €146,513.54 Inc VAT Mindshare Media Ireland Ltd Sky Adsmart, YouTube PMP, GroupM Programmatic VOD, TodayFM, MediaCentral 6, IRS, GroupM PBU...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am advised by officials in the Interational Protection Accommodation Services area (IPAS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy voluntarily left his assigned accommodation placement in an accommodation centre for International Protection applicants in August 2020 having found private accommodation.  I am further advised that the person is no longer an...