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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: In terms of closures, there were 115 early learning and childcare, ELC, closures in 2023 and then 52 stand-alone school-age childcare facilities in 2015. Therefore, the total number closures in 2023 was 167. That was the lowest number of closures in the previous five years. Importantly, however, between early learning and childcare and stand-alone school-age childcare, 296 services opened...

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: What we have is 265, so it is very similar. That is the 6%. A figure of 97% of all community services and 93% of private services have taken up core funding. In certain areas, we have 100% take-up. In County Kilkenny, for example, we have 100% take-up in core funding and we are at 98% in County Carlow. A number of other counties have very high take-up rates as well. The lowest we have...

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: Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Services for all International Protection applicants, including healthcare, are mainstreamed and accessed through the same referral pathways as Irish citizens. Residents in all International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation centres access GP services within the local community, and mental health services are accessed through the same referral pathways as Irish citizens...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outset of the war in Ukraine in early 2022, Ireland has provided accommodation to over 100,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection applicants. This includes approximately 75,000 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) from Ukraine who required State supported accommodation and over 26,000 International Protection applicants currently in IPAS...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla is the independent statutory regulator for early years services, including Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services and is responsible for maintaining the register of services under the Child Care Act 1991. Where an ELC or SAC service ceases operations, the registered provider is required by law to advise Tusla of this and the service will then be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on providing access to emergency temporary accommodation to those fleeing the conflict who request it. To date, over 100,000 beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) have arrived in Ireland and approximately 75,000 of those have been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his question. This information will be provided directly to him in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Local Authorities (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: A new local integration model has been developed in collaboration with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH), the City and County Management Authority (CCMA) and the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA). The model centres on a new national network of four person Local Authority Integration Teams (LAITs), funded by DCEDIY, to be located in each local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) availed of the following consultancy services from Grant Thornton Ireland: “Finalisation and documentation of rules and business processes for a new funding scheme and associated capacity building and implementation planning activities.” The scheme was the Targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together. Childcare services are provided by private enterprises, either privately owned or operated by community organisations. The majority of services are contracted with my Department to provide schemes which subsidise the cost of the service to eligible parents, or in the case of the universal pre-school programme, ECCE, to provide these...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland and many other European countries are experiencing a significant increase of people seeking international protection (IP). As at 21 January 2024, there were over 26,700 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom over 5,800 are children). IPAS releases weekly statistics in relation to international protection (IP)...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Protected Disclosures (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that my Department does not hold any records in relation to any stated protected disclosure. This therefore is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency to respond to.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In relation to inspections of accommodation centres provided pursuant to the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 and centres accommodating Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, figures for 2023 were not collated in the manner which the Deputy has requested. There were over 200 inspections carried out in 2023 for International Protection (IP) and BOTP accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) I am advised by my officials that as part of the contractual arrangements with providers of accommodation for BOTPs, my Department sets out a number of requirements which providers must meet in terms of service provision, including delivery of key services, and compliance with all obligations in terms of health and safety, child protection, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: International Protection (IP) International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) works at all times to ensure accommodation is utilised in the most effective manner possible. All IPAS centres are subject to regular unannounced inspections, both by my officials in IPAS and by an independent inspectorate company. Every IPAS centre is contractually obliged to record the name and Temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: For DCEDIY to withdraw or reduce material reception conditions as outlined, the International Protection Office would be required to inform this Department of an applicants failure to comply with an obligation as part of the first instance process. To the best of our records there has not been such a communication from the International Protection Office in respect of an applicant in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Temple Spa Accommodation Centre is located 9km east of Moate, located on a small local road so a bus stop for Bus Eireann services would not be an option as there would be no passing buses on this type of road. To facilitate international applicants resident at the Temple Spa Accommodation Centre, there is a shuttle service contracted seven days a week for trips to and from Moate and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Level 5 of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a targeted support and recognises that some children require specialised equipment, appliances and assistive technology, depending on their individual needs. Supports include grants for early learning and care settings who may require equipment or minor structural alterations to ensure that children with a disability can participate in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.