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An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will not. There will be no recognition of polygamous marriages. Let us be very clear about that. That is not in any way the purpose. Perhaps when I speak to Deputy-----

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is an important question and I will come to it in detail when it comes around.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes. I will make that request.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputy Tully for raising that important issue. She is absolutely right. The situation and the conditions that this child and her family found themselves in are unacceptable and it is important that these are published and publicised by the children's law reporting project. Since then, Tusla and the HSE have agreed a protocol for addressing the needs of children who are in care but...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In its final report, the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality made 45 recommendations. Subsequently, the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality recommended an expanded list of 205 actions to give them effect. 161 are either completed or in progress (147 of those actions are currently in progress and 14 completed). Those completed include: - the introduction of gender pay gap...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) does not provide a scheme or payment for homeowners to offer accommodation to International Protection (IP) applicants. The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a scheme to pay a financial contribution for the hosting of Temporary Protection Beneficiaries from Ukraine, as provided in Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I note the Human Rights Committee's concluding observation on the fifth periodic report of Ireland in relation to the practice of conversion therapy. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to legislate to ban conversion therapy. The National LGBTI Youth Strategy 2018 – 2020 and the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019 – 2021 contain commitments in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Jan 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Some €69 million has been allocated over the period 2023-2025 to the early learning and childcare sector under the revised National Development Plan (NDP). This will enable significant capital investment in early learning and childcare across three pillars:Building Blocks - Improvement GrantBuilding Blocks - Capacity GrantBuilding Blocks - Innovation GrantUnder the Building Blocks -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Some €69 million has been allocated over the period 2023-2025 to the early learning and childcare sector under the revised National Development Plan (NDP). This will enable significant capital investment in early learning and childcare across three pillars: Building Blocks - Improvement Grant Building Blocks - Capacity Grant Building Blocks - Innovation Grant Under the Building Blocks...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since its establishment in 2020, my Department has provided a number of services that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area has benefited from. Early Years The 2 tables below provide all the details of the funding for ELC for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown for the period from 2020 to the end of the 2023/2024 programme year. The 1st table gives the budgets for the programme calls listed, from the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is involved in negotiations with a range of accommodation providers across Ireland, and has received an offer of accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) from Ukraine for the property known as Castlemacgarrett House in Co. Mayo. As the property is in need of significant conversion/refurbishment works it was passed on to the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The report of the Independent Financial Review of Sessional Early Learning and Childcare services by Frontier Economics was published on 8 January and is available on www.first5fundingmodel.gov.ie. This Review was commissioned by my Department in early 2023 in response to concerns raised by some Sector Representatives regarding the financial viability of sessional early learning and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1317 and 1318 together. On the wider issue of supports for training, my Department provides a number of funded training initiatives for early years educators. Funded CPD programmes under the National Síolta Aistear Initiative (including both introductory workshop and the Aistear and Play CPD programme), AIM training (such as EDI training, Hanen,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for her question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am advised my officials that the total expenditure by my Department on the provision of accommodation and related costs for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection since February 2022, as of 10 January 2024, is just under €1,996m which is on average approximately €100m per month. These figures include direct food and board costs incurred by my Department in accommodating...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland is currently accommodating more than 101,000 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection (IP) applicants. This includes almost 75,000 Ukrainian people who have sought accommodation from the State and over 26,000 IP applicants currently in International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation. Intensive efforts are being undertaken daily by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department has contracted the services of DePaul and the Peter McVerry Trust (PMVT) to provide ‘Housing Support’ for those with Status or Permission to Remain to transition out of International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation. Prior to the publication of the Request for Tender (RFT) in 2022, IPAS engaged in a Service Level Arrangement (SLA) for...