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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department’s policy on the charging of non-refundable registration fees by early learning and care centre providers; whether this breaches the requirements of the core funding contract; if there is any upper limit to the registration fees that can be charged; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 1276. To ask the Minister for Health what preparations have been made to roll out the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, as outlined in Budget 2025. [3302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question and I understand that my colleague, the Minister for Finance, will provide an answer on the first part of this question relating to the supports available to individuals who require wheelchair-modified vehicles for personal use, under the Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme that is operated by his department. In relation to the second part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: As part of the State’s humanitarian response to the Ukrainian crisis, the Government has developed a Rapid Build Housing Programme to provide accommodation for families fleeing the war in Ukraine who request it. The programme aims to provide short-term accommodation for up to 2,800 Ukrainians at several sites across Ireland. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is leading the development...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Foreign Conflicts (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: At this time, there are no plans to establish an agreement for intercountry adoptions from Palestine. Intercountry adoption should not be considered in the first instance as a solution/humanitarian response to emergency situations such as war, civil unrest, natural disasters or the displacement of people due to these events. Ireland is a signatory to the 1993 Hague Convention on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department’s cold weather response plan came into effect on Friday 15 November 2024, amid significant adverse weather conditions forecast. This response plan focuses on international protection applicants who are in our tented accommodation sites, and applicants who are unaccommodated. This plan is also active this week, as we see further cold weather and extremely low...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The numbers of civil servants on career break from my Department are shown in the tables below by year, month and grade. There was one civil servant on a career break longer than 5 years (less than 6 years) in 2023 and in January 2024. The Civil Service agencies under the aegis of the Department have responded directly to the Deputy in respect of their own organisations. 2024: ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The table below shows the number of vacancies by grade in the Department in 2023 and 2024. The agencies under the aegis of the Department will reply directly to the Deputy in respect of their own organisations. Month - Year Jun-23 Sep-23 Dec-23 Mar-24 Jun-24 Sep-24 Dec-24 SO (Service Officer) 2...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am advised by my colleagues in HR that no Department staff have had their career break extended beyond 5 years by the Department. All staff returning from career break have been assigned to appropriate vacancies and it has not been necessary to place any staff on a redeployment panel or consider facilitating them on a supernumerary basis. The Civil Service agencies under the aegis of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department employs a range of approaches to identify and address shortages of early learning and childcare places, bearing in mind the wide range of types of early learning and childcare provision offered by services and required by families. Last year, I established a Supply Management Unit within the Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Division of my Department. A key part...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The maximum number of children that can be detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus at any time is set by the Minister by way of a Certificate issued under sections 195 and 196 of the Children Act 2001. In accordance with section 195 of the Children Act 2001, the maximum number of children who may be detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus shall be 46 to include a maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of 5th January 2025, there are 990 people who are International Protection applicants residing in properties in County Clare, and of these, 291 are children with their families. The Department's responsibility to protect the right to confidentiality of each international protection (IP) applicant is set out in the International Protection Act 2015. Since 2024, the International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The scheme is provided for under Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and is administered by the Department of Social Protection on behalf of my Department. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department are currently developing an annual workforce plan for 2025. Details on numbers of vacancies in the Department will not be available until the plan has been developed and received Management Board approval.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you Deputy for your question relating to services provided by Tusla at a HSE facility in Garranes, Carrigtwohill, County Cork. I have made contact with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency and Tusla has informed me that they do not provide services from a facility in Garranes. Tusla has made enquiries with the Health Services Executive who have informed them that similarly the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm to the Deputy that while Áiseanna na hÓige is not a member of the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme to which core funding applies however, I note that Áiseanna na hÓige has received funding from its local Tusla office to support the delivery of its services. Work is ongoing to calculate the precise level of funding provided to Áiseanna na hÓige...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1152, 1162 and 1163 together. There have been significant improvements in the duration of family leaves for working families in recent years. The Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 provides the relevant parent (other than the mother of the child) with 2 weeks paid paternity leave. S.6(5) of the Act limits this entitlement in the case of multiple births...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The accommodation provided to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine by my Department is temporary in its nature and it is not possible to develop tailored solutions for individuals or families. In seeking to address immediate accommodation needs, safety and security are the paramount considerations. The Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) is not in a position to guarantee...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (22 Jan 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your question, Deputy. There is significant pressure on the International Protection Accommodation system at present, and on the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) which manages the intake and movement of people seeking international protection. This has been the case since 2022, when numbers of people applying for International Protection in Ireland...