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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding, which commenced in September 2022, is a grant to Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or School Age Childcare (SAC) providers towards their operating costs. Its primary purpose is to improve pay and conditions in the sector as a whole and improve affordability for parents as well as ensuring a stable income to providers. All Partner Services that had an active Core Funding Contract...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Medical Certificates (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since February 2022, as part of the Whole of Government response the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has worked extensively to support over 100,700 people who have sought temporary protection in Ireland in fleeing the war in Ukraine, over 80%...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the need to open the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible and this is an absolute priority for me and my Department. The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible under the terms of the Scheme. Given the scale and significance of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As at 19th November 2023, there are over 25,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole compared with 17,000 people at this time last year. The Department continues to explore all offers of accommodation for international protection applicants (IPAs) in as far as it can. IPAS has not examined nor considered this property for use at...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2021, my Department published A White Paper to End Direct Provision and Establish a new International Protection Support Service. Please see this White Paper at the link provided. www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/214487/616c399b-b 2c2-4f6e-a42f-fb8108685465.pdf#page=null.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is collating the information requested by the Deputy and will provide to her in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department's spend for advertising in X (formerly Twitter) in the timeframes requested is below in tabular form. 2021 2022 01/01/2023 - 27/11/2023 €18,114 €2,412 €3,372

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department spend on the Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram) is below in tabular form for the time frames requested. 2021 2022 01/01/2023 - 27/11/2023 €68,828 €10,458 €37,838

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department's spend on advertisements with Google for the timeframes requested are below in tabular form. 2021 2022 01/01/2023 - 27/11/2023 €18,759 €24,207 €30,139

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (30 Nov 2023)

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.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy Brendan Smith raised this earlier. The road map sets out short- and medium-term solutions. On the shorter term solutions, it is the international recruitment that we are undertaking right now to look to bring in those therapists, the OTs and speech and language therapists, to relocate them here to Ireland to staff-up teams like that. We are doing that along with the introduction of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: That is correct.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I are acutely aware of the huge pressures that are faced by our community disability network teams around the country and the impact this has on parents and, ultimately, children as well. That is why the issue has been prioritised by the Minister of State and I since responsibility for disability moved to my Department in March of this year. We...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: We are all acutely aware of the trauma of pregnancy loss. It is something that probably was not talked about enough in Irish society. Maybe that is why it has not gotten the degree of focus it needed. We wanted to change that. We felt that we needed to take a first step in undertaking that. As the Deputy said, we brought forward a detailed piece of research, which I think Deputies will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Disgraceful.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy has raised three questions which I will address separately below. In regards to the first, the regulation of ELC and SAC services is set out in the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016. The link to which can be accessed here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/1a6d67-child-care-act-1991-early-y ears-services-regulations-2016/. In regards to the second, Tusla is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The table below details the amount of prompt payment interest paid out by my Department for goods and services per year from 2016 to date in 2023. The significant increase in 2022 and 2023 reflects the challenges associated with paying a large number of providers of emergency accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. A new Procure to Payment system has been developed and is...