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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has appointed Stranmillis University College, Belfast to undertake an independent review of the ECCE programme. The review will assess whether the ECCE Programme is meeting its core objectives and will identify any opportunities for enhancements that can be made to the Programme, based on international evidence and experience to date. The review will be informed by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The policy referred to is a matter for the Department of Health and questions should be referred to that Department.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Bodies (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Please refer to the table below for information on compliance with the provisions of Circular 25/2016 within each of the State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. Please note that the Office of the Ombudsman for Children (OCO) and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) will revert directly with their responses to this question. As Gaisce is not a State Body, this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand from further clarification that the intent of this payment is to benefit families to support the unmet needs of the child. It should be noted that income supports fall under the remit of the Department of Social Protection and this question may be more appropriate to that Department. The Access and Inclusion model (AIM) provides supports without the need diagnosis in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a number of commitments for early learning and childcare, including reforming the system to create one that brings together the best of community and private provision and the development of a new funding model for affordable, accessible, sustainable and high quality Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC). An Expert Group was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As at 11 June 2023, there are a total of 21,387 people accommodated by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). The requested information is broken down as follows: County Occupancy County Occupancy Carlow 45 Longford 77 Cavan 137 Louth 603 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) is responsible for the procurement of accommodation for use by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). Since January 2022, over 155 emergency accommodation centre locations have come into use across 25 counties in order to shelter those who seek refuge in Ireland. As of today, there are currently 207 accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The financial amounts paid to individual accommodation providers is deemed to be commercially sensitive information. Therefore, please see in tabular format below the top ten recipient companies by cumulative funding for the provision of accommodation for international protection applicants. 2020 - International Protection Accommodation No. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that Senior Counsel, Mary O’Toole was engaged to undertake a review of 216 cases under the Magdalen ex-Gratia Scheme, where the length of time spent in the institution was deemed less than that claimed by the applicant, as recommended by the Ombudsman in his 2017 Report. Ms O’Toole carried out the review with the assistance of one Junior Counsel and 3 Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The availability of high-quality early learning and childcare is a key Government priority. My Department monitors early learning and childcare capacity on an ongoing basis, with a particular focus on responding to the unmet early learning and childcare needs of families. The annual data captured by Pobal on behalf of my Department - through the Early Years Sector Profile Survey - is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Following correspondence with the Deputy, this information will be provided to amended Parliamentary Questions on 27 June 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Following correspondence with the Deputy, this information will be provided to amended Parliamentary Questions on 27 June 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has allocated €9m in 2023 for The Building Blocks - Improvement Grant for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) facilities. Grants range from €35,000 to €75,000 across two separate strands: Green Energy and Retrofit. Services that signed up for the Core Funding Scheme were eligible for funding under the scheme. Overall, 946...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (20 Jun 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.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (20 Jun 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-government humanitarian response to assist over 84,000 arrivals fleeing the war in Ukraine, of which 62,000 have sought accommodation from this Department. Overseeing provision of accommodation on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Please find in tabular format, the number of international protection applicants (IPAs) and Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BoTPs) currently being accommodated in the aforementioned towns in County Tipperary. Location Number of BoTPs Number of IPAs Roscrea 0 251 Nenagh 102 0 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cost of Living Issues (15 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Matters related to social welfare payments are a matter for the Department of Social Protection. Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, the Department of Social Protection may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet essential expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and...