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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: No, I feel that I have answered the question.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I did give an answer.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator. Like Senator Higgins, I have met the Association of Mixed Race Irish and I have heard from them their experiences as former residents of mother and baby and county homes and other institutions, and the impact of the racism they have experienced in their lives. It is important to recognise that, following the publication of the commission of investigation's report, in...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am not in a position to engage on those points. The issues will have to be addressed and will be addressed. However, I am not in a position to go into the matter in detail today. I hope the Senator understands.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The discussion here is similar to the one we have had on previous amendments in terms of proposed reports on the possibility of additional payments, and the concern at Government that the approach that has been adopted - the non-adversarial nature of the scheme, and a general payment covering the time spent, the harsh conditions, the emotional abuse and the stigma and mistreatment - is the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: These are a set of technical amendments. These amendments all relate to the use of the term "relevant person" and the word "applicant" across a number of sections in the Bill. They are technical in nature and they are being made for clarity and for accuracy. Any person can make an application to the scheme if they believe themselves to be a relevant person, as per the definition provided...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputy Duncan Smith and his colleagues in the Labour Party for tabling the motion. I welcome the opportunity to restate the Government's commitment to children with disabilities and their families. We must face important and very real challenges if disability services are to meet the hopes, expectations and needs of those at their heart and enable them to optimise their potential in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: 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 conversion therapy. The LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy provides for the prohibition of “the promotion or practice of conversion therapy by health...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Recognition (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government contains a commitment, in terms of gender recognition, to examine arrangements for those aged under 16. DCEDIY has jointly commissioned research, with the Department of Social Protection, to identify the mechanisms used in other countries which govern legal gender recognition of children aged under 16 and to provide practical advice in relation to recognition...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 May 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 services...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 May 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 services...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has not examined nor considered the property in question for use at this time. A detailed assessment must take place before any property can be deemed suitable as accommodation for international protection applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (24 May 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.

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will be sharing time with the Ministers, Deputies Darragh O'Brien and Harris. I will begin by setting out the context in which we are having this debate. Since February 2022, more than 85,000 people have fled to Ireland following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The war was inflicted on a country that did not seek it and has killed thousands of people. It has triggered the...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: They are far-right activists peddling lies about vulnerable people in order to further their own agenda. This has been an increasing theme in the past six months. We have seen the emergence of an insidious thread of racism, xenophobia and unfounded rumours. Misinformation and outright lies have been spread on social media and in communities. There is vilification of men, in particular,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for the question. There is a very close working relationship, in fairness, both at Cabinet level through the Cabinet subcommittee but also in terms of other mechanisms. My Department has a weekly call with the County and City Management Association, CCMA, on which the DRHE is represented, so there is a close working relationship there in terms of providing accommodation...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Senator Higgins and the other Senators for their contributions on this group of amendments. Unfortunately I am not in a position to accept amendments Nos. 33 to 36, inclusive. As we know, these amendments require the preparation of reports on the adequacy of the health support payment and the potential to make supplementary payments in certain conditions. In dealing with the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Senator Higgins during our previous session asked for clarification on the issue of the waiver, and I agreed to come back to her in writing on that. That clarification continues to be worked on. We will bring it to her. It is being given the consideration it deserves because it is an important issue. We will get that to her when it is ready, which will be soon, I believe. As for the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: We could not move on to Report Stage without that information.