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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Apr 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: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The second National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) – ESD to 2030, launched last year, is co-sponsored by the Department of Education, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and my Department. ESD to 2030 covers a wide spectrum of areas and addresses issues in relation to the environment and biodiversity. ESD to 2030...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Apr 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 to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge from the invasion of Ukraine, including 80,000 people, of which over 59,000 have sought accommodation. Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department provides funding to services to use for, amongst other things, training and supports for early years educators. The new funding stream - “Core Funding” - is funding directly to providers (supply-side funding) and is designed to improve affordability, quality, inclusion and sustainability. Core Funding facilitates quality enhancements across services by contributing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: 90% of the children in the care of Tusla under the Child Care Act 1991 are placed with foster carers. Foster carers, including relative foster carers, are paid a weekly allowance, which is a payment to meet the needs of the child in their care. The foster care allowance is currently €325 per week for a child under 12 years of age and €352 per week for a child aged 12 years and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government made a commitment in the Programme for Government to end the current system of accommodation for International Protection applicants and replace it with a new model that is based on a not for profit approach. As part of this process I published A White Paper to end Direct Provision and to Establish a new International Protection Support Serviceon 26...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (25 Apr 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: Child and Family Agency (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (25 Apr 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 (25 Apr 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 to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge following the invasion of Ukraine, with over 80,000 people arriving in Ireland, including 59,000 who have sought accommodation from this Department. Overseeing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of 16 April 2023, there are 4,331 minors residing in IPAS accommodation across the State.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are three full time, dedicated Tusla Education Support Service (TESS) Education Welfare Officers (EWOs) working with the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) to provide assistance with school placements for children living in IPAS accommodation centres. Where there are no school places available in the vicinity, which does occur, children are facilitated in the next...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is prioritising maintaining a practice of more timely payments, including providing more resources to address any issues. Any delays in making payments are deeply regretted and my Department is according this issue very high priority. With regard to the service provider mentioned, I am advised by my officials that all of the invoices referred to in the Details Supplied have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am aware of the recent publication of the results of SIPTU's Early Years Staffing Survey. Many of the issues highlighted in the survey, in particular the level of pay among those working in early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) and the impact that has on staff recruitment and retention, are issues which I have been actively seeking to address. I am very conscious of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The availability of high-quality early learning and childcare is a key Government priority. The 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 one...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Our Rural Future is the whole-of-Government policy for sustainable rural development in Ireland. It was published in March 2021 and contains more than 150 measure intended to support the post–Covid-19 recovery in the short-term, economic and social development in the longer terms as well as environmental and cultural well-being. The policy acknowledges the challenges facing those...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will set out the position in this reply rather than in a memo. As the Deputy is aware, the decision to utilise the building in question to accommodate single female international protection applicants has been made in an extraordinarily pressurised context. There are currently almost 570 people without accommodation in the State so the use of the property in question is desperately needed...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Meetings (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy may be aware, the Minister for Education has responsibility for matters relating to survivors of Residential Institutional abuse. However, given the seriousness of this situation, my officials are liaising with the Department of Education to offer any assistance that we can provide, to bring this situation to a satisfactory conclusion as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (20 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 introduced an individual leave and benefit entitlement for parents of a child in their earliest years. This entitlement has been increased in recent years and is now seven weeks for each parent to be taken within the first two years of the child's life. This leave is in addition to Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave entitlements, which currently stand...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Please see the requested information below in relation to IPAS accommodation in Wexford from 2018 to 2023. There were no IPAS accommodation centres in Wexford in 2018. The information range provided is from 2019 to 2023. The amount paid to individual accommodation providers is deemed to be commercially sensitive information. The total annual amount paid to providers in Wexford for the...