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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: While an application for international protection is being examined by the International Protection Office, the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) provides accommodation and related services to international protection applicants (IPAs) who wish to accept the offer of accommodation from the Irish State. This offering includes food and utilities while the person is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department gained responsibility for integration matters in 2020. Questions regarding figures from 2010 to 2019 for the organisation in question can be directed to the Department of Justice. Please see below breakdown by year up until end of 2022 and the projected payments for 2023. Organisation 2020 Payments 2021 Payments 2022 Payments 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It would not be appropriate for me to discuss any individual service in this reply. My Department oversees a Case Management Process through which local City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs) and Pobal work together to assess and provide support to early learning and care services experiencing difficulties. This support can take the form of assisting services with interpreting...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The disbursement of grant funding to Local Authorities, under the Play and Recreation capital grant scheme, for the period 2017-2022 is tabulated below: The data for the years 2013-2016 on this grant scheme is hosted on an older platform, which takes longer to access. The outstanding data will be forward directly to the Deputy, as soon as it has been extracted and collated.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department operates the Capital Grants Scheme for Play and Recreation in Local Authorities, to support the development of new recreation facilities for children and young people, and for the refurbishment of existing play and recreation facilities and incorporation of natural play elements. The policy aim underpinning this scheme is to manage the allocated funding, which amounts to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: If a member of staff is absent due to stress it is recorded as sick leave. The table below provides details of the number of staff who took sick leave during the years 2018-2022 and so far in 2023. As of 12 April 2023 there were 21 people on sick leave. The Deputy may wish to note that the staffing of my Department increased from a headcount of 277 at the end of 2018 to a headcount of 618 at...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth was established in 2020. Since then there was 1 allegation of bullying made by departmental staff, which was made in 2021. The Dignity at Work policy, is an anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy for employees of the Irish Civil Service which aims to promote respect, dignity, safety, and equality in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There has been one dismissal in the last ten years which occurred in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Functions (18 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 providers mentioned in the details supplied, I am advised by my officials that the largest invoice queried has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, Thank you for your correspondence. Please see in tabular format, the number of IPAs and BOTPs per County for March 2023. The Department has released monthly figures relating to IPAS occupancy since 2004. This information is available on the Gov.ie website under the heading "IPAS Statistics". Please see in tabular format, the numbers residing in IPAS accommodation for March 2023 and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1306 and 1307 together. Adult day services are HSE funded programmes to provide day service supports to people, age 18 and over, with intellectual disabilities, autism, or people with complex physical disabilities. These services are demand led and the number of new places in any year reflects the number of applications from young people leaving school....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the publication of Dr. Shannon’s report on March 16th 2023, officials from my Department have engaged with SJAI around assurances related to current child protection and vetting practices at SJAI. Tusla established a helpline that continues to operate in normal business hours from Monday to Friday. Any affected person may make reports of abuse or suspected abuse concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Flexible Work Practices (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Part 4 of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 provides for the preparation of a Code of Practice for the purpose of practical guidance to employers and employees on the rights to request remote working and flexible working as introduced in Parts 2A and 3 of the Act.  The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment will, in consultation with myself, ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1313 to 1319, inclusive, together. Oberstown Children Detention Campus have been asked to compile the information requested by the Deputy and the Campus will provide this information at the earliest possible opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you for your correspondence. I can confirm that my Department's International Protection Procurement Service has not received a proposal to accommodate international protection applicants of a single gender, or international protection applicant families, in this property.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: At Budget time I allocated a total of €358 million under the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) for 2023. This figure is based on an additional €121 million being made available as a result of the estimated full year costs of a number of amendments to the Scheme: The removal of the practice of deducting hours spent in school pre-school or school from overall NCS hours reward as of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (18 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: Legislative Process (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (the 2022 Act) was signed into law on December 17 last year. The Act makes amendments to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), particularly with regard to the streamlining of processes in the interests of those using the provisions of the Acts, and the strengthening of safeguards under the 2015 Act. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy will be aware that, on 10 September 2015, as part of Ireland’s response to the migration crisis in central and southern Europe, the Government established the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Under this programme, the IRPP has seen the arrival of over 4100 refugees under various resettlement strands, the largest of which is the United Nations High Commissioner for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: We discussed this issue ourselves yesterday. I recognise that there are delays and that these delays are ongoing. There is a backlog. In order to address that backlog, we have taken a number of steps within the Department to automate the processing of the significant number of invoices on hand. About 800 invoices come in on a weekly basis. Most importantly, additional staff are being put...