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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Support Services (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides family support services, through internal Tusla family support provision and the commissioning of services through its community and voluntary sector partners. Under the Prevention, Partnership and Family Support (PPFS) Programme, 121 Child and Family Support Networks (CFSNs) are operational across the country. A further 22 are in the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Parental Leave Act 1998 (as amended), an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child under the age 12 is entitled to 26 weeks unpaid parental leave for each child. Where a child has a disability or long-term illness, the entitlement can continue until the child is 16. A relevant parent is a parent, an adoptive parent, or a person acting in ‘loco parentis’....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department’s collaboration with the Office of Public Works (OPW) to use a State owned property in Shannon (Unit 153 Shannon Free Zone) for International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation is ongoing. My officials have advised OPW that it is satisfied with the proposed layout for the centre. The OPW has now moved into a detailed design phase and has submitted a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Parental Leave Act 1998 (as amended), an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child under the age 12 is entitled to 26 weeks unpaid parental leave for each child. Where a child has a disability or long-term illness, the entitlement can continue until the child is 16. A relevant parent is a parent, an adoptive parent, or a person acting in ‘loco parentis’....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (7 Mar 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: Family Resource Centres (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The commissioning of FRCs is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy. You may be interested to know, Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme which provides funding support to 121 FRCs across the country. Tusla’s Area Managers...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has engaged over 700 properties to provide accommodation for Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection. In line with the Department’s commitment to substantially clear the backlog at the end of 2022, I temporarily re-assigned staff from other parts of the Department in December, doubling the size of the payments unit. The enlarged team approved more than 100...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 471 and 482 together. As the Deputy will be aware since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, 60151 Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection have sought refuge in Ireland and are being provided with accommodation from the State. In response to the crisis, the Government has sought to provide a range of accommodation solutions. As part of this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 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, the Department Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge from the invasion of Ukraine, coming to over 75,000 people, of which over 55,000 have sought accommodation....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (7 Mar 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: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently engaged in a review of the Equality Acts, including in relation to strengthening protections for transgender people. I will consider proposals that emerge from that process, including in relation to gender-related language. I anticipate legislative proposals arising from the review to be brought forward this year.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Community Sponsorship Ireland model began as a pilot scheme in December 2018. Following this successful pilot, the Government launched the initiative nationally as a mainstream programme in 2019. Since then, 32 families have settled across a number of different rural and urban communities throughout Ireland. As the Deputy is aware, Community Sponsorship Ireland (CSI) is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sustainable Development Goals (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: With regard to the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) requesting Persons with Status in Clondalkin Towers Accommodation centre to leave IPAS accommodation centres, I can confirm that no such targeted request has been made. Unfortunately due to the current shortfall in accommodation there are over 200 international protection applicants (IPAs) that IPAS has been unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme which provides funding support to 121 FRCs across the country. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy. I should inform the Deputy that the funding from my Department represents...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise that I wrote to St John Ambulance to seek information about the publication of the report on 12th December 2022. St John Ambulance replied on 23rd December and confirmed that they had received a completed report from Dr Shannon. The Commissioner of St John Ambulance stated that the organisation was committed to publishing the full report immediately after the relevant legal...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The funding provided under the Youth Service Grant Scheme for the period 2008 to 2023 is outlined in the following table: Youth Service Grant Scheme Total Allocation 2008 to 2023 2023 €13,402,066 2022 €12,911,600 2021 €12,261,538 2020 €11,563,368 2019 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, I can assure you that the health and wellbeing of all people who avail of accommodation provided by this Department is of the highest priority to myself and my officials. All International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres conduct resident welfare/consultative clinics and there was one such clinic scheduled at the Croke Park (Richmond St) IPAS emergency accommodation...

Employment Equality (Pay Transparency) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I think I have addressed the main elements and set out the Government's position.

Employment Equality (Pay Transparency) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I apologise that I was not in the Chamber when discussions commenced. I thank both Deputies for bringing forward this Private Member's Bill, which the Government will not be opposing on Second Stage. As the Deputies said, discrimination at any stage of employment is unacceptable and the proposed amendment today to the Employment Equality Act would prohibit advertising a position without...