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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland’s National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy provides the key mechanism by which the Government can provide for an Ireland where LGBTI+ people are visible and included, treated equally, healthy, and feel safe and supported. The Strategy includes a suite of actions in line with these aims. In line with a commitment in the Strategy, my Department is currently engaged in a review of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 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, more than 76,000 people have fled to Ireland from the war in Ukraine of which over 56,000 have sought accommodation from my Department. Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale during this timeframe for all those who require it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: National Archives (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: National Archives legislation governs the management of records of Departments of State, including their disposal or retention as archives. Documents in the archive of the McAleese Commission that are currently held by my Department constitute departmental records and, as such, are subject to the requirements of that legislation. Departments are obliged to transfer Departmental records more...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has engaged over 750 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: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 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 76,000 people, of which over 56,000 have sought accommodation....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is not considering a scheme or payment for homeowners to offer accommodation to International Protection applicants. The Accommodation Recognition Payment is a scheme to pay a financial contribution for the hosting of Temporary Protection Beneficiaries from Ukraine, as provided in Part 2 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 and does not provide for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The properties as stated are not known to International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) or Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) and therefore have not been examined nor considered for use. A detailed assessment must take place before any property can be deemed suitable as accommodation for international protection applicants (IPAs)/beneficiaries of temporary protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Daily expenses allowance is paid to persons who are accommodated in designated International Protection Accommodation Service centres. I have asked Minister Humphreys for the Department of Social Protection to make arrangements for the payment of a payment similar to the Daily Expenses Allowance to applicants for International Protection who are currently without IPAS accommodation. That...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Daily expenses allowance is paid to persons who are accommodated in designated International Protection Accommodation Service centres. I have asked Minister Humphreys for the Department of Social Protection to make arrangements for the payment of a payment similar to the Daily Expenses Allowance to applicants for International Protection who are currently without IPAS accommodation. That...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, Individuals who arrive in the country and seek International Protection (IP) attend at the International Protection Office (IPO) to make their initial application. International Protection applicants (IPAs) who are currently residing in CityWest transit hub are entitled to claim the daily expenses payment which is administered by the Department of Social Protection.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Early learning and care (ELC) and school aged childcare (SAC) services are provided by private enterprises, either privately owned or operated by community organisations. While service providers are contracted by my Department to provide services at a subsidised rate to parents they are free to set their own policies having regard to scheme rules and legal obligations. Under the Child Care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has engaged over 750 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: Broadcasting Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media as the accessibility of audio-visual media services is the responsibility of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland carried out by Dr Geoffrey Shannon, was published on 16th of March 2023. I welcome the publication of this report while being cognisant of the distress its contents may cause to victims/survivors. I would like to thank the people who participated in the review and acknowledge how difficult it can be to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (21 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, my Department has worked to accommodate an unprecedented volume of persons seeking refuge following the invasion of Ukraine with over 77,000 people arriving in Ireland, of which over 57,000, have sought accommodation from this Department. Overseeing provision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are currently 96 international protection applicants (IPAs) residing in St. Anne's Roscrea as of week ending 12 March 2023. The Office of Public Works (OPW) are currently developing a programme of rapid build homes on behalf of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who are the Approving Authority for the programme. St. Anne's in Roscrea is not...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Decisions on who is eligible to engage with homeless services are matters for the Minister for Housing. As the Deputy will be aware, the response to the ongoing migration crisis has entered an extremely difficult phase, with no apparent accommodation for international protection applicants (IPAs) at scale available into the short term to medium term. The overflow facility at the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (21 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Maternity Protection Act 1994 and the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 provide a pregnant employee with six months of paid maternity leave and an additional 16 weeks of unpaid leave, alongside other entitlements such as breastfeeding breaks which will be extended to two years following the birth of the child through the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Sustainable Development Goals (21 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. My Department continues to engage with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), who lead on SDG implementation, and sit on the Interdepartmental SDG...