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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (21 Feb 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 on establishing mechanisms...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is designed to provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card to people who spent time in a Mother and Baby or County Home Institution. The Government recognises that there are people who suffered stigma, trauma and abuse in other institutions, and outside of institutions, who will not qualify for this Scheme. The decision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has responded to the largest displacement of people on the European continent since the Second World War. Since 24 February 2022, my Department 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. Overseeing provision of accommodation on this scale...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have not suspended funding or grant aid to any NGOs under the aegis of my Department due to failure on their part to file accounts or any other concerns regarding governance from 2019 yearly to date.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department is collating the information and will respond to the Deputy directly. The Department does not collate information an agency advertising and the Deputy may choose to contact the agency communications units directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of December 31 2022, 11 staff were employed in the Communications Unit. The cost of staffing in the Communications Unit for 2022 was approximately €630,872. The forecasted cost for the unit for 2023 is €693,270.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, in response to your request for an update on the use of Dolcain House for the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) emergency accommodation centre, I can provide the following information: Although the building has a valid fire certificate for office use and significant remedial works were carried out to mitigate fire safety issues for emergency residential use, the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: With regard to your question of buildings owned by the Church for the accommodation of refugees and asylum seekers, including the provision of former school buildings owned by the Catholic Church, the Department has utilised offers that have come through the Association of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland (AMRI) for religious buildings such as seminaries and convents for IPAS...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department successfully secured €69 million under the revised National Development Plan (NDP) allocation for the Building Blocks Capital Programme, designed to meet current and long-term Early Learning and Childcare infrastructure needs. The Building Blocks Capital Programme includes three Pillars: - €9m Building Blocks - Improvement Grant - €45m Building Blocks -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Accommodation Recognition Payment, provided under the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022, is a tax-free monthly payment available to those providing accommodation to Ukrainians who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022. The rate of payment doubled from €400 per property per month to €800 with effect from 1 December 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on meeting the immediate accommodation needs of those fleeing the war. My Department is focused on the short-term accommodation needs of those who have fled here. To date, more than 75,000 people have arrived in Ireland and in excess of 55,000 of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Legal Cases (21 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There were no discrimination cases taken against my Department in the last 10 years.

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I want to begin by setting the context in which we are having this debate. As we sit here this evening, Ireland is in the midst of the greatest humanitarian effort in the history of the State. More than 70,000 people have fled here from a war in Europe: a war inflicted on a country that did not seek it, and that has killed more than 7,000 civilians. It is the biggest displacement of people...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for speaking on behalf of Senator Currie. These amendments propose to delete or alter the proposed section 13B(4) in part or in full. It provides that a flexible working arrangement for caring purposes cannot commence before an employee has completed six months of continuous service with the employer concerned. Providing a minimum length of service of six months before...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: As Senator Seery Kearney has stated, any employer is entitled to provide flexible arrangements in contracts now, and many do. The Senator has already spoken about how many employers get really good employees by making work as attractive as possible. What we are working to put in place here is a statutory system that, as Senator Seery Kearney has said, employers will not be able to contract...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I do not believe we are at variance here but I am concerned about adding these in. It is important to say that the list of documentation provided for under the legislation is not exhaustive. The proposed section 13B(7) provides for the information an employer may require from an employee who has made an application for a flexible working arrangement, which includes documentation such as a...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The legislation outlines the information an "employer may reasonably require in relation to the person in respect of whom the request is made", which includes the documents set out in section 13B(7)(a), the section the Senator is seeking to amend, and, in section 13B(7)(b) which states: "in the case of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b): (i) the employee’s relationship with the...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: These amendments harmonise the language in the drafting of the Bill. They ensure that the provisions can be clearly understood and there is continuity of language in the relevant provisions. They do not substantially change any of the provisions referenced but merely ensure that the policy intention is clear. I commend amendments to the House.

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The new section 13C to be inserted into the Parental Leave Act sets out the obligation on the employer to consider a request for flexible working and the process and time limits to be followed. The provision sets out that employers must consider their own needs and the employees' needs. I appreciate that the amendment seeks to add more detail to this point, but there is a risk that this...

Seanad: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am speaking on the use of the language on the needs of the employee and the needs of the employer. That is language set out within the directive and that is why it is being reflected in these provisions.