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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 516 together. My Department is currently rolling out the first phase of the programme of rapid build homes with sites identified in Cork, Cavan, Tipperary, Sligo and Claremorris. The timeframe for the installation of the rapid build homes has recently been recalibrated in the light of experience to date. Accordingly, it is now expected these homes...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to the Deputy's question will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Supporting parents in bringing down the cost of Early Learning & Care and School-Aged Childcare is a core ambition of the Government and of mine as Minister. To that end, the Deputy will be aware that, owing to the significant investment made available by the Government for providers over two successive Budgets, from 2 January of this year the cost of childcare has fallen for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department have contacted the Scheme Administrator, Pobal, in relation to the case raised on behalf of your constituent. Pobal have reviewed the case and advised that the applicant has since submitted a new application, which has been completed. The relevant awards have since been issued by Pobal, which are valid from Monday 30 January. The application referred to here was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as of 22 January 2023, there are over 19,800 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole. In regard to your query, I can confirm that no offers from providers that are willing to accommodate international protection applicants (IPAs) are outstanding presently and each proposal is expedited as quickly as possible give the acute...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as of 22 January 2023, there are over 19,800 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole. This includes the National Reception Centre and IPAS accommodation centres, City West transit hub and emergency accommodation locations nationwide. At this point in 2022, there were approximately 7,500 persons in IPAS accommodation. These...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The two special advisers that were in my Department prior to the Government rotation in December 2022, Mr. Eoin Wilson and Mr. Tom Sheppard, have remained in their roles. The special advisers are paid on the Principal Officer salary scale. This scale ranges from €95,301-€117,879.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am very conscious of the need for improvement in pay and working conditions for early years educators and school-age childcare practitioners. As the State does not employ staff in early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) services, my Department cannot set their wage levels or determine their working conditions, but my Department has provided a range of supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Targeted Youth Employability Support Initiative 2021 to 2022 was funded by my Department from the Dormant Accounts Funds. The aim of the Initiative was to provide short-focused interventions to support young people to improve their confidence and encourage them to engage in a wide range of progressive routes to further education, training and employment. A review of the Initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In September 2022, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare. This new funding model supports the delivery of early learning and childcare for the public good, for quality and affordability for children, parents and families as well as stability and sustainability for providers. Together for Better brings together three major programmes, the Early...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Official Travel (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that my Department reports annually on the Carbon Generation log by authorised Departmental Air Travel. The table below outlines the information requested by the Deputy. Year Total Kilometres Travelled (KM) Total kilograms of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (KG) Price per tonne for Greenhouse Gas emissions (€) Total value of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am very conscious of the need for improvement in pay and working conditions for early years educators and school-age childcare practitioners. As the State does not employ staff in early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) services, my Department cannot set their wage levels or determine their working conditions, but my Department has provided a range of supports to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (31 Jan 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as requested please see below the number of persons currently being accommodated via IPAS in referred locations; and the status type, the number of persons with leave to remain, with temporary protection and those people applying for international protection by household type namely single; couple; household with children, in each location: Accommodation Singles...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My officials had been engaging on the matter with Pobal, the administrators of all childcare funding programmes on behalf my Department.  I understand that Pobal have been in direct contact with the childcare provider and any remaining issues have been resolved. Outstanding payments due to the service will issue shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Awarding contracts to new and existing suppliers of accommodation are commercial decisions made in the context of projections in terms of likely refugee arrivals and the management of our accommodation needs as a whole. Demand for accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine is strong at present and we are offering new contracts to many existing suppliers. It is not possible however to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (31 Jan 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: Anti-Racism Measures (31 Jan 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In 2020, the Government established an independent Anti-Racism Committee to strengthen the Government’s approach to combatting individual and institutional racism and build on the antiracism actions included in the Migrant Integration Strategy (MIS) and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS). Following an extensive public consultation, including engagement with...