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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In recent months, the number of people claiming international protection has increased significantly, with 12,453 applications to the end of November 2022, a 176% increase on the equivalent figures for 2019.  It is not clear if the increase in international protection arrivals is a once-off impact due to the pent-up demand after the Covid-19 pandemic, or a result of the war in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (7 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, my Department releases generic information such as age ranges and gender as these are traits common to people in the entire country. As such, they cannot be used to locate or identify a specific person. However, nationality is more specific and may identify a person as an International Protection (IP) applicant. In addition, the person making the application is doing so on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. Following engagement and in agreement with the Department of Health, the Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) will not engage in the procurement of any property that was registered as a nursing home with the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) on 1stSeptember 2022 or after that date.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Meetings (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Deputy, as requested please see below details of meetings or engagements that I or my officials or bodies under the aegis of my Department have had with the Irish Refugee Council (IRC) and The Irish Immigrant Council (IIC) from 1 March 2021 to date: In February 2021, as part of the implementation of 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: Childcare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As part of the emergency measures implemented by my Department in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Reopening Support Payment (RSP) was a once-off payment to service providers to assist them in adhering to reopening health guidelines. The amount of funding that a service could receive was based on the number of individual children registered on Department of Children, Equality,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The availability of high-quality early learning and childcare is a key Government priority. Since 2015, significant increases in State investment in early learning and childcare has given rise to a substantial growth in the numbers of children participating in these services. Every year, more than 100,000 children participate in the universal pre-school programme (ECCE) and the National...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Support Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding, which began in September 2022, is the new funding stream worth €259 million in full year costs. Its primary purpose is to improve pay and conditions in the sector as a whole and improve affordability for parents, and ensure a stable income to providers. Core Funding is designed to support a range of objectives, including supporting the new minimum rates of pay for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department provides a range of funding for youth services nationally. The Education and Training Boards are funding intermediaries for my Department, including the Limerick and Clare ETB. Information provided by funded organisations by county under UBU Your Place Your Space is available on our website: ubu.gov.ie/about/youth-services/ubufo The main beneficiary organisation in Clare is the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 397 together. You may be aware Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre Programme which provides funding support to 121 Family Resource Centres across the country. Tusla's financial support is provided by way of a contribution towards the running costs of the centres. Tusla does not provide capital funding to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland is now accommodating over 64,900 people between those fleeing Ukraine and International Protection applicants. This includes over 47,420Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) who have sought accommodation from the State and over 17,515 International Protection applicants currently in IPAS accommodation. This compares with 7,500 at the same time last year. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 401 together. I take it the Deputy is referring to the Core Funding initiative introduced by my Department, which supports early learning and childcare providers. In terms of specific supports for community development organisations, that matter would be more appropriately addressed by my colleague the Minister for Rural and Community Development. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials will consider the Ballymore Community Childcare service in the Hot Meals pilot if they meet the criteria for inclusion in the initiative.  The criteria are:  - serves a community suffering from disadvantage - offers a part-time or sessional service - doesn't currently offer hot meals My officials will make contact with the service, discuss the initiative and invite them to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My understanding of the question is that the Deputy is referring to any contractual changes to new entrants to the Civil Service after the introduction of the Croke Park Agreement (Public Service Agreement 2010-2014).  All new entrants to the Civil Service that have been assigned to my Department since the introduction of the Croke Park Agreement are subject to the Single Public Service...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: In response to the significant increase in demand for Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) supports arising from the war in Ukraine, the EU adopted emergency measures. This involved an extension of the overall 2014-2020 AMIF programme, and the option for Member States to re-purpose unused funds to provide additional supports to organisations involved in supporting Ukrainian refugees....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 406 to 408, inclusive,together. Deputy, in regard to the number of persons currently in accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and the number who entered the International Protection Accommodation system in each of the past ten years, please see information below as requested: Date ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Third Level Fees (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: There has been no change in the requirements for verification of qualifications under the Core Funding scheme. The administrator of the scheme, Pobal, has assured my Department that the qualification verification process used for graduate premiums in Core Funding is the same as the process previously used for ECCE Higher Capitation. Pobal continues to accept official transcripts as a...