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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...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Under a Core Funding service agreement for programme year 2022/2023, in order for a service to be allocated an Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Graduate Premium, the person in question must be a Lead Educator in an ELC room and/or the Manager of an ELC or a combined ELC and School Age Childcare (SAC) service and must hold an appropriate qualification (QQI Level 7 or higher) as per the...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department’s funding model for early learning and childcare - Together for Better - brings together three major programmes, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, including the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and the new Core Funding scheme. Other than the ECCE programme, these programmes are open to Tusla registered school-age...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (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: Child and Family Agency (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: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department secured Dormant Accounts funding for the Initiative which was designed to run over the period 2021 to 2022.   Funding was made available to applicants from all 16 Education and Training Board functional areas.  The time limited nature of the initiative and the overall duration of funding available was advised to all successful applicants from the outset...

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

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: Departmental Funding (6 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: This matter would be more appropriately addressed by my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health. 

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 to 423, inclusive, together. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive immediately afterwards, over 59,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Ukraine and have sought refuge here in Ireland. Approximately 47,000 of those are being provided with accommodation from the State....