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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Thank you for your question, Deputy. A response will be provided directly to you in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Youth Information Centres provide young people with an accessible and trusted source of information on topics such as rights, opportunities, benefits, health and welfare. To support this valuable work, my Department provides funding to 20 Youth Information Centres nation-wide and to SpunOut.ie which provides youth information online. The total allocated youth funding for Youth Information...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department are engaging with the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs, as well as with representatives of the Jewish community in Ireland, to discuss how the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism can be used as a tool to assist in addressing antisemitism in Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The level of pay for staff in the sector does not reflect the value of their work for children, families, society and the economy. As the State is not the employer of staff in the sector, neither I nor my Department can set their pay or determine working conditions. The Joint Labour Committee is the formal mechanism established by which employer and employee representatives can negotiate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1933 and 1934 together. My Department allocates funding on an annual basis to ETBs for youth services within each of the 16 ETB functional areas rather than on a county-by-county basis. Under Section 10 (j) of the Education and Training Board (ETB) Act 2013, the 16 ETBs have responsibility to support the provision, coordination, administration and assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1937 and 1938 together. My Department is working with communities all over Ireland to source and provide accommodation for people applying for international protection and emergency centres have been opened in all parts of the country. This is part of Irish and EU law and is also part of our humanitarian duty to provide shelter to people fleeing war and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ombudsman for Children (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The Ombudsman for Children is a statutorily independent in the performance of his functions. As such the Department has no role in the operations and decision making of his Office. The Department does work with the Office of the Ombudsman for Children's office in negotiating its budget and staffing levels with the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform, in ensuring that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Tusla, the independent statutory regulator for early years services, including pre-school, childminding and school-age services, is responsible for maintaining the register of services under the Child Care Act 1991. The number of early years services registered with Tusla across the whole of Co. Dublin (including Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Dublin City, Dublin South and Fingal) as at end of March...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme is designed is to increase the number of full day places for 1–3-year-olds, pre-ECCE age range by existing Core Funding Partner Services. €25 million has been made available and it is anticipated to deliver a significant increase in places for this age cohort. The Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme is offering the largest...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: My Department's Community Engagement Team (CET) was established in late 2023 to engage directly with elected representatives, local authorities, NGOs, Community Fora, local services, An Garda Síochána and other, in advance of opening accommodation centres for people seeking international protection. The purpose of the team is to improve the flow of information about new and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I am not aware of plans to establish a youth Senator position, so cannot advise the Deputy on when one might be established. Nor can I comment on the content of the subject agenda for Dáil Committee meetings as decisions on agendas are matters for the Committees themselves. My Department has worked to increase engagement with young people in both houses of the Oireachtas. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Since Core Funding was introduced, the effectiveness of the scheme in meeting these objectives has been subject to ongoing review and the scheme itself has evolved year on year. The introduction of Core Funding in 2022 brought a significant increase in investment for the sector, with €259 million of funding paid directly to services in year 1 of the scheme, of which €210.8...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Thank you for your question, Deputy. A response will be provided directly to you in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Detention Centres (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Oberstown Children Detention Campus is the State’s sole detention centre for children. The maximum occupancy in Oberstown is set by the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality by way of a certificate made under the Children Act 2001. This certificate is currently set at 46 (40 boys and 6 girls). The table below shows the financial allocation to Oberstown for the years...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Detention Centres (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Oberstown Children Detention Campus is Ireland’s only national centre for the detention, care and education of young people under 18 years referred by the courts on detention or remand orders. Established under the Children Act 2001, Oberstown provides individualised care to young people through an integrated multi-professional approach that enables young people to address their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Ireland has seen a sharp increase in numbers of people applying for international protection over recent years. We provide accommodation for over 33,000 people today. Since 2021, when we provided 7,000 places, this demand-led system has had to grow by over 400%. In meeting our obligation to provide material reception conditions to people seeking international protection, the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: According to the Department of Justice, the cumulative total number of persons granted temporary protection status on 1 January for the years 2023, 2024, and 2025 is outlined below. The number of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in DCEDIY state provided accommodation on 1 January for each of those years is also provided. The numbers are specific to those dates. Date...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in February 2022, my Department continues to work as part of the whole-of-Government response with a focus on providing access to emergency temporary accommodation to those fleeing the conflict who request it, in line with Government policy. This supports Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) to make longer term independent arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme provides payments and health benefits to people who spent time in any of the Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions that were identified by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation as having a main function of providing sheltered and supervised ante and post-natal facilities to single mothers and their children. The...