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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: -----schemes in Ireland and other countries. I will point to the fact that more adversarial schemes that relied on the provision of evidence of-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The sort of schemes that relied on evidence being brought forward have been replaced. The stolen generation scheme in Australia originally used an evidence-based approach but moved to a time-based approach, talking about a common experience. We believe a time-based approach is the right way to go to recognise the impact on individuals of time spent in these institutions. That is the basis...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will speak to amendments Nos. 8, 9, 20 and 26 together. This Bill provides for the establishment of an office of the chief deciding officer of the mother and baby institution payment scheme within my Department. The office will be overseen by a chief deciding officer who will perform the functions set out in section 9. Importantly, this section states that the chief deciding officer will...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I take this point on board. I do not think it necessarily requires a statutory basis. As the Deputy said, many State agencies have routes, such as dedicated email addresses, for Oireachtas members to ensure there are clear channels of communication. It is important because the Deputy stated not everybody can advocate for themselves. I go back to what we see as being the simplicity of this...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will ask that that broad point be reflected in the design of the systems that are being established. I take the Deputy's point.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to flag that I intend to table an amendment to section 13(6) on Report Stage to take account of technical discussions between my officials and officials from the Department of Education. This subsection refers to the double recovery rule and the inclusion of one institution - St. Patrick's, Navan Road, Pelletstown - in that. We are looking to make a change.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: There may be a need for clarification. Section 15(4)(b) is a positive provision and removing it would negatively impact on the Bill. As such, I am opposing the amendment. Section 15 provides for an applicant to make a further application to the scheme where another institution in which he or she resided is added to the list of institutions covered by the scheme in Schedule 1. There is a...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: They are disregarded.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will be in the regulations that are drafted by the Department of Social Protection.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: That has always been clearly stated in the Government's decision. Nothing in this scheme will impact-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am not in a position to accept amendments Nos. 18 and 19 because the 28 days they specify for a claim to be processed in could become immediately unrealistic and unmanageable, recognising this is one of the largest schemes in the State, with 34,000 potential applicants. We will do everything we can to process applications as quickly as possible but we have to acknowledge the scale of the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is in section 16, under the heading "Examination of application: general". Maybe I misspoke. It is the chief deciding officer who makes the determination. Section 16(3) states: (3) The Chief Deciding Officer— (a) shall, subject to paragraph (b), complete his or her examination of an application and make his or her determination, as soon as practicable, and (b) may accord...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The sole criterion is six months' residence.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: That is it. There was talk of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and personal data, but none of that needs to be provided for access to the enhanced medical card or to a payment. We are not having a proof of abuse or proof of impact scheme. The scheme considers time spent in the institution.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 to 425, inclusive, and 444 together. The Government is committed to delivering a humanitarian response to welcome people seeking protection in Ireland as part of the European Union’s overall response. The scale of the response to this crisis has been unprecedented and Irish people have displayed a commendable level of generosity in their...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this is an operational matter, the question has been referred to Tusla for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this is an operational matter, the question has been referred to Tusla for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this is an operational matter, the question has been referred to Tusla for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Detention Centres (15 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Oberstown Children's Detention Campus is the sole detention facility for the remand or committal of children following a court order. Under Section 195 of the Children Act 2001 the Minister is required to certify the maximum number of children who may be detained in Oberstown and under Section 196 the sex and ages of the children that may be detained. In November 2017, that Certificate set...