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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Two officials at the Department Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years as outlined in the table below. Year Grade Cost 2013 Assistant Secretary €5200 2017 Principal Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: 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: Public Sector Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: 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: Childcare Services (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Significant investment is being made by my Department to address affordability for parents through the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). As the Deputy is aware, I announced additional funding of €121m as part of Budget 2023 for the NCS, which has been allocated to reduce average parental co-payments for early learning and childcare. From 2 January 2023, all families accessing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Regarding the matter raised, I can confirm to the Deputy that the correspondence has been received and my officials are currently reviewing same. I apologise for the delay in responding, due to an extraordinary volume of correspondence on hands in the procurement unit. My officials are currently reducing the backlog and patience is appreciated in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am advised by my officials that correspondence relating to the individual in the details supplied was received on 21 October and that an interim reply issued stating that the query has been forwarded for consideration. In the interim, my officials have been advised that the individuals concerned have secured alternative accommodation and the enquiry has accordingly been closed.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine on 24 February, and the invoking of the Temporary Protection Directive by the European Union shortly afterwards, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis.   The operational challenges brought about by responding to the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to be here to debate this Bill. As I said on Second Stage, it is Ireland's most ambitious legislation directed solely at improving work-life balance. I look forward to our discussions today. The Bill not only transposes the EU work-life balance directive, but it will also help to fulfil a number of programme for Government commitments for parents and carers. It will deliver a...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Bill as initiated inserts a new subsection (3A) into section 6 of the principal Act to provide for workers who have had successive temporary contracts with the employer in the last six months to be deemed as having had a continuous period of service for the purpose of calculating the qualifying period. The amendment, as drafted, would appear to reduce the six-month or 26-week period to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, line 34, to delete “ “sickness”;” and substitute “ “sickness”,”. Amendment No. 2 is grouped with amendments Nos. 3, 4, 8, 34 to 38, inclusive, and 44. All of these technical amendments are to correct grammatical errors. Government amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, and amendment No. 8 deal with...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No 3: In page 6, line 4, to delete “after section 13”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, line 15, to delete “employee; or” and substitute “employee;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: This set of amendments intend to remove from the Bill the provisions related to the ability of an employer to seek relevant evidence of the circumstances in which an employee is taking leave for medical care purposes. The central part of the policy development from a data protection perspective is that the design of the system should seek to achieve the minimum invasion of privacy rights, be...