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- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: There have been significant advances in the provision of family leaves in recent years. Parental Leave allows parents to take unpaid leave from work to spend time looking after their children, such as in situations where a parent needs to take time off work because their child is required to isolate or stay at home due to Covid-19. A person can take up to 26 weeks’ parental leave for...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: On 3rdOctober 2022, Information and Tracing services, established under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 opened to applications. The Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Child and Family Agency, Tusla are experiencing a high level of interest in the new services, with a total of 1,898 applications received in the first 24 hours alone. As can be expected with any new online...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 526 and 531 together. Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on 20 March 2018. This marked an important milestone in a process to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities in Ireland that has gathered momentum since Ireland became a signatory to the Convention in 2007. I recognise the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: Budget 2023 introduces major reforms to the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) from January 2023, which will substantially improve the affordability of early learning and childcare for families. Additional funding of €121 million has been allocated to the NCS from January 2023 so all families accessing registered early learning and childcare will receive a minimum hourly NCS subsidy of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. The Government takes its responsibility to investigate and address historic wrongs and allegations of human rights abuses very seriously. Since 1999, Ireland has undertaken investigations into allegations of abuse in various institutional settings. These investigations have sought to establish the facts relating to the operation of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: On 28 February 2021, with the dissolution of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, my Department became the data controller for all the personal data contained in the records and databases that transferred from the Commission. My Department is responsible for fulfilling data subject rights, including the right of access to personal data. I am very mindful of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: The Institutional Burials Act 2022, which I commenced in July 2022, provides the underlying legislative basis for an intervention, whereby the remains of those who died in residential institutions in respect of which a public body has or had a relevant role, and who were buried in a manifestly inappropriate manner, may be recovered and re-interred in a respectful and appropriate way. It also...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: The Institutional Burials Act 2022, which came into effect on 15 July last, provides the underlying legislative basis for an intervention, whereby the remains of those who were buried in a manifestly inappropriate manner, may be recovered and re-interred in a respectful and appropriate way. It also provides for the identification of remains and their return to family members, where possible....
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: I referred the General Scheme of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth at the end of March for pre-legislative scrutiny. I received the Committee's report on the 12th July and I am very grateful to the members for giving the draft legislation their careful attention. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department are currently reviewing applications for both Asylum, Migration, and Integration Fund; and the Integration and Employment of Migrants funding. These applications require detailed review and assessment in line with the available budget. Officials in my Department are currently engaged in this process with a view to providing the outcome to applicants in the coming weeks.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: The Institutional Burials Act 2022, which came into effect on 15 July last, provides the underlying legislative basis for an intervention, whereby the remains of those who died in residential institutions in respect of which a public body has or had a relevant role, and who were buried in a manifestly inappropriate manner, may be recovered and re-interred in a respectful and appropriate way....
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: Foster care is the preferred option in Ireland for children who cannot live with their parents or guardians. Approximately 89% of children in care are currently being cared for by foster carers, enabling them to live in a safe, secure, and stable home environment. I fully recognise the contribution made by foster carers, in caring for some of the State's most vulnerable children. Foster...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: Foster care is the preferred option in Ireland for children who cannot live with their parents or guardians. Approximately 89% of children in care are currently being cared for by foster carers, enabling them to live in a safe, secure, and stable home environment. Foster carers are paid a weekly allowance, which is a payment to meet the needs of the child in their care. The foster care...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Voluntary Sector (11 Oct 2022)
Roderic O'Gorman: The commissioning of services under Section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 is an operational matter for Tusla. I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy. In the meantime, the Deputy may wish to note that the Tusla Annual Financial Statements include a statement of funding to organisations commissioned to deliver services under Section 56 -59 of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (11 Oct 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, my Department has worked intensively as part of the cross-governmental response to the Ukraine crisis. The operational challenges brought about by responding to the conflict are significant. Our country has never experienced an influx of...