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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to bring forward an amendment to section 87 on Report Stage to clarify that the period of time for the calculation of compensation is the period during which it is estimated that relevant works or related activities will be carried out and not the period specified in an order under section 82(2) or 84(2)

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to introduce an amendment to section 89 on Report Stage to remove the provision exempting the director from carrying out remedial works on a site where the owner-occupier planned to carry out the works themselves or where the land is subject to development.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Amendment No. 75 proposes to require the director and-or agency officials to make themselves available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas committee. Section 25 already provides for the director to appear before Oireachtas committees. The concern is that it would not be possible to call the director before a committee once the office of the director is dissolved at the end of the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputies for their contributions to the debate. I join everybody in recognising the importance of the GAL system as it currently stands, particularly the work of individual GALs in supporting all children at a vulnerable time in their lives. I have listened carefully to what speakers have said and will consider the issues that have been raised in detail. The purpose of this Bill is...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of the Bill is to reform the existing guardian ad litemsystem. At present, guardians ad litem, GALs, are appointed by the court for children who are the subject of child care proceedings under the Child Care Act 1991. The GAL's role is to ascertain the views of the child and communicate these to the court. The GAL also makes...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes, it is the intention to undertake those sections in June. We have had a very useful and lengthy pre-legislative process. The report has come to my Department and my officials are working with the Attorney General's office on some points. A couple of other points have also come in, which we may bring forward as Committee Stage amendments. We see the importance of this, however, and of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: We are dealing with a crisis this country has never had to experience before, and we are dealing with it in a way that ensures every Ukrainian who comes to this country seeking shelter and security can be given it. That has meant we have not been able to use the traditional procurement processes. We have had to short-circuit processes to ensure-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: -----people get fed and get shelter. If we did not do that and had long delays, I have no doubt the Deputy and others would be condemning the Government, and they would be right to do so. We have had to move quickly.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: We have moved quickly. That is why 16,000 people are being sheltered and fed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: This Government delivered it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Student accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (28 Apr 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is focused on providing accommodation where requested to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine. Over 16,500 people have been provided with International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) accommodation to date. Properties were pledged through the Irish Red Cross Portal on a voluntary basis, and the generous response from the public to this appeal is much appreciated....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Transport (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I currently use a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid as my Ministerial vehicle. This is a personal vehicle as I am not assigned an allocation of vehicles.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in Pobal, the administrator of the National Childcare Scheme, are currently compiling the information requested by the Deputy.The information will be supplied to the Deputy within 10 working days.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 74: In page 38, line 13, to delete “Agency” and substitute “Authority”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 75: In page 43, line 24, after “to” to insert “subsection (5)and”. This is an amendment to section 45. The section obliges a secondary information source to retain and maintain relevant records held. The amendment seeks to ensure clarity that the obligation on a secondary source to retain and maintain records should not interfere with...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 76: In page 44, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(5) Subsection (1) shall not apply to relevant records transferred by a secondary information source— (a) in compliance with its obligations under the National Archives Act 1986, or (b) in accordance with Action 8 of the plan known as the “Action Plan for Survivors and Former...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 77: “PART 8 AMENDMENT OF SUCCESSION ACT 1965 Definition (Part 8) 52.In this Part, “Act of 1965” means the Succession Act 1965. Amendment of section 4A of Act of 1965 53.Section 4A of the Act of 1965 is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (1A) and section 4B,” for “Subject to...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 78: In page 57, lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including “The” in line 15 down to and including line 16 and substitute the following: “The Minister shall, not later than 2 years after the coming into operation of this section, commence a review of the operation of this Act, other than Parts 8and 9.”. This is something we...