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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As of 30 January I can confirm that there are 8,582 people accommodated in the Direct Provision system as a whole. This includes - - 5,828 persons IPAS Accommodation centres; - 1065 persons in emergency accommodation centres; - 396 persons in the National Reception Centre in Balseskin; - 323 persons in quarantine facilities, and; - 970 in pre-reception facilities. I can also confirm the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Safety (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is the statutory body with responsibility for child protection and welfare services. If I, or my officials, become aware of a situation in which a child is considered to be at risk, that concern is communicated to Tusla as a matter of urgency. If a child appears to be at risk of harm or neglect, the concerns should be reported to Tusla. Anyone can...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2018 and continues to progressively realise its obligations under the Convention. The UNCRPD requires State parties to actively involve people with disabilities in policy development (Articles 4.3 and 33.3). As a first step towards full implementation of UNCRPD requirements on consultation,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services, accommodation and education. The Acts cover nine grounds of equality, including that of disability. In addition, the Acts prohibit discrimination in the provision of accommodation services against people who are in receipt of rent supplement, housing assistance, or social welfare payments. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The outgoing Migrant Integration Strategy has been the central policy framework adopted by Government to promote the integration of all migrants who are legally in the State. Many actions which began under the outgoing Strategy are continuing, in particular support for integration projects through a number of funding streams, such as the Communities Integration Fund and the National...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 350 together. My Department provides funding to all 16 Education and Training Boards (ETB) (including Kildare/Wicklow ETB) to support youth services in their area and to support the work of the Youth Officer. Youth Officers provide an important support role to my Department in the co-ordination and administration of youth services at local level. My...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently collating the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is referring to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I have therefore referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information on the numbers of separated children seeking international protection who have gone missing from care in 2020 and 2021. As this is an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and asked that a direct response be provided to the Deputy . Tusla has a dedicated social work team for Separated Children...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has a dedicated social work team for Separated Children Seeking International Protection (SCSIP). Over the past 20 years the SCSIP Team has developed expertise through Ireland’s participation in International Refugee Protection Programmes and by caring for the greater number of separated children seeking international protection who arrive...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla’s Review of the Provision of Accommodation for Victims of Domestic Violence assesses the current and requisite distribution of safe emergency accommodation. It has examined the current level of refuge provision, evidence of demand for services and unmet need, and analysis of proximity to refuge by local communities. The Review has been completed and is expected to publish the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla’s Review of the Provision of Accommodation for Victims of Domestic Violence assesses the current and requisite distribution of safe emergency accommodation. It has examined the current level of refuge provision, evidence of demand for services and unmet need, and analysis of proximity to refuge by local communities. The Review has been completed and is expected to publish the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028, which I published in April 2021, sets out a phased, incremental approach to extending supports and regulation to all non-relative childminders. It aims to improve access to high quality and affordable early learning and care and school-age childcare through childminding. During Phase 1 of the Plan, which began in 2021 and is expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely conscious of the urgent need to pass legislation in order to allow the excavation to begin at the site of the former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam. The General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill was developed to provide the required legal basis for intervention at the Tuam site and at other locations should similar circumstances come to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am committed to ongoing engagement with survivors and their advocates in the context of implementing the wide-ranging actions approved by Government in responding to the findings of the Commission. These actions, which take account of the Collaborative Forum’s recommendations, are intended to respond to the priority needs and concerns of former residents and their families. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Protected Disclosures (2 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has received 3 Protected Disclosures since 2014. All 3 related to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The 1st of these Protected Disclosures was received in December 2016. The details of this disclosure were referred to Tusla for examination and a final report is awaited. The Department received a second Protected Disclosure in February 2017.The Department responded to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (1 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Strategy for Women and Girls, adopted by Government in 2017, provides a whole-of-Government framework through which women’s empowerment continues to be advanced. In view of the significant impact of COVID-19 on planned work, the implementation of the Strategy was extended from 2020 to the end of 2021. The first progress report was published in March 2019. A report on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (1 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Cost of Disability in Ireland report was commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and prepared by Indecon International Research Economists. It was published in December 2021. It provides important evidence of the additional costs that people with a disability face in their day-to-day lives. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to use research into...