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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department funds the provision of universal and targeted youth services to young people, generally aged between 10 and 24, throughout the country. Between 2016 and 2021, the annual current youth funding allocation for youth services increased from €51.9m to €66.79m. The largest youth funding scheme funded by my Department is the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. As...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disadvantaged Status (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures, the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, takes a whole-of-government approach to addressing disadvantage and child poverty. The BOBF indicator set tracks progress for children and young people aged 0-24 across the five national outcomes outlined in Better Outcomes Brighter Futures. My Department uses a range of data, metrics and evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I appreciate the Deputy's concern in relation to this issue and I am aware that he has engaged with my Department on this matter on numerous occasions. At present, I am not in a position to confirm if a refuge centre for domestic abuse victims will be established in counties Cavan or Monaghan in 2022. I am informed that supports for victims in counties Cavan and Monaghan are available...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla in partnership with the HSE has developed a guidance document for social workers in relation to the administration of the Covid Vaccine for Children in Care, entitled Covid-19 Vaccine for Children in Care. Consents required for children in care are dependent on the legal status of the care placement. In the event that a parent of a child in care has any queries with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2021)

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: Departmental Data (7 Oct 2021)

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: Departmental Data (7 Oct 2021)

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: Children in Care (7 Oct 2021)

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: Guardians Ad Litem (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Guardian ad litem(GAL) arrangements for children who are the subject of public law child care proceedings are currently provided for under the Child Care Act, 1991. Section 26 of the 1991 Act provides for the appointment of a GAL in respect of care proceedings where a child is not party to those proceedings and where the Court is satisfied that it is necessary in the best interests of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2022 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2022. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. In recent years, funding for the provision of youth services has increased on an annual basis. Between the years 2016 and 2021, the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information on the numbers of separated children seeking international protection who go missing, and as this is 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 . Tusla has a dedicated social work team for Separated Children Seeking International...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Working in collaboration with representatives of the early learning and care (ELC) and school age childcare (SAC) sector and with representatives of further and higher education institutions, work is nearing completion on preparation of a Workforce Development Plan for ELC and SAC. The Plan, which will be completed by year-end, is intended to set out an approach to achieve the workforce...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2022 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2022. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. I would like to reiterate the significance and value I place on the contributions made by volunteers to the community life of our country and to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Unemployment (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The issue of employment is a key consideration for both myself and my Government colleagues. Indeed, in the past few weeks I attended a round table discussion convened by the Tánaiste involving Ministers and officials from relevant Departments and the youth sector to consider this issue. I issued a joint press release on 24 September detailing this meeting which may be of interest to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) is a very important piece of legislation that changes the existing law on capacity from the status approach of the wardship system to a flexible functional approach, whereby capacity is assessed on an issue and time-specific basis. It will abolish the wards of court system for adults by repealing the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland)...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) provides financial support to help parents meet the cost of childcare and to support better outcomes for children. The NCS is designed to be highly inclusive and to meet the needs of families who need it the most. The NCS is based on the principle of progressive universalism and has regard to the best interests of children. Within this framework, an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal free two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. The minimum eligibility age of 2 years and 8 months for the ECCE programme was chosen based on national experience and a review of international practice. It also had regard to the regulatory environment for early years...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since its formation, this Government has made clear that tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is a priority. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to investigate the provision of paid leave and social protection provision to victims of domestic violence with a view to establishing a statutory entitlement to paid domestic violence leave. My Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Legal Services (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the recent arrivals of refugees from Afghanistan have been managed by the Irish Refugee Protection Programme in my Department from within existing resources. The Department of Foreign Affairs has supported the Programme through a number of its embassies which are providing assistance in liaising with relevant authorities on transit arrangements

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Funding (6 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Capital investment in early learning and childcare will be delivered through the National Development Plan (NDP) during the period 2022-2030. NDP capital funding allocated to early learning and childcare will be used to increase the stock of early learning and childcare infrastructure, in order to address capacity challenges including the undersupply for certain types of provision and in...