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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not currently rent or own any offices which are not in use by my Department. My Department has two office areas: - 2nd and 3rd floors, Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 - 58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2; and - 2nd and 3rd floors, Montague Court, 7 - 11 Montague Street, Dublin 2.  Both of these offices are occupied on a daily basis.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 to 660, inclusive, together. My Department currently allocates targeted youth funding of €41.8 million through the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. The mission of the scheme is to provide out-of-school supports to marginalised, disadvantaged or vulnerable young people in their communities to enable them to overcome adverse...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The play-pod model in ELC and SAC settings is recommended as an alternative to social distancing. The purpose of ‘play-pods’ is to limit the number of people a child has contact with, and to support close, positive interactions between children and their adult caregivers. This system also reduces the amount of contact adults have with each other. The HSE has not given any date...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla may enter arrangements with organisations to provide child and family services or services associated with the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. Section 59 of the Act provides for similar arrangements through a grant or contribution in kind to non-profit organisations for services supplemental to those provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In the table below, the Deputy can see the number of persons quarantined on arrival since January, 2021, to date. As requested, this is broken down by month. Similarly, the table sets out the numbers of persons that have quarantined beyond 14 days. The average length of stay for those staying beyond 14 days is 21 days. New arrivals since Jan 2021 Month of Admission: 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of the Child (14 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has three Optional Protocols: - an Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict; - an Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; and - an Optional Protocol on a communications procedure. Ireland has ratified the first and third protocols in 2002 and 2014 respectively. Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (14 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme which provides funding support to 121 FRCs across the country. My Department allocates core funding for the FRC Programme and since 2019, an additional €1.5m has been provided in funding. This means that funding for 2021 will amount to €18 million. Organisations that wish to join the Programme are advised to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (14 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 (14 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The process for Special Service CCSP Programme funding 2021/2022 was finalised on Friday 8th October. A communication detailing the application process was issued to the eligible services on Monday the 11th October. The deadline for the submission of documentation is Friday the 13th of November.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (14 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can advise the Deputy that my Department does not own or manage any buildings in Blanchardstown village, Dublin 15.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to outline the elements of the budget 2022 for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. My Department has received an additional €183 million, bringing the total investment in 2022 to €2.1 billion. This is a significant budget package, which reflects the high priority that my Department places on strengthening supports for children,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Victim Support Services (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Senator for raising this very important matter. I am aware that this has received significant media attention recently, and that the statistics are very sobering. There has been a 100% increase in calls to helplines, a 63% increase in appointments and a 30% increase in the number of survivors attending centres. The Senator has outlined, beyond the statistics, the real-life...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Victim Support Services (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: This Government has a strong track record on funding DSGBV services, including the increases that were provided in last year's budget to Tusla for funding the services, and with regard to the Department of Justice funding other supports, especially around the victims of domestic and sexual violence. That has been continued in this year's budget with a very substantial increase for Tusla. In...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Children in Care (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Senator Ruane for raising this important matter. I am aware of the vulnerability of people leaving care. I met with representatives from the Irish Aftercare Network on Monday, and we had a good discussion. It is not the first time I met with them. I have met groups such as Empowering People in Care, EPIC, so I am engaged with people, both dealing with children in care, and those...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Children in Care (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Every Minister has to consider cost as one of the factors in any decision-making process. However, it is not the driving factor. It is worth noting that the amount of data available since the Ryan report was published - which as the Senator pointed out is a long time ago – is now much greater. We have data from the national childcare information system, the Central Statistics Office...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (and Certain Related Matters) was published in January of this year. Bethany Home was one of the 14 named mother and baby home institutions directly investigated by the Commission. In response to the findings of the Commission, Government committed to establishing a Restorative Recognition Scheme for eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under section 56 of the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla may enter arrangements with organisations to provide child and family services or services associated with the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. Section 59 of the Act provides for similar arrangements through a grant or contribution in kind to non-profit organisations for services supplemental to those provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022, I secured an additional €5 million in current funding for youth services. The additional funding will assist in the further development of youth services during 2022. More precise allocations across the youth subheads are currently being considered by my officials and details will be shared in due course. In recent years, funding for the provision of youth services...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2018. This marked an important milestone in a process to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities in Ireland. The approach being taken to meeting the obligations of the UNCRPD is one of progressive realisation, each year moving forward on key reforms, with the obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (12 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 355 together. The Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) was entirely independent in the conduct of its investigations and this independence was guaranteed in law. It was a matter for the Commission alone to reach whatever conclusions it deemed possible, based on its assessment of the full body of...