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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (9 Sep 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: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that neither myself, my special advisers nor my senior officials use the services described on Departmental devices to communicate. I have used one of the named services to communicate with other Green Party TDs on party matters on my personal phone. 

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (9 Sep 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: Carer's Leave (9 Sep 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Section 6 of the Carer's Leave Act 2001 provides that employees with at least one year's continuous service are entitled to take up to 104 weeks of carer's leave to enable them to provide full-time care and attention to a person who is in need of such care.   The 2001 Act provides, as part of its definition of employee, 'a person of any age, who has entered into or works under (or,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Funding for the provision of youth services is administered on behalf of my Department by the Education and Training Boards, which allocate funding for local youth clubs and services via applications to the UBU Your Place Your Space the Local Youth Club Grant schemes. Funding of almost €42 million will be made available under UBU Your Place This Space in 2021 while over...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Sep 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department administers an annual capital funding programme, under which early learning and care and school aged childcare services which are registered with Tulsa can access capital funding.  The purpose or target of the funding is determined on an annual basis having regard to the needs of children, families and service providers and Departmental priorities. There is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Prison Service (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: All young people under the age of 18 detained on remand or sentenced to a period of detention by the Courts are detained in Oberstown Children Detention Campus. The operational costs for the ongoing running of Oberstown (excluding pension and capital costs) in 2020 was €21.18 million. The Certificate applicable in 2020 and issued by the Minister under Sections 195 and 196 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme represents the first ever statutory entitlement to early learning and childcare in Ireland, and has streamlined the multiple targeted support schemes previously available. In replacing the legacy schemes, the NCS entails a fundamental shift away from subsidies grounded in medical card and social protection entitlements, and towards a comprehensive and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1191 and 1192 together. I wish to confirm to the Deputy that, in 2020 and to date in 2021, a total of 259 programme refugees  have been resettled to Ireland. Due to Covid-19, the number of refugees resettled globally in 2020 was the lowest in two decades. An Irish selection mission in Lebanon in March was interrupted due to the pandemic, and there were no...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1193 and 1194 together. I wish to confirm the following to the Deputy in relation to the operation of Community Sponsorship Ireland since its establishment: The Irish State launched a pilot Community Sponsorship Ireland model in December 2018 as an alternative way to resettle refugees in Ireland. Following this successful pilot, the Irish Government launched...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jul 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: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families, commits to at least doubling investment in ELC and SAC on 2018 levels in the decade to 2028. A key vehicle to ensure that such significant additional investment delivers for children, families and the State will be a new funding model. The new funding model will be the framework for additional...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter, I have referred the matter to the Adoption Authority for a direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that the number of refugees resettled to Ireland annually since January 2015, and the number who were under 18 years of age at the time of resettlement are as follows: 2015: 163 arrivals of whom 90 were under 18 years of age; 2016: 596 arrivals of whom 297 were under 18 years of age; 2017: 788 arrivals of whom 382 were under 18 years of age; 2018: 608 arrivals...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Employment Support Services (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019, and subsequent amendments made under the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021, working parents are entitled to five weeks of paid parent's leave for each relevant parent, as defined in the legislation, to be taken in the first two years after the birth or adoptive placement of a child. The definition of relevant parent under...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue, with overall policy coordinated by the Department of Justice. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. Capital funding for approved housing bodies, including services that provide refuge accommodation, is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand the Deputy's question is in reference to the operations of Family Resource Centres (FRC). Tusla, the Child and Family Agency administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme. Tusla provides core funding to 121 FRCs in marginalised communities throughout the country, which enables centres to leverage broader community support and access funding from...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The ECCE programme runs for 38 weeks each programme year. The standard capitation rate paid to providers is €69 per child, per week, and the higher capitation rate paid is €80.25 per child, per week. The programme currently provides 15 hours of free early learning and care per week. €289.3m has been allocated to ECCE in 2021.  The following table shows the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The introduction of the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) was a landmark moment for making high quality childcare more affordable and accessible to families in Ireland. The objectives of the NCS are to improve outcomes for children, reduce poverty, have a positive impact on gender equality in relation to labour market participation, tangibly reduce the cost of childcare for thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1204 and 1216 together. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has recommended the use of play-pods in Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services as an alternative to social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of ‘play-pods’ is to limit the number of people a child has contact with,...