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Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I apologise but I just needed to recall where we were in the discussion. On amendment No. 35, the Bill requires companies to make public their gender pay gap information and the regulations will set out clearly how this will be carried out. There are some policy questions to be settled on how this will operate in reality. Today I am not in a position to give a complete and conclusive...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am happy to engage with the Senator.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I have discussed on a number of occasions the changes we made to section 85C - accepted on Report Stage in the Dáil - which will enhance the enforcement powers of IHREC by providing it with the power to take an application to the Circuit Court or the High Court, where it has reasonable grounds for believing there has been a failure by a person to comply with the provisions of the Bill,...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: This is a technical amendment, the purpose of which is to delete the term "section 85D" and replace it with "section 85C". With the deletion of the original section 85B, the sections have been renumbered. Members will note that section 4 incorrectly refers to section 85D, which no longer exists as a result of a Report Stage amendment in the Dáil.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I confirm to Senators that the new subsection (5) to be inserted into section 32 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 is without prejudice to the entitlement of our right to exercise its powers under section 32 in any such case of its own motion. I submit that the amendment is not necessary but I am happy to put the confirmation on the record.

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Senator Seery Kearney has stolen my powerful wrap-up lines-----

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: -----in terms of the publication by the Minister of State, Deputy English, of a JLC process for the childcare sector. The process was initiated by me and my Department a number of months ago. The JLC recognises a sector and the childcare professionals who have worked so hard during Covid. It is a sector where we know pay is low and employees are predominantly, and to the vast...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are a range of family leave options available to working parents, many of which have been extended in the recent past. The Parental Leave Act 1998 entitles parents to unpaid leave to look after their children. This leave is available to a relevant parent, who is defined as a parent, adoptive parent or person acting in loco parentis. The Parental Leave (Amendment) Act 2019 introduced a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department spent €28,900 on social media advertising since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021. I have asked agencies under my Department's remit to respond directly to the Deputy in respect of spend on social media.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has spent €5744 on social media content production since the beginning of January 2021 until 12 June 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has had no expenditure on public relations consultancy in 2021. I have requested agencies under my Department's remit to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Climate Action Plan (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Action 228a of the Interim Climate action Plan requires the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth to establish a Youth Climate Council as part of the new National Dialogue on Climate Action (NDCA) engagement model and annual Climate Action Plan consultations, to help support future dialogue with young people. Steps are being taken to establish the Youth Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Since its formation, this Government has made clear that tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is a key 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. As the Deputy is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2021)

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: Equality Issues (17 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department supports a range of initiatives that work towards enabling access to employment from persons from minority groups. The Migrant Integration Strategyis a whole-of-Government Strategy to support the integration of migrants. The Strategy includes a range of actions to support employment and pathways to work for migrants. The Strategy has been extended until the end of 2021 to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (16 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DGSBV). The response to DSGBV is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue with policy coordinated by the Department of Justice. Tusla supports some 60 front line DSGBV services around the country, and the Department has increased its funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (16 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 189 together. Thank you Deputy for highlighting this issue. All children in care are involved in developing their aftercare plan in the years and months coming up to their 18th birthday when, as legal adults, they are no longer in the statutory care of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The specialist team working with these children and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is not planning to reviewing the capitation levels paid to the providers of ECCE services for the forthcoming 2021/22 ECCE programme year. The capitation levels for the 2021-22 ECCE programme year were published by Pobal on 27 May 2021, and are set at €69 per child per 15 hours of ECCE per week, with a higher capitation rate of €80.25 per child per week where...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (16 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am very concerned to hear of any individual provider proposing to increase charges to parents at a time when the Government continues to support early learning and childcare providers very significantly. In view of the extent of State support, increases are not justified at this time. One of my key priorities in Government is to achieve affordability of early learning and care and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (16 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: One of my key priorities as Minister is to achieve affordability of quality early learning and care (ELC) and school age childcare (SAC) for families. With regard to the question of the cost of childcare,the Programme for Government commits to substantially reducing fees to parents while supporting quality service provision. My Department has established an Expert Group which is currently...