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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Functions (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government has agreed to the transfer of policy, functions and funding responsibility for specialist community-based disability services from the Minister for Health to my own Department. It has also agreed that the HSE will retain responsibility for the delivery of these services post-transfer. It should be noted that the transfer of these services does not encompass mainstream health...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Wards of Court (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. On very rare occasions, the level of specialist intervention required to care for a child in the care of the State is not available in Ireland. If the child has a serious mental illness for which there is no appropriate facility in Ireland a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist may recommend to the Court that the child requires treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Pobal, the administrator of my Department's childcare funding programmes, are also responsible for Force Majeure applications. Pobal have informed my Department that further documentation was requested from the service referred to by the Deputy in relation to their force majeure application. This has now been received and the application for Force Majeure has been approved.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Traveller Community (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government is committed to improving the lives of the Traveller and Roma Communities in Ireland. The Government strategy to further this goal is the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) 2017 – 2021. The Strategy brings government departments and agencies together along with representatives of both Traveller and Roma communities. The Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ICT services are provided to my Department by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). The provision of ICT security, including data back up and recovery is part of that service. My ICT Staff are engaging closely with the OGCIO on this issue, who in turn are engaging with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to ensure that best practice is followed as it...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (25 May 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. The Programme for Government sets out a number of commitments regarding DSGBV, including an audit on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can assure the Deputy that throughout the Covid-19 pandemic the health and well-being of all persons accommodated by my Department has remained the highest priority for me and my officials in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS). To that end, a wide range of measures have been put in place across the accommodation network to address any COVID-19 related issues should...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is responsible for the administration of the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme which involved the allocation of approximately €18m in 2020 towards the core costs of 121 existing FRCs. My Department and Tusla have secured €0.62m in Dormant Accounts Funding for 2021 to support the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme. This funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The provision of mental health services is a matter for the Minister for Health. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency provides funding to counselling services, through a network of community-based counselling service providers and Family Resource Centres that offer the following types of counselling/psychotherapy and support: - Marriage and Relationship Counselling; - Child Counselling; -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: As Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, I value all the services that Family Resource Centres (FRC) provide across the country. I greatly appreciate FRCs providing low-cost counselling, play therapy and other therapeutic services to support children and families within the community. It should be noted that overall responsibility for mental health services lies...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cybersecurity Policy (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ICT services are provided to my Department by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). The provision of ICT security is part of that service, which implements a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to cyber security. My ICT Staff are engaging closely with the OGCIO on this issue, who in turn are engaging with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government made a commitment in the Programme for Government to commencing the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), recognising the importance of the much needed reform it represents. The Government is working towards a date of June 2022 for full commencement of the 2015 Act, with the Decision Support Service opening for business immediately thereafter. Before the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: On the broader matter of Departmental compliance with the GDPR, I can state that the Department continues to be actively engaged in meeting the wide range of obligations that the Regulation imposes on data controllers. Responsibility for implementation of NIS (EU Network and Information Security directive) in Ireland lies with CSIRT-IE, in Department of Communications, Climate Action and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked the agencies under the aegis of my Department to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (20 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department does not collect information of the nature requested by the Deputy. While my Department provides funding for the provision of national and local youth services through three different funding schemes:-the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme, the Youth Services Grant Scheme and the Local Youth Service Grant Scheme; this funding is not allocated based on the number of youth...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, to delete lines 29 to 35 and substitute the following: “(6) (a) Regulations made under this section may require the employer to publish information in respect of a public body. (b) In this subsection— ‘Act of 1998’ means the Education Act 1998; ‘Act of 2014’ means the Companies Act 2014;...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, to delete lines 29 to 37, to delete page 8, and, in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 35 and substitute the following: “ “Application to Circuit Court or High Court in case of failure to comply with regulations made under section 20A 85B. (1) Subject to subsection (3), where the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is satisfied that it...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am of the view that the strengthening we have just agreed to under amendment No. 13, by giving those extra powers to IHREC to take a case to the High Court to ensure that, where IHREC so believes the seriousness and the egregiousness, perhaps, of the breach of the legislation of these reporting provisions by a particular employer warrants going to the High Court and that very significant...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 16: In page 10, line 15, to delete “5th anniversary” and substitute “4th anniversary”. I was able earlier to refer briefly to this amendment. It reduces the time period within which a review and report of this legislation will be undertaken. It is set currently at five years. I am proposing to reduce that to four years. I think we have...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (19 May 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand why the Deputy is trying to expand the reach of this legislation and the speed at which it will apply. However, it is important for the House to recognise the reasons it is designed in this way. The incremental application of the reporting requirement is deliberate and is based on consultations that were undertaken with both unions and employer representative groups. There was...