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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: This information is not immediately available. My Department is preparing a response and will contact the Deputy as soon as possible with the requested information.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: A key commitment in the Programme for Government is to publish and implement an updated National Strategy for Women and Girls. My officials are currently working intensively to develop the new Strategy with a view to publishing the Strategy mid-year. A stakeholder consultation to inform the themes of the Strategy was completed at the end of 2024. This consultation sought input from both...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Young Ireland: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2023-2028 sets out actions to make sure that children’s rights are being met and considered when policy is written and implemented, in line with the UN Convention of the Rights on the Child (UNCRC). To assist public bodies in building an enabling environment, and to ensure that children and young people are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024 – 2028 aims to provide a more strategic, data-driven, and joined-up approach to the delivery of youth work and related services in Ireland. Since its publication in September 2024, work has been underway on implementing a number of actions for which the Department is the lead, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: UBU Your Place Your Space (UBU) scheme is DCEDIY's largest youth funding scheme, targeting disadvantaged young people aged between 10-24. The scheme currently provides funding to over 250 targeted youth services across 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs), with the ETBs co-ordinating delivery of funding to the services in their local area. My officials have begun work on a review of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The measurement of outcomes in youth work is an important development to enable greater understanding of the impact of participation and engagement in youth work projects and services for young people. The project to develop an outcome and impact measurement tool is a collaboration between DCEDIY and Maynooth University whereby Maynooth University will provide consultation and research...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: As part of preparations for the Presidency, officials in my Department have been engaging extensively with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) across several fora. Officials from my Department attend regular meetings of the Inter-Departmental Group on Presidency Policy Planning and the Inter-Departmental Group on Operational Presidency Planning. Both groups are chaired by DFAT...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The table below provides details of the capital budget that was allocated to my Department in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. - 2023 €m 2024 €m 2025 €m DCEDIY Capital Allocation 212.65 142.82 146.8 * 2023 and 2024 figures in the table reflect final allocations after FREV and / or Supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Thank you for your question, Deputy. A response will be provided directly to you in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 815, 818 and 819 together. The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) currently provides accommodation to approximately 33,000 people at over 320 sites nationwide. The State is making every effort to accommodate asylum seekers against a backdrop of unprecedented demand from 2022 to 2024, with our system growing by over 400% in capacity in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 816 and 837 together. The introduction of Core Funding in 2022 brought a significant increase in investment for the sector, with €259 million of funding paid directly to services in year 1 of the scheme, of which €210.8 million was entirely new funding. Core funding is now worth €331 million in its third year of operation. In view of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Priorities (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I thank the Deputy for bringing this matter to my attention. My officials will meet with Tusla in the near future in a previously arranged meeting to discuss Data Protection matters in general. I can assure the Deputy that this matter will also be discussed at that time. As the Deputy is aware the Performance Framework for 2024-2026 clarifies for Tusla that it is expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Ministerial staff and salaries are listed in the table below. Minister Role Grade (Salary Scale) Number Minister Norma Foley Special Adviser PO 2 Minister Hildegarde Naughton Special Adviser PO 2 Minister Norma Foley Private Secretary AO with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Ireland currently provides accommodation to approximately 33,000 people applying for international protection and has also welcomed over 114,000 people from Ukraine since 2022. Our accommodation systems have been forced to expand at a rapid pace over the last two years in response to a sharp increase in need among both groups. The over 114,000 people who arrived from Ukraine, and a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 826 and 839 together. Government believes that all relevant parties have a collective responsibility to respond to Ireland's legacy in relation to Mother and Baby institutions. Discussions with regard to seeking a contribution from the religious congregations towards the cost of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme were led by the independent...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Statutory and operational responsibility for the delivery of child protection and welfare services is a matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Under the Children Act 2001 and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, detention of children is to be used as a measure of last resort and for the shortest time possible. Oberstown Children Detention Campus is the State’s sole detention facility for children. The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality sets the maximum occupancy at Oberstown by way of a certificate made...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: The introduction of Core Funding in 2022 brought a significant increase in investment for the sector, with €259 million of funding paid directly to services in year 1 of the scheme, of which €210.8 million was entirely new funding. Core funding is now worth €331 million in its third year of operation. In view of the 15% increase in Core Funding in year 3 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (8 Apr 2025)

Norma Foley: Core Funding, which was introduced in 2022, operates alongside all other early learning and childcare programmes and constitutes additional income to services on top of these programmes, and parental fees. The scheme is designed to meet the combined objectives of:Improved affordability for parents through the introduction of fee management andcontractual requirements on providers to offer...