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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Parental Leave (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: To support parents of children born during the strict lock-down measures, the Government intends to extend parent's leave from two weeks to five weeks for each parent of all children born or adopted on or after 1 Nov 2019. The Government also intends to extend the period in which parent's leave can be taken up until that child turns two or, in the case of an adoption, two years...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) represents the first ever statutory entitlement to childcare in Ireland. The introduction of the NCS is a landmark moment for making high quality childcare more affordable and accessible to families in Ireland. My Department is not aware of any significant technical problems with the National Childcare Scheme website which are preventing...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Learner Fund is a funding stream offered by my Department to practitioners working in early learning and care and school-age childcare seeking to upskill and gain higher qualifications. It has operated for several years by providing either pre-award funding or a post-award bursary. The initiative was initially rolled out from 2014 to support the introduction of the minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: A Childminding Development Grant is available to Tusla-registered childminders, childminders who have voluntarily notified their City/County Childcare Committee, childminders proposing a new childminding service, and childminders who have completed the childminding Quality Awareness Programme. The childminder or potential childminder must mind at least 3 children on a part-time basis or one...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Many childminders are legally exempt from regulation currently as a result of exemptions set out in Section 58L of the Child Care Act 1991, which prevents them from registering with Tusla. A childminder is exempt from regulation and registration with Tusla if the childminder: - Is a relative of the child/children or a spouse of a relative; - Takes care of one or more...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Consultations (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: A public consultation process on the Draft Childminding Action Plan ran from August until November 2019. The process involved several elements, which included: - An invitation to make written submissions. - An online survey, which ran from 29 August to 10 October 2019, with 467 respondents (57% of whom were childminders). - 32 focus group meetings with childminders, held in October and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Equality Issues (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The law that deals with discrimination in relation to goods and services is the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018. It prohibits discrimination on nine grounds including that of disability.  Discrimination on the ground of disability includes a refusal or failure by a service provider to do all that is reasonable to accommodate the needs of a disabled person by providing special treatment or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: According to the CSO, in 2018 there were 268 deaths of children under the age of fifteen. The statistics also show that the majority of these child deaths, 187 (70%), occurred during the first year. The Department of Social Protection pays Maternity Benefit for stillborn babies born after 24 weeks of pregnancy or on the death of an infant during the period of maternity, which is 26...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue. Policy is coordinated by the Department of Justice and Equality (DJE). Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: My office has recently received representations in relation to the issue raised by the Deputy. As this is an operational issue for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, I have requested that Tusla respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The risk of potential contingent liabilities is normally considered on an annual basis in the context of the Appropriation Account as well as the Budget and Estimates cycles respectively and taking account of any legal advice or specific knowledge of situations occurring, that might give rise to a contingent liability.  The Appropriation Account for 2019 for my...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628, 629 and 632 together. My Department does not hold data or maintain statistics on disabilities of international protection applicants residing in accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service. Every effort is, however, made to ensure that a resident's specific needs are met in assigning accommodation to them. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Parental Leave (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 630 and 633 together. To support parents of children born during the strict lock-down measures, the Government intends to extend parent's leave from two weeks to five weeks for each parent of all children born or adopted on or after 1 Nov 2019. The Government also intends to extend the period in which parent's leave can be taken up until that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Discussions are ongoing between officials in my Department and the HSE to enable formal vulnerability assessments for applicants for international protection by the end of the year. This will ensure that a coherent process is in place for both the health and non-health aspects required in formalised assessments. To assist in determining how best we can meet the health and related needs...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Youth services funded by my Department operate at both the national and local level. In addition to funding universal youth services aimed at all young people, my Department funds targeted youth services through the UBU Your Place Your Space scheme. Under this scheme, €38.7million was allocated in 2020 to support young people between the ages of 10 and 24 who are at risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence (17 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue. Policy is coordinated by the Department of Justice and Equality (DJE). Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (12 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP) Ireland has committed to accepting 50 people in family groups from the camp at Moria in Greece. Officials from my Department have been in contact with EU counterparts to confirm this pledge and to begin the process of resettling refugees to Ireland. Ireland has also committed to taking 36 unaccompanied minors from Greece, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (12 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand that the KDYS project in Killorglin is a family support programme run in partnership with Tusla. It is not funded by my Department in respect of youth services. The below table sets out funding allocated by my Department via Kerry Education and Training Board for KDYS for youth service provision. KERRY ETB Funded Organisation 2020 Funding Allocation ...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not have lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Offices (12 Nov 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not currently lease additional office space that is outside its Departmental buildings and the estates section of the OPW. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's Departmental buildings include Block 1, Miesian Plaza, 50 to 58 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2; and, Montague Court, 7 to 11 Montague Street,...