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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Protection (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) has been conducted by my Department pursuant to Article 6(4) of the General Data Protection Guidelines, in relation to the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020. A DPIA is considered best practice, and has been carried out by my Department in order to identify,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ECCE provides two years of free pre-school. Children are eligible for ECCE if they are 2 years and 8 months old on or prior to 31 August of the year they start ECCE. In addition, a child cannot turn 5 years and 6 months of age during the course of the ECCE programme year, which runs from late August to the end of June. In exceptional circumstances, exemptions from the upper age limit may be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you deputy for your question on this important matter. The issue of parental alienation is highly complex. While there is no specific legislative provision regarding parental alienation in Irish family law, section 246 of the Children Act 2001 provides for an offence of frightening, bullying or threatening a child in a manner likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: AWAITING REPLY FROM DEPARTMENT

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Supports (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2021 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2021. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. While I recognise and acknowledge that youth sector funding saw deep cuts during the preceding decade, in recent years, funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (14 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware that many services continue to report difficulties both recruiting and retaining qualified staff. The most recent data, from Pobal’s latest Early Years Sector Profile Report 2018/2019, indicates a staff turnover rate of 23% which, despite an improvement on the previous year, is unsustainably high. I have met with employee and employer representatives on a number of...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will try to address some of the issues raised by Deputies. Following on from what the Tánaiste has said, these measures are in the context of wider reviews of corporate tax regimes and the wider process of ongoing corporate tax reform in recent years. This has been taking place internationally and at a European and OECD level. A part of those endeavours has involved an examination...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1) THAT section 288 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, in subsection (3C), by substituting “incurred before 14 October 2020 on the provision” for “incurred on the provision”. (2) THAT paragraph (1) of this Resolution shall have effect as on and from 14 October 2020. (3) IT is hereby declared that it is expedient in the...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Value Added Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1) THAT the rate of value-added tax on the supply of certain goods and services at present chargeable at the rate of 13.5 per cent be decreased to 9 per cent of the amount on which tax is chargeable in relation to the supply of certain goods and services from 1 November 2020 to 31 December 2021 and that accordingly, subsection (1)(ca) of section 46 of the Value-Added Tax...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputies who contributed. I agree with Deputy Howlin, in that supporting the implementation of the carbon tax is the acid test of our seriousness as a country in tackling climate change. Over the course of the next ten years, the carbon tax's application will help us to achieve 15% of our CO2emission cuts compared with a situation where we did not apply it. Deputies have made...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will finance a range of important and targeted social protection interventions,-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: -----some of which are particularly relevant to my Department in the context of increases in the qualified child payment, those being, €2 per week for children under 12 years of age and €5 per week for children over 12 years of age.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: It will lead to a €5 increase in the living alone allowance and a €3.50 per week increase in the fuel allowance. Those are the social welfare measures that will be funded as a result of this measure. A number of Deputies raised the issue of rural Ireland. It is important to note that €20 million of the revenue will be used to pilot environmental programmes in...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Is the Leas-Cheann Comhairle indicating that I must conclude?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The overall impact of this measure has to be seen in the context of a range of programme for Government commitments, some of which are being financed today, for example, the increased investment in LocalLink so that we can provide rural public transport, which has not been adequately provided for by previous Governments, and an increase in the public service obligation payment so that we can...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: (1)THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 14 October 2020—(a) in section 96(1B), by substituting “A is the amount to be charged per tonne of CO2 emitted, being €33.50 in the case of petrol, aviation gasoline, and heavy oil used as a propellant or for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2021 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2021. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. While I recognise and acknowledge that youth sector funding saw deep cuts during the preceding decade, in recent years, funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: The allocations under Budget 2021 are being considered by Government in the context of the annual Estimates process for 2021. As this process is ongoing, the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment at this stage. While I recognise and acknowledge that youth sector funding saw deep cuts during the preceding decade, in recent years, funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance (13 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy may be aware, Tusla Education Support Services (TESS) is responsible for addressing issues in relation to participation, retention and attendance in schools. Educational Welfare Officers (EWOs) work with young people and their families who are experiencing difficulty with school attendance. The main priority of their work is around the welfare of children and young people...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Oct 2020)

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 Tula respond directly to the Deputy.