Results 141-160 of 265 for cork speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Seanad: Institutional Burials Act 2022 (Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam) Order 2022: Motion (21 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...as a site. That was part of a process that established a protection for that site in terms of the rejection of that planning application but also a subsequent change of status of that site by Cork City Council. Similarly, I visited Sean Ross Abbey this summer and met with survivor groups. We are working with survivor groups on a potential survey to see if the burial area actually...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...noted that it spent considerable time and resources to establish burials places of more than 1,400 children and infants who died in Bessborough Home and Sacred Heart Maternity Hospital or the Cork County Home and St Finnbarr's Hospital; however, it was only able to locate the burial places of 101 infants who died in one or other of these institutions. The Commission also...

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...operating these pilot programmes are working with parents, children, young people, schools and the local Traveller and Roma communities. The programmes are under way in Galway, Wexford, Dublin and Cork and have been extended in light of the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. Ensuring that Travellers have full access to the education system is paramount in light of the impact that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As outlined in the table below a total of 2,526 children at services in Cork City and a further 10,250 children at services in Cork County benefited from the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme (ECCE) in the 2021/2022 programme year - showing a slight increase on the previous programme year 2020/2021. The 2021/2022 programme year closed on 1 July and the 2022/2023 programme year will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Official Engagements (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I opened the first day of the Council of Europe Child and Youth Participation for Europe conference in May, in Cork. The conference was the first conference event of the Irish Presidency of the Council of Europe. It was also the mid-term event of the CP4Europe project. This project promotes children’s right to participation at national and pan-European levels, aiming to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Tusla owned secure database, which lists children who are considered to be at ongoing risk of significant harm. There is a 24/7 'out of hours' social work team available in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Cork and on call social workers in other areas. Tusla has a network of emergency foster care placements for children in need of emergency care out of hours. Gardaí have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is required and where there are emerging risks within services. The inspection to which the Deputy refers was carried out on child protection and welfare and foster care services in the Cork area. As previous inspections of the services provided in Cork have identified ongoing challenges, the area is subject to risk-based inspections. This inspection was a risk-based inspection. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Burial Grounds (5 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The Commission also examined the possibility that former residents may have been buried in other locations. It examined the surviving burial records relating to the eight burial grounds that operated in Cork City and its surrounding hinterland between 1922 and 1998 but was only able to confirm the burial locations of 63 children who were associated with Bessborough. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (5 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...into contracts with the following third-level institutions: Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University of Limerick, Maynooth University, University College Cork and National University of Ireland, Galway. It is not possible to provide contract values because of commercial sensitivity.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is important to state that inherent jurisdiction is controlled by the jurisprudence of the Irish courts. It is important in that context to refer to the case of AC v. Cork University Hospital and the HSE, a very important case that was decided on the whole area of capacity law. It was heard in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and, eventually, the Supreme Court. This case affirmed...

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...been engaging with a group led by officials from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the issue of memorialisation and on the protection of sites. Action was taken in the Cork city development plan to protect the Bessborough site. Other local authorities could take similar actions as part of efforts to restore and protect sites. We are seeking swift progression of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (22 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...if based on speculative grounds and even unconstitutional as a result. I have engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with a view to supporting local authorities, including Cork City Council, in incorporating appropriate policies on protection of burial sites into their development plans. Cork City Council's recent decision to afford protection to an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy pointed out, a follow-up report was done on an earlier report on the foster care service in Cork. The follow-up report continues to reveal deficiencies, in particular of staffing levels, in the Cork area. The crucial issue is the lack of social workers. Tusla has a remediation plan in place to try to bring in the necessary social workers, in particular at the relevant degree...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to deliver the ECCE programme. Please find below, a list of the ECCE contracted services signed up to Transition Funding broken down by county. Carlow – 43 Cavan – 62 Clare – 115 Cork – 341 Donegal – 138 Dublin – 893 Galway – 233 Kerry – 118 Kildare – 162 Kilkenny – 83 Laois – 73 Leitrim – 28 Limerick...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Hotel B&B Guesthouse Carlow 1 1 0 Cavan 5 0 2 Clare 14 0 1 Cork 14 3 1 Donegal 5 9 7 Dublin 26 0 5 Galway 20 3 ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...that the total number of people waiting for home support across both categories has reduced from over 9,000 at the start of 2020 to 5,744 at the end of March. At the end of April, 1,553 people in north Cork were receiving home support. During the first four months of this year, almost 130,000 hours of home support were delivered in the area. The HSE is acutely aware that there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...strongly when we met. I take it on board. It is good to give some degree of local autonomy when identifying these issues. When my Department and I identify what Youghal, Fermoy or other parts of Cork mean, it is not as good as when local elements do so. We need to ensure there is a wide spread of funding and to recognise the importance of supporting youth in rural areas too. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for early learning and childcare. Indeed, data captured in June 2021 found significant vacancy rates across the country – with the national vacancy rate averaging at 21% and a vacancy rate in Cork City of 29%. My Department has continued to monitor early learning and childcare capacity, with a particular focus on monitoring Covid-19 impacts as public health restrictions have been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Dublin - South Dublin €214.08 €127.90 €78.69 Dublin - Dublin City €213.85 €127.16 €78.60 Wicklow €213.36 €126.92 €77.65 Cork City €204.36 €113.73 €76.58 Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...three existing state owned International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centres located in: Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre, Co. Clare; Kinsale Road  Accommodation Centre; Co. Cork; and Athlone Accommodation Centre, Co. Westmeath. These services were procured compliantly under a Request for Tender (RFT) process under which Aramark were awarded contracts on...