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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: On Saturday 16th March, the Department offered alternative shelter to all International Protection (IP) applicants camped at Mount Street. All those who accepted the offer were provided with tented accommodation at a site in Crooksling. The site at Mount Street was cleared over the weekend in cooperation with Dublin City Council due to the emerging public health and security risks. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla publish all of their inspection reports on their website. For ease of reference we have attached the report however for any future requests see link to page for all publications including the named service relating to your query. www.tusla.ie/services/alternative-care/registration-and-insp ection-service/inspection-reports/2023-reports/.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Core Funding, which began in September 2022, is the new funding stream to start a partnership for the public good between the State and providers. Its primary purpose is to improve pay and conditions in the sector as a whole and improve affordability for parents as well as ensuring a stable income to providers. €160m of the total allocation for the 2022/2023 programme year went...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department have, in recent months, engaged intensively with members and nominees of the Early Learning and Childcare Stakeholder Forum (ELCSF) in relation to Core Funding Financial Reporting Requirements. Arising from that engagement, transitional arrangements for financial reporting this year and next were agreed. The Income and Expenditure Template that my officials now...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department and all Government will continue to engage with the Deputy and the other Drogheda TDs about supporting the immediate needs within Drogheda of the business community and looking to support the move of other hotels back into the tourism sector. The Deputy is absolutely right about the difficulties the current approach necessitates whether it is the use of hotel accommodation or...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the course of last week, Deputy Bacik and many other Deputies in this House raised the really concerning situation in Mount Street, which is why I asked my Department to act and identify a location where people would have access to sanitation, showers, toilets, meals and services. We were able to provide them at the site in Crooksling. The earliest we were able to provide that was last...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department cannot comment on individual properties or contractual arrangements due to the commercially sensitive nature of such details. Ukraine Division is open to renewing all contracts currently in place, subject to all contractual requirements and procurement criteria being met. These contracts are being renewed on an ongoing basis and officials in the Contracts Team in my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1079 and 1080 together. There are nearly 28,000 people accommodated in the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) system as a whole (of whom over 6,000 are children) compared with nearly 20,000 people at this time last year. Together with Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection displaced by the war in Ukraine, this means that Ireland is now...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy may be aware, there are currently two dedicated Reception and Orientation Centres (ROCs), used for accommodating beneficiaries of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). These centres are located at Clonea Strand, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford and Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. Further reception spaces are allocated to IRPP beneficiaries in Mosney Village, Co. Meath. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Department of Children; Equality; Disability; Integration and Youth's Facilities Management Unit contacted An Garda Síochána on 19th January 2023 following a verbal threat via the telephone made to Departmental staff in the Minister's Office. The threat was to cause damage to Miesian Plaza. On two separate occasions, the assistance of An Garda Síochána has been...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for this question. A response will be provided directly to the Deputy in the coming days. The Deputy may wish to be aware that the Community Engagement Team has been established within my Department which stands ready to respond to queries of this nature, and they may be contacted directly at community@equality.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I understand that the Local Authority is examining possible ways to bring a premises back into use in the area, including for use as a community hotel. The Deputy will be advised of progress as it is made. As previously stated, a whole of government humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine and the increase in those seeking International Protection is ongoing, and a range of measures...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1088, 1137 and 1171 together. The Department of Integration does not collate current vacant beds by county due to the variable nature of the data which changes on an hourly basis. I can update the Deputy that the usable capacity available in the system over the last number of weeks has ranged between approximately 200 and 500 beds across 280 centers. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In response to the recent extreme weather, the Department of Integration provided temporary shelter for International Protection (IP) applicants who had been rough sleeping. This was done at a number of locations, some of which were night-time only. The arrangements were emergency in nature and ended after the 3rd March 2024. It is important to note that recent commentary related to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parliamentary Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that across my entire Department the number of parliamentary questions forwarded by my officials to Tusla that are awaiting response, currently stands at 17, of these 8 are from Deputy Tóibín.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: All unaccompanied minors are eligible for immediate accommodation by Tusla. Please note that the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has no role in determining the age of persons in the International Protection Process. If there is a concern regarding the age of a person in IPAS accommodation, this is notified to the Department of Justice and Tusla for their assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In February 2021 A White Paper to End Direct Provision and establish a new International Protection Service was published. The paper set out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International Protection in Ireland and contains three core themes – accommodation, integration and supports. There is a legal obligation on the state to meet the requirements under the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.