Results 101-120 of 206 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Costs (3 Dec 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...up of childcare through extensive investment has been quite ad hoc, and it is important to plan, particularly if, over the next seven to eight years, we are going to be putting an additional €450 million into the area as was committed to under First 5.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (23 May 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...support payment. These benefits are in recognition of experiences while resident in Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The overall cost of the Payment Scheme is estimated at €800 million. The Government proposals for the Payment Scheme were developed following deliberations on the very complex issues in question. They were informed by a consultation process undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Apr 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in both formal and non-formal education from early learning and care to adult education under which the Irish Research Council is inviting applications. My Department is also developing a First 5 Garden of Wonder and Discovery at Bord Bia Bloom 2023, taking place in the Phoenix Park over the June Bank Holiday weekend, 1 to 5 June. The Garden will be an innovative way to reflect the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (23 Mar 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I always want to grow the support we give to the youth sector. I was delighted to give it an additional €5 million this year. I think it had been looking for €4.7 million so we were able to go a bit beyond what the sector wanted. I want to be able to continue to support it on its current spending. We also gave additional capital supports in terms of IT grants and small Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...enablers" for workforce-related actions that is identified in Nurturing Skills is improvement in pay and conditions of employment for staff. In Budget 2022, I announced a new Core Funding scheme which will provide an additional €73 million of funding in 2022 and is equivalent to more than €221 million in a full year. Core Funding is expected, among other objectives, to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...brings together the best of community and private provision. Not including special Covid funding arrangements, an estimated 60% of funding for ELC and SAC services comes from the State. The First 5 strategy published in 2018 committed to at least double expenditure in the sector by 2028 to approximately €1 billion. An Expert Group to develop a new funding model for ELC and SAC was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: 'First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families' recognises that the workforce is at the heart of high-quality ELC. There is strong evidence about the relationship between staff qualifications and children’s experiences and outcomes. First 5 commits to building an appropriately skilled and sustainable professional workforce, and includes a...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in some of its residential care placements. Similarly with foster care, we will significantly increase the foster care allowance over the course of this year. As I said, it will grow by €75 and €73 per week for under-12s and over-12s, respectively, by the end of this year. This will make a meaningful difference in terms of supporting all foster carers, especially those who...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jun 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the past eight budgets, investment in Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) has risen from €260 million in 2015 to € 1.025 billion in 2023, reaching the First 5 investment target 5 years ahead of schedule. This investment is a clear demonstration from Government of the value of the sector. Core Funding, which began in September 2022, is the new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...youth clubs to facilitate the remote provision of youth programmes and youth services. Early in my tenure, my Department made available a fund of €338,000 for a small capital grant scheme. The scheme allowed over 1,500 funded youth services and clubs to meet minor costs incurred as a result of Covid-19 response measures. A further amount of €1.4m is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...been key to the ability of youth work organisations to function effectively prior to the pandemic. My Department sits on the Implementation Group of the National Volunteering Strategy 2021 – 2025. The purpose of this Strategy, led by the Department of Rural and Community Development, is to recognise, support and promote the unique value and contribution of volunteers to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the past five budgets, investment in Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) has increased by 141% - rising from €260 million in 2015, to €638 million in 2020. Despite this progress, investment in the area remains low by international standards. In their latest calculation of Ireland’s expenditure on early learning and care, the OECD includes an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Qualifications Recognition (22 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5, the whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children and their families, recognises that the workforce is at the heart of high-quality early learning and care. The evidence suggests children achieve better outcomes when staff are well qualified. This is undisputed internationally. First 5 seeks to continue to build an appropriately skilled and sustainable professional...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (20 Sep 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Regulation Orders published last year were a significant milestone in efforts to improve pay in the sector. The Orders are being supported by Core Funding – which has an allocation of €259 million in its first year – to support amongst other things, improvements in staff wages, alongside a commitment to freeze parental fees and support for sustainability of services....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...forward a substantial and comprehensive package of developments to achieve significant progress on its policy priorities of affordable, high quality, inclusive and sustainable ELC and SAC. The €716 million investment in ELC and SAC includes €69m for a new core funding stream for providers from September 2022, equivalent to €207.3 million for a full year. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (5 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Capital was also provided for minor works. In relation to youth funding more generally, the overall budget for the youth sector in 2021 is €66.79m in current funding. This represents an additional €5 million over 2020. The level of funding supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those from disadvantaged...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (4 Feb 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am pleased to confirm that €66.8 million in funding has been made available to support the provision of youth services nationwide in 2021, an increase of €5 million on funding provided in 2020. This investment increases financial support for both youth services and youth clubs, as well as ensuring further strengthening and development of UBU Your Place Your Space,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In budget 2024, I secured €4.5 million to commence the initial roll-out of equal start from September of this year. That allocation is equivalent to €13.5 million in a full year, and I will be very pleased to be able to fully announce equal start in May of this year. Equal start is a funding model and set of universal and targeted measures to support access to, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Education (DE) Inspectorate’s Early Years team into a single body that provides integrated care and education inspections. The Tusla Early Years Inspectorate costs in 2023 were approximately €7 million. In 2024, the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate has been allocated approximately €11 million. The majority of this increase is related to the plans to extend...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Oct 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: Over the past six budgets, investment in Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) has increased by 141% - rising from €260 million in 2015, to €638 million in 2021. This excludes substantial funding provided to support the sector during the closure period from March - June and to operate in a COVID-19 context since reopening. Despite this progress, investment...