Results 61-80 of 233 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to our country. The Government greatly appreciates the work of Family Resource Centres funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla Core funding to the Athlone FRC in 2019 was €105,073 and has risen to €114,739 for 2023. Caraphort FRC over the same years has gone from €94,910 to €103,641. These were challenging years and FRCs continued to perform...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (30 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: There has been an unprecedented increase in State investment in early learning and childcare since 2015, albeit from a low base. Over the period 2015-2018, investment increased by 84 per cent – rising from €265 million per annum to €485 million per annum. This increased investment provided for a doubling of State-funded pre-school under the ECCE Programme –...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Mar 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., accessibility and contributing to addressing disadvantage in a privately-operated system through increased public funding and public management. In December 2021, Government approved the 25 recommendations contained in the Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. The recommendations were accepted in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (15 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., accessibility and contributing to addressing disadvantage in a privately-operated system through increased public funding and public management. In December 2021, Government adopted the 25 recommendations contained in the Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. The recommendations were accepted in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...learning and childcare is accessible and affordable is a key priority for me and there are a number of funding programmes available through my Department that seek to improve capacity. Since 2015, significant increases in State investment in early learning and childcare have given rise to a substantial growth in the numbers of children participating in these services. Every year, more...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (9 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...-level qualifications. It is estimated that 73% of those working in the sector saw their wages rise as a result. The Orders are being supported by Core Funding, which has an allocation of €259 million in its first year, to support improvements in staff wages, a freeze in parental fees, and sustainability of services.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Rights and Equality Commission. As members will have seen from the briefing material provided last week, my Department is projected to spend €3.173 billion on current expenditure and €103 million on capital expenditure during 2023. This represents an increase of €463 million or 16% over the 2022 Supplementary Estimate. This allocation provides for a range of key...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (13 Dec 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...-age childcare workforce and a future funding model for the sector. - An Independent Review of the Cost of Providing Quality Early Learning and Childcare in Ireland was published. - The Government’s First 5 Annual Implementation Report 2019 was published. - In December 2020, the Government approved drafting of the Bill to extend paid Parents’ Leave from two weeks to five as...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...unprecedented increase in State investment in early learning and childcare since 2015, albeit from a low base. Over the period 2015-2018, investment increased by 84 per cent – rising from €265 million per annum to €485 million per annum. This increased investment provided for a doubling of State-funded pre-school under the ECCE Programme – from one year to two...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Affordable, accessible, high-quality and sustainable early learning and childcare is a key priority for Government. On 15th September, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare. This new funding model will support delivery of early learning and childcare for the public good, for quality and affordability for children, parents and families. Together...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of the vital role played by youth work in providing support to young people, funding for youth services and programmes increased further in Budget 2023. The current funding has risen from €61.789 million in 2020 to €72.948 million, an increase of 18% increase overall. The funding supports the delivery of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5 was launched in 2018 with an ambitious investment target of at least doubling expenditure in the sector by 2028 to approximately €1 billion. A new funding model was to be the key vehicle to ensure that such significant additional investment delivers for children, families and the State. Further to Budget 2023 announcements, that achievement will be reached in 2023, five years...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...as possible is a key priority for my Department. It is my intention that the Scheme will be operational and open to applicants in early 2023. The Government has approved a package of €800 million for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and a breakdown of these estimated costs is set out at Chapter 5, Table 9 in the 'Final Report of the Interdepartmental Group (IDG)...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: On 15th September, I launched Together for Better, the new funding model for early learning and childcare. Together for Better is underpinned by an Expert Group report, Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC).This new funding model will support delivery of ELC and SAC for the public good, for quality and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Sector Profile 2020/2021 suggests that in 2021 there were approximately 26,200 staff working directly with children in Early Learning and Care (ELC) services, of whom 24.9% held a relevant Level 5 major award as their highest qualification, i.e. approximately 6,520 staff. Currently the Learner Fund provides a bursary of €750 for staff who complete a relevant degree-level...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...bring 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 an available allocation of €73m for a new core funding stream for providers from September 2022, equivalent to €221 million...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is to be reduced. In Budget 2022, I announced an end to the practice of deducting hours spent in pre-school or school from the entitlement to NCS subsidised hours, benefiting an estimated 5,000 children from low income families since 2 May 2022. I also announced the extension of the universal subsidy to all children under 15 from September 2022, benefiting up to 40,000 children. Full year...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...learning and childcare that is affordable and accessible is a key Government priority. To ensure that the supply of early learning and childcare places meets demand, my Department has, since 2015, funded the creation of more than 27,000 new places, as well as the upgrading of services through an annual capital programme. With the onset of Covid-19 in 2020, the annual capital programme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Jul 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Government has provided significant investment in early learning and childcare in recent years and I intend to continue this towards reaching the First 5 commitment of investing of at least €1 billion in the sector by 2028. From August 2020, early learning and childcare services had been able to access the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) without having to demonstrate a...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...development of improved community-based services, shifting care to the home and offering greater choice for older people. In budget 2021, the Minister of State secured additional funding of €150 million to progress the development of a reformed model of service delivery to underpin the statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support services and to provide 5...