Results 81-100 of 233 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for a specific funding stream for transport right now. I realise it is an issue. It is raised with me by those in the sector. We have a capital budget for youth services, amounting to €2.7 million, but the vast majority of these funds are for small grants to help services to maintain their buildings and youth clubs. As the Deputy knows, over the past two years we have been able...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Absolutely. I hope to continue to grow the overall funding envelope. We have grown it by €5 million cumulatively each year and hope to continue to do that. The key scheme we are looking at is UBU Your Place Your Space, which is a targeted funding scheme. We have announced eight new schemes this year and announced six new schemes last year. We will look to continue to grow that....

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Monaghan education and training board area in 2020. Of these, 16 were made to Foróige clubs, making it the largest group to receive a local youth club grant scheme in that area. I secured €2.5 million for the scheme in 2022, which represented a 20% increase on 2021. As the Deputy knows, as part of budgets 2020 and 2021, in each year I have been able to secure an...

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: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...under 3 years old. They are also available to families with children over 3 years who have not yet qualified for the free preschool programme (ECCE). This subsidy is not means tested and provides 50c per hour towards the cost of a registered childcare place for a maximum of 45 hours per week. - Income Assessed Subsidies are available to families with children aged between 24 weeks and 15...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (26 May 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: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...do for children, for families and for the wider society and economy. I am also aware that this issue is a sector-wide one and does not solely relate to those working in the sector who hold a level 5 award in early learning and care. As the State does not employ early years educators and school age childcare practitioners, my Department does not set wage levels or determine working...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (25 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: During the period of Covid-19 restrictions, the youth funding provided by my Department to youth work organisations was maintained fully. An additional €5 million was allocated in Budget 2021 and Budget 2022 to bring the annual youth funding, including capital allocations, to €73 million. Specific Covid-19 related funding was also made available. A...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...task of monitoring the implementation of this plan. In Budget 2022, I announced a new Core Funding stream which will provide an additional €69m of funding in 2022 and is equivalent to more than €207 million in a full year. Core Funding is expected, among other objectives, to support the delivery of Nurturing Skills through supporting the employment of graduate staff and...

Seanad: Childcare Provision: Statements (17 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for the Sector; Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care; the National Action Plan for Childminding; and the First 5 strategy. We have backed up these commitments with significant additional investment in budget 2022 through the introduction of a new €221 million core funding scheme and we have pledged to...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) was a special measure that was in place to support employers with the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. Between October 2020 and January 2022, the enhanced rate of EWSS equalled €34 million per month for ELC and SAC employers, covering, on average, 80% staff costs or 50% total operating costs. From 1 February 2022, the original two-rate structure of €203...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...under 3 years old. They are also available to families with children over 3 years who have not yet qualified for the free preschool programme (ECCE). This subsidy is not means tested and provides 50c per hour towards the cost of a registered childcare place for a maximum of 45 hours per week. - Income Assessed Subsidies are available to families with children aged between 24...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (26 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the basis of parliamentary constituencies or postal areas, the ETB’s which provides for areas in Dublin 1, 3, 7, 9 and 11 are City of Dublin ETB and Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB. In 2022, over €17.5 million has been allocated to CDETB and over €9 million has been allocated to DDLETB. The more significant elements of these figures are: The UBU - Your...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...completing the Ready Reckoner, I would encourage them to engage with their local City/County Childcare Committee (CCC) who can provide support. The majority of Core Funding (i.e. €183 million of the €221 million) will be distributed based on a service's capacity - opening hours, opening weeks and the age group of children for whom services are provided as well as number of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...to the discretionary Programme Support Payments (PSP) from September 2022. The change in approach to funding may mean that a very small number of providers (estimated to be approximately 50 in total or 1% of providers) would receive somewhat less in Core Funding to what they had previously received in Higher Capitation payments and Programme Support Payments (PSP) combined. This...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (31 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... It also allows different scenarios of provision to be tested. This will show the benefits of applying for Core Funding when it is possible to do so. The majority of Core Funding (i.e. €183 million of €221 million) will be distributed based on a service's capacity, and will be available to all services who sign up the scheme, regardless of the qualification levels of staff....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (31 Mar 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...also allows different scenarios of provision to be tested. This will show the benefits of applying for Core Funding when it is possible to do so. Of the total of €221m in full year costs, €138 million is intended to contribute to staff costs, €25 million is for a contribution to administrative costs and €20 million is allocated to contribute to non staff costs....