Results 121-140 of 233 for 5 million speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...for the Public Good: A new Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare, was published on 7 December 2021 following consideration by Government and acceptance of its 25 recommendations. Work has now commenced on implementation of these recommendations. Announcements in Budget 2022 signaled the commitment to the first stage of implementation of the Expert...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...programme. The children are automatically entitled as children in care to a medical card, access to education services and have a social worker allocated to them. I was delighted to secure €5 million funding for Tusla to ensure Ireland could honor its 2018 commitment to receiving 36 separated children seeking international protection from Greece under the European Union...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (15 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...disadvantage; 3. The ECCE programme, but with funding to support the employment of graduate staff incorporated into Core Funding, and AIM extended beyond the ECCE programme (in line with First 5 commitments); 4. An amended NCS to provide enhanced universal support to all families, tailor additional supports to high volume users of services, and resolve certain issues arising from the NCS...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Facilities (9 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...My Department allocated funding under the Annual Capital Programme 2021 to assist services complete any outstanding fire safety works required to complete re-registration with Tusla. A total of €5 million has been allocated across 643 services to carry out remedial works to ensure these services will be fully compliant with fire safety standards. However, my Department is not...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91 and 92 together. As the Deputy states, I secured an additional €5 million in current funding for youth services nationally as part of Budget 2022. My officials and I are currently finalising the detailed breakdown of how this funding will be used in 2022 and as such, I am not in a position as yet to share this, but I would hope to do so shortly....

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

Roderic O'Gorman: First 5: A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young Children and their Families 2019-2028commits to increasing investment in early learning and childcare to up to €1 billion by 2028. A new funding model will be a key vehicle to ensure that such significant additional investment delivers for children, families and the State. An Expert Group was established in September 2019 to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...could be co-operation. We have additional current funding to start running services. Six new UBU services were set up this year and I hope we can get eight next year through the additional €5 million we have invested in youth services. There are ways for people to work together and I am always happy to engage on those points.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (3 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department has strongly supported young people throughout the pandemic with a range of supports, in particular financially. We provided an additional €5 million in both budget 2021 and budget 2022. We have continued to provide those financial supports in order that we can have more services. I visited the Kilkenny and Ossory youth services, based in Kilkenny city. Under its UBU,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (2 Dec 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...policy and Exchequer funding in respect of the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the national development plan, NDP, the planning, design, improvement and upgrading of individual national roads is a matter for TII, in conjunction with the various local...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: ...by the Expert Group. Secondly, the introduction of a new Core Funding stream in September 2022 will support providers cover increased operating costs linked to quality improvement measures. This core funding stream will be worth €69 million to providers in 2022 and approximately €207 million in a full year from 2023 on. Thirdly, a one-off transition fund of up to €37...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...language, terminology and representation, which aims to highlight the stigmatising and labelling language that has been used in the past and to provide guidance on how to do better in future. Action 5 of the action plan allows for general data protection regulation, GDPR, right of access to commission records. My Department has ensured that resources are in place to deal with subject...

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...in my Department to lead on this work, and a professional archivist has been appointed and is working within that unit to focus on the preservation of and public access to those records. Action 5 of the action plan ensures general data protection regulation, GDPR, rights of access to the commission's archive. Since the archive was transferred to my Department, we have received 411...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...targeted funding mechanism for youth services in my Department. It has initiated a number of Traveller-specific services. A Roma-specific service recently opened in Roscommon. We secured a €5 million increase in overall funding for youth services. I hope that some of that will benefit the Traveller and Roma communities. I apologise. I have to run.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (16 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...informed by the findings of the end-of-year-three evaluation of AIM, which is currently underway, with the final report due to be published in February 2022. Budget 2022 has ensured an additional €78 million for early learning and childcare, which will support my Department to introduce a range of new measures in 2022. Among these measures are reforms to the National Childcare...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...has increased significantly in recent years, from a relatively low base. As of 2020, funding levels stood at approximately €638m, up from €235m in 2011. Next year, funding will reach €716 million. This excludes the significant spending on Covid-19 supports for the sector, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme. First 5, the Whole-of-Government Strategy for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (2 Nov 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and conditions for staff. They include fee control measures in respect of a Transition Fund and a new core funding stream. The allocation for early learning and childcare next year is €716 million, an increase of €78m from €638m in 2021. This excludes supports provided under the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS). The new core funding stream will become...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022 I have secured a total investment of €716m in the ELC and SAC sector next year. The €716 million investment in ELC and SAC includes €37m in a once off measure and a €41m increase in the core allocation. This will allow my Department to bring forward a substantial and comprehensive package of developments to achieve significant progress on its...

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...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on Gender Equality. I want to begin my contribution by commending and thanking those citizens - the 99 women and men, and the Chair - who gave their time and consideration to developing the 45 recommendations that have come from the citizens' assembly seeking to achieve greater gender equality in Ireland. Covid-19 provided an unexpected and unwelcome interruption to their work. It...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (19 Oct 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: In Budget 2022, I secured an additional €5 million in current funding for youth services. The additional funding will assist in the further development of youth services during 2022. More precise allocations across the youth subheads are currently being considered by my Department and details will be shared as soon as possible. In recent years, funding for the provision...