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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible under its terms. Given its scale and significance the Scheme has been placed on a statutory footing as enabling legislation was signed into law in July this year. Before and since the passing of the legislation a comprehensive body of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Enacted and commenced in 2022, the Birth Information and Tracing Act enshrines in law the right to identity information for all those who are adopted, nursed out, boarded out, subject to an illegal birth registration, or resided in a mother and baby or county home institution as a child. It also allows for access to information by a child of a relevant person where their parent has died, and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Dec 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. I am acutely aware of the need to open the Scheme as soon as possible and this is an absolute priority for me and my Department. I can clarify that the notion that the Scheme is delayed because of a lack of premises is entirely inaccurate and the enabling legislation was signed into law just over four...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the need to open the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible and this is an absolute priority for me and my Department. The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will be the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State with an anticipated 34,000 people eligible under the terms of the Scheme. Given the scale and significance of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the committee for making time available today to consider the second Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. In October last, I sought and received €1.090 billion of additional funding by way of an initial Supplementary Estimate. The funding utilised the remaining balance available for non-core, or contingency,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (28 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the urgency to open the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible and this is an absolute priority for me and my Department. I am very conscious that many potential applicants to the Scheme are very elderly, and in that regard I made provision in the underpinning legislation for the Scheme that priority may be given to an application depending on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2024 (21 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...agreed by Government in the Medium Term Expenditure Strategy. This includes a significant increase in funding to ensure that the existing level of service (ELS) which is provided by the Child and Family Agency (Tusla), across Disability Services, early learning and childcare and youth services and other programme areas will continue to be provided. Government agreed a total...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (9 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I believe the Deputy is referring to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. Opening this Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The underpinning legislation for the Scheme, signed into law in July this year, allows for the establishment of an Executive Office in my Department to administer the Scheme and the appointment of the Chief Deciding Officer to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 78 together. Opening the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The underpinning legislation for the Scheme, signed into law in July this year, allows for the establishment of an Executive Office in my Department to administer the Scheme and the appointment of the Chief Deciding...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Opening the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The underpinning legislation for the Scheme, signed into law in July this year, allows for the establishment of an Executive Office in my Department to administer the Scheme and the appointment of the Chief Deciding Officer to head up that office. It also allows for the making...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In October 2022 the Government made an Order, under the Institutional Burials Act 2022, to direct the establishment of an independent Office to lead an intervention at the site of the former Mother and Baby institution in Tuam, Co. Galway. The making of the Order followed on from Resolutions in the Dáil and Seanad in September 2022. In March 2023 I formally established the Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: My Department is currently in the process of establishing the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme following the enactment of the necessary legislation in July of this year. As you know, I commenced discussions with regard to a contribution from the religious orders towards the cost of the Payment Scheme and I recently secured government approval to engage a negotiator to conclude...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1086 and 1090 together. The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme is not yet open and so no applications have been made to the Scheme. It is not possible to comment on a specific individual's potential eligibility for benefits. It may be helpful to note that the Scheme will be straightforward and non-adversarial, and will provide benefits to applicants...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that Clare (Ennis) County Home is an institution that is included in the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. While it is not possible to comment on a specific individual's potential eligibility for Scheme benefits, it may be helpful to note that the Scheme will be straightforward and non-adversarial, and will provide benefits to applicants based on time spent in an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (10 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The Fair Deal scheme is managed by the Health Service Executive. My Department does not offer specific support towards the long-terms costs of a nursing home for people who spent time in mother and baby homes. However, intensive work is underway in relation to the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme, which will provide financial payments and health...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (10 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: Opening the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The Deputy may be aware that underpinning legislation for the Scheme - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023- was passed into law on 11 July 2023. This Act allows for the establishment of an Executive Office in my Department to administer the Scheme and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Magdalen Laundries (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: In March 2022, Government approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance, to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1. The National Centre will stand as a site of conscience to honour equally all those who were resident in Industrial Schools, Magdalen Laundries, Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is not possible to to provide an update in respect of a person's potential eligibility for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme in advance of the Scheme being open for applications. Opening the Scheme as soon as possible is a priority for me and my Department. The Deputy may be aware that underpinning legislation for the Scheme - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Proposed Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: .... The table below sets out the information requested: Title of general scheme Date referred Date published General Scheme of the Parent’s Leave and Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2020* 8 January 2021 8 December 2020 General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill 12...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (3 Oct 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: I am acutely aware of the sense of urgency surrounding the establishment of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme and I am focused on delivering the Scheme as soon as possible. To that end, a significant milestone was achieved on 11 July with the enactment of the underpinning legislation - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. This Act allows for the...