Results 1-20 of 435 for long speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ..., especially when a negotiation is ongoing. While I hear the Deputy's frustration and that of others, I do not believe in giving a running commentary in a negotiating process. I does not help its long-term goal.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and confirmation of acceptance must be accompanied by a signed legal waiver. Thus, the timeframe between the issuing of notices of determination and payments being made will be dependent upon how long each applicant wishes to take to consider their award. The Payment Scheme Office is ready to process payments promptly once completed acceptances of awards are received. All information...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Missing Children in care is an issue which covers both mainstream services for children in the care of Tusla and also SSCIP /separated children. However, the issue of children in care going missing long term is an issue that relates predominantly to SCSIP. This is a European-wide phenomenon in respect of separated children and unaccompanied minors. I share the wider public concern about...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...and confirmation of acceptance must be accompanied by a signed legal waiver. Thus, the timeframe between the issuing of notices of determination and payments being made will be dependent upon how long each applicant wishes to take to consider their award. The Payment Scheme Office is ready to process payments promptly once completed acceptances of awards are received. All information...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...gov.ie/en/publication/89e43-chapter-2-institutions/. Section 24 of the underpinning legislation provides for temporary absences to be included in the calculation of benefits under the Scheme as long as they do not exceed 180 days. This is to allow for exactly the type of situation the Deputy describes e.g. a stay in a hospital. So, if a baby was born in a scheduled institution but then...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Apr 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Childcare Scheme (NCS) is designed to be flexible and acknowledge that childcare needs differ widely across different families. For this reason, NCS subsidies are awarded as an hourly rate, along with a maximum number of weekly hours that the subsidy will be paid for. The actual subsidy payment is based on the hours agreed between the parent and provider, and claimed by the provider on the...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has long stood by the principle in international and European law that those who need to seek refuge must be afforded the right to do so humanely, fairly and according to the rules of the international system that we strive to uphold. Recent years have seen an unprecedented combination of contributory factors — some one-off, others due to fundamental shifts in migration...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Leave (Amendment) Act 2019, an employee who is a relevant parent in respect of a child under the age 12 is entitled to 26 weeks’ unpaid parental leave for each child. Where a child has a disability or long-term illness, the entitlement can continue until the child is 16. A relevant parent is a parent, an adoptive parent, or a person acting in ‘loco parentis’. Both...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...about the need to use this hotel. I recognise that the people of Drogheda have welcomed many international protection applicants and many Ukrainians over the past two years, and in some cases, long before that as well. I acknowledge that the most of the anger about this is to do with the removal of tourist beds. I understand it. All I can say is that I am left in the invidious...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is important because it has diverted Ukrainian individuals and families away from State-supported accommodation, which is often in hotels and guesthouses and which are generally unsuitable for long-term stays, particularly for families raising children. The ARP is currently paid to over 10,600 hosts supporting the accommodation of almost 22,000 Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Welfare Services (29 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: St John of God Community Services provide essential disability and mental health community supports to 8,000 people across the country. The Government recognises that they are a valued long-term partner in delivering publicly funded services. Following agreement with the HSE, St John of God Community Services has withdrawn notice of transfer and confirmed it will continue to deliver...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (22 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and I have convened an interdepartmental workforce steering group. Its job is to focus on identifying and directing efforts to address the immediate, medium- and long-term solutions we can put in place to get more staffing. That is the fundamental challenge we have in disability services for adults and children. Right now, it is not a funding issue....

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...22,000 Ukrainians around the country. This scheme is important because it has diverted Ukrainian individuals and families away from State-supported accommodation, which is often in hotels and guesthouses and which is unsuitable for long-term stays, particularly for families raising children. It is also far more cost-effective to the Exchequer and, importantly, it allows Ukrainians to...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...on the basis of this provision. This scheme has diverted Ukrainian individuals and families away from State-supported accommodation, which is often in hotels and guesthouses and which is not, in the long term, the best place to be, particularly for raising children. It is also far more cost-effective to the Exchequer and, importantly, it also allows Ukrainians to have greater...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (15 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...pressure on the system here in Ireland. That is acknowledged. It is a pressure that is felt all over Europe but it is a pressure we are feeling now. That is why we are making changes. Alongside that pressure, there is a humanitarian obligation, particularly when it comes to families and children. Throughout Ireland, there is an understanding that we do not want to see people left...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Pensions (8 Feb 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...the benefits of this scheme, on the same basis as other carers, once certain qualifying criteria are met. Further, the Report of the Pensions Commission contains a recommendation in respect of long-term carers. Specifically, the Commission recommends that long-term carers who care for incapacitated dependents (defined as caring for more than 20 years) should be given access to the...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...is being given to someone actually receiving refugee status or permission to remain in the State. While a person’s application is being assessed, he or she is provided with accommodation by the State alongside a basic payment of €38.80 per week. People are now entitled to work after six months in the process. These are the bare-bone facts about what happens when someone is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Consular Services (25 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of state owned accommodation will support the development of a permanent model of accommodation for IP applicants, responding to what will be an ongoing need for such accommodation over the long-term. It will constitute a more effective investment of State resources and better value for money than full reliance on the current system of private providers.

Seanad: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Teaghlach), 2023: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...else and I would expect the same courtesy in return. The Chief Justice stated yesterday "It seems clear that it is not constitutionally impermissible to distinguish per sebetween marriage and a long-term relationship, not least because the Constitution makes that distinction itself." Contrary to what Senator Mullen said, marriage is not being deconstructed. That was a statement of our...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Jan 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...(SI 230 of 2018), to those that require it. The Department continues to work tirelessly to address the shortfall in accommodation for IP applicants, the Ukraine Crisis, and to develop medium and long term solutions.