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

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that across my entire Department the number of parliamentary questions forwarded by my officials to Tusla that are awaiting response, currently stands at 17, of these 8 are from Deputy Tóibín.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: All unaccompanied minors are eligible for immediate accommodation by Tusla. Please note that the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) has no role in determining the age of persons in the International Protection Process. If there is a concern regarding the age of a person in IPAS accommodation, this is notified to the Department of Justice and Tusla for their assessment...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: In February 2021 A White Paper to End Direct Provision and establish a new International Protection Service was published. The paper set out a new approach for accommodating applicants that seek International Protection in Ireland and contains three core themes – accommodation, integration and supports. There is a legal obligation on the state to meet the requirements under the EU...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) is currently accommodating nearly 27,000 people in over 200 accommodation centres throughout Ireland. Of these 27,000 people, approximately 6,000 have been granted Permission to Remain. Data relating to the economic position of persons granted permission is not collated. Under The European Communities (Reception Conditions)...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: As this relates to Tusla operational matters, the question has been forwarded to Tusla for direct reply to the Deputy.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1101 and 1100 together. I propose to take PQs 11734/24 and 11735/24 from the Deputy together. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to legislate to ban conversion therapy. The National LGBTI Youth Strategy 2018 – 2020 and the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019 – 2021 also contain commitments in relation to conversion therapy....

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future - contains a commitment to complete the work of the interdepartmental group tasked with examining legal recognition of non-binary people. This is in line with the report by the Review Group on the Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 submitted to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in 2018 and the subsequent...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: As Minister with responsibility for equality, I recognise the importance of engaging with civil society groups on issues affecting their lives, including those representing LGBTI+ people, and I continue to do so. As Minister with oversight responsibility for the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy, I chair the meetings of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy Steering Committee. The Steering...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The Government is firmly committed to ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023, which is currently before the Houses, will remove the final obstacles to ratification of the Protocol. The Bill will deal...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: A Department official has contacted the person concerned directly in relation to this matter The Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT)? is not in a position to provide accommodation for people with specific complex medical needs, although through the first initial HSE assessment in?CityWest?all staff will do their best to meet the accommodation needs of each case presented. ...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Due to continuing downward trends in BOTPs seeking accommodation from the State coupled with increases in BOTPs leaving State provided accommodation to seek more independent living, vacancies have arisen in my Department’s portfolio of commercial BOTP accommodation. These vacancy numbers change daily in response to moves in and out of accommodation and while they can appear significant...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1108 and 1110 together. The Programme for Government contains a number of commitments for early learning and childcare, including reforming the system to create one that brings together the best of community and private provision and the development of a new funding model for affordable, accessible, sustainable and high quality early learning and childcare....

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1109, 1112 and 1113 together. Tusla, the independent statutory regulator for early years services, including ELC and SAC services, is responsible for maintaining the register of services under the Child Care Act 1991. Where an ELC or SAC service ceases operations, the registered provider is required by law to advise Tusla of this and the service will then be...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Tusla is the independent statutory regulator for early years services, including Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services, and is responsible for maintaining the register of services under the Child Care Act 1991. Where an ELC or SAC service ceases operations, the registered provider is required by law to advise Tusla of this within 28 days of ceasing operation...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his question. I am advised by my officials that a deferred response in relation to PQ Ref: 8747/24 was issued to the Deputy on 12th March 2024. The matters raised in PQ Ref: 11832/24 were addressed in this response. I trust this information clarifies the matter.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for his question. I am advised by my officials that a deferred response in relation to PQ Ref: 8805/24 was issued to the Deputy on 7th March 2024. The matters raised in PQ Ref: 11833/24 were addressed in this response. I trust this information clarifies the matter.

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1119 and 1121 together. As the Deputy is aware, following agreement by the Birth Information and Tracing Act Implementation Group, a DNA Working Group was established in March 2023. The Group, which comprises of representation from my Department, the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) and the Child and Family Agency, Tusla has been tasked with considering...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 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 for access by the next of...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The First 5 Implementation Plan (2023-2025) sets out additional measures that will allow parents to spend the whole of their baby’s first year in the home through a combination of paid family leave schemes by 2028. This includes increasing Parent’s Leave and Benefit for each parent from seven weeks to nine weeks by August 2024. The intention of this leave is to enable parents to...