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

Roderic O'Gorman: Due to continuing downward trends in beneficiaries of temporary protection (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 accommodation. These vacancies are notified by providers and the numbers change daily in response to...

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. 1140, 1188 and 1195 together. On Saturday 16th March, the Department offered alternative shelter to all International Protection (IP) applicants camped at Mount Street. All those who accepted the offer were provided with tented accommodation at a site in Crooksling. The site at Mount Street was cleared over the weekend in cooperation with Dublin City...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The total cost to implement a 10% increase across the board for B06 (Youth Organisations and Services) would be €7,794,801 in current funding as outlined in the following table. B06 Funding (Current) for Youth Organisations and Services (Part funded by the National Lottery. Grant SchemeFunding provided under B06 Funding (Current) for Youth Organisations and Services...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1144 to 1146, inclusive, together. The allocations of current funding provided under the B06 subhead (Youth Organisations and Services) to Funded Organisations in the Ballymun/Finglas area under the UBU Your Place Your Space funding scheme are outlined in the following table: Funded Organisation 2020 UBU YPYS Funding Allocation ...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I can inform the Deputy that Pobal, in their role as scheme administrator, have recently made my Department aware of a sudden closure of a private service in Balbriggan, the Toddle In, who provides full day care, part time and sessional care to children between the ages of 0-6 years and also provides School-Age Childcare (SAC) Pobal informed my Department that the provider had only...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes made significant findings in relation to the failings of the State and religious bodies, who together ran Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions. The Government believes all relevant parties have a collective responsibility to respond to the legacy of these institutions. In May 2023 the Government approved my proposal to...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to advise the Deputy that my officials have asked the bodies under the aegis of my Department to respond directly to you on this matter in relation to staff of their own organisations. I and my officials are committed at all times to the proper use of public funds, and my Department sanctions such packages in line with the relevant circulars and guidelines. To answer your...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is a model of supports designed to ensure that children with additional needs can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme. The goal of AIM is to empower Early Learning and Care (ELC) providers to deliver an inclusive pre-school experience, ensuring that every eligible child can meaningfully participate in the ECCE Programme and reap...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: After-School Support Services (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The term afterschool can cover a range of activities from regulated school aged childcare to afterschool homework clubs or youth activity projects such as cooking lessons. Depending on the activity, funding may be available from different Departments and agencies. For the purposes of this answer, it is assumed that the matter being raised is school aged childcare. A ‘school age...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (20 Mar 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme will open for applications on 20 March and a dedicated webpage is now live at www.gov.ie/paymentscheme which contains information on how people will be able to apply for benefits under the Scheme. Section 37 of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 provides that the personal representative of a deceased relevant person,...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Please find a table of the Departments expenditure in each area under the Departments remit for the past 6 months below. These are based on the figures as per the issues returns. Reporting of expenditure is completed monthly on a cumulative basis, the table below represents the movement in respect of the reported cumulative expenditure as per the issues returns in each of the last 6 months....

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

Roderic O'Gorman: In August 2023 I agreed a protocol with Minister Harris setting out the position under which we could continue to meet our obligations in terms of accommodation for those seeking protection while also protecting the supply of accommodation available for students. The protocol set out that my Department would not contract Purpose Built Student Accommodation properties currently in operation...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1160 to 1163, inclusive, together. The Deputy will be aware that the comments made regarding the puzzle piece symbol were made in the context of a detailed response to a significant number of issues questions raised by a parent, via correspondence to the Department. In that correspondence, I acknowledged the concerns that exist around the negative...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Officials in my Department have, in recent months, engaged intensively with members and nominees of the Early Learning and Childcare Stakeholder Forum (ELCSF) in relation to Core Funding Financial Reporting Requirements. Arising from that engagement, transitional arrangements for financial reporting this year and next were agreed. The Income and Expenditure Template that my officials now...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Since the beginning of the crisis, over 105,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Ireland and recognised as beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTP). My Department has successfully assisted over 73,000 with state supported accommodation. Over 53,000 BOTP are currently residing in State funded temporary accommodation in approximately 1,000 locations at which such accommodation is provided by...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) carefully appraises each property that is offered for use as accommodation for International Protection (IP) applicants before contracts are issued, and properties are also subject to pre-occupancy inspections to ensure they are adhering to the requisite standards. IPPS advises all potential providers of accommodation of the need to...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Contractual arrangements for the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) accommodation centres are deemed confidential and commercially sensitive. Therefore, it is not possible to provide the details of contracts currently held between the Department and providers for accommodation purposes. In relation to service providers contracted by IPAS to provide accommodation...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: The International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) of DCEDIY has a dedicated Training Unit that develops training sessions in line with general IPAS Policies and Procedures. To date, and since its development in 2023, 102 centres have received this training. The IPAS Training Unit conducts overview sessions with new and existing accommodation providers both online and in person. The...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: In respect to consultation undertaken by the Department to accommodate International Protection (IP) applicants at the D Hotel, once an offer of accommodation is received by the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS), the proposal and any supporting documentation is reviewed to assess the suitability of the premises that is offered for use as accommodation. Before contracts...

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