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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (9 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Thank you Deputy for your question regarding the number of habeas corpus applications in which Tusla was a respondent for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 to date. Tusla has provided the below table in response to your query. Year Number of applications 2022 0 2023 0 2024 to date 2

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

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 182 together. I am very pleased to have secured a 9% increase in youth service funding for 2025, bringing my Department’s investment under our main youth budget subhead to a total of €84.9 million. This increased level of funding will enable the expansion of youth service capacity to engage more young people, across both universal and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Guardians Ad Litem (9 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can confirm that my Department has a contract for temporary emergency accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) with the accommodation provider to which the Deputy refers. I can also confirm that International Protection applicants are not currently being accommodated in this location. My Department is not in a position to provide details of contractual arrangements...

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

Roderic O'Gorman: Budget 2025 estimates for the NCS were calculated using administrative data drawing on hourly usage of children availing of the scheme, their educational stage and subsidy type; patterns of growth in the scheme, and information relating to capacity available in the early learning and care system nationally. An additional 14 million subsidised hours (or 1.96 hours per child per week) and...

Appointment of Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government, on 19th September, 2024, agreed to nominate Liam Herrick for appointment by the President as Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, recommends, pursuant to section 13(1)(b) of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 (No. 25 of 2014), that Liam Herrick be appointed by the President...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Trade Marks (Madrid Protocol) (Amendment) Regulations 2024: Referral to Joint Committee (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Trade Marks (Madrid Protocol) (Amendment) Regulations 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16th September, 2024, be referred to the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5), which, not later...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of the Dáil of 24th September, 2024, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: Under the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016, all staff working directly with children in a pre-school service must hold at least a Level 5 major award in early childhood care and education on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), or a qualification that has been deemed to be equivalent. My Department has published a list of qualifications that meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Undefined (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: While I try to be helpful at all times in the parliamentary process, the Deputy will be aware that I cannot be involved in individual cases and cannot comment on same. The legislation underpinning the Payment Scheme - the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 - specifically provides for the explicit independence of the Chief Deciding Officer in administering the application...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Centre for Research and Remembrance, to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1, will stand as part of our national institutions. One element of the National Centre will be a research centre and repository of records related to institutional trauma in the 20th century, which will form part of the National Archives (NAI). ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is noted that the question refers to the age at which qualifying children cease to be eligible for the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). For this reason, it should be noted that while both the Universal and Income-Assessed subsidies are available for children aged up to 15 years (meaning their eligibility ceases on the day of their 15th birthday), the upper age eligibility can extend beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As this is an operational matter, I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Oct 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Oct 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (8 Oct 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Voluntary Sector (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: In order to ensure the safety of International Protection (IP) applicants, the management of site security and access at accommodation centres for those seeking IP is the responsibility of the providers contracted to run the centre. Visits to centres, including by volunteer organisations, are facilitated between 10:00 – 22:00. As part of established policy and procedure, visitors...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (8 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: The ongoing review of the Equality Acts is examining the functioning of the Acts and their effectiveness in combatting discrimination and promoting equality. In July 2021, my Department undertook a public consultation process as part of this review. A report summarising the key issues raised in the public consultation was published last year and can be accessed here: . In light of time...