Equality (Houses of the Oireachtas)

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to establishing a special working group to audit the current delivery and implementation of local authorities' Traveller Accommodation Plans (TAPs), to consult with stakeholders on key areas of concern and to report on the delivery...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and also have responsibility for the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller A...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the number of additional public traveller accommodation units provided in 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form; the traveller accommodation budget allocations in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if his departments target for traveller accommodation units to be ...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the action his department will take in circumstances in which a local authority does not meet its responsibilities as set out in the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. [Q. No(s) 272 to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government ]

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if he has instructed Galway city council as a relevant housing authority under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 to amend or replace its accommodation programme for the purpose of addressing the traveller accommodation crisis in the city. [Q. No(s) 271 to Minister f...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 272 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his views on the findings of the independent review of funding for traveller specific accommodation and the implementation of traveller accommodation programmes; and his plans to address the problems in the delivery of traveller specific accommodation identified in the report. [Q...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 26/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if emergency measures will be put in place to properly accommodate travellers in Spring Lane, County Cork and other sites that have been storm damaged. [Q. No(s) 49 to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government ]

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the extension of maternity leave for premature births will only apply to those births after 1 October 2017; her plans for an extension of the rights to those already on maternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 243 to Minister for Employment Af...

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...her plans to extend the maternity leave and benefit for mothers of premature babies that are currently on maternity leave but whose children were born before 1 October 2017. [Q. No(s) 245 to Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection ]

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 245 together. On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan T.D., announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under th...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to make a State wide assessment of damage done to traveller accommodation due to storm Ophelia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 279 to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government ]

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 19/10/2017
[Written Answers] In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs...

Equality - Budgets - equality proofing

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the paper Equality Budgeting - next steps for Ireland is the document he referred to in his budget 2018 speech when he spoke of the development of a policy document which was published on 13 October 2017; if this paper is government policy; the timeframe for its implementation...

Equality - Budgets - equality proofing

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] The paper 'Equality Budgeting: Proposed Next Steps in Ireland' was published alongside Budget 2018. The paper is the policy document which provides an overview of the concept of equality budgeting, the progress made in integrating equality budgeting into expenditure management and...

Equality - Lesbian gay bisexual transgender youth strategy - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the status of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; when she expects to receive the final report on the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 191 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

Equality - Lesbian gay bisexual transgender youth strategy - issues relating to

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Programme for Government (2016) gives a commitment to develop a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Youth Strategy. I established an Oversight Committee with an Independent Chair, Ms Una Mullally, to oversee the development of the Strategy on 19 December 2016. The group...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the detail of the budget funding of €12 million said to support a range of traveller specific accommodation schemes and deliver 110 homes in 2018; the way in which and locations these homes will be delivered; the number of these homes that are designated for the Cork area; and if...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 18/10/2017
[Written Answers] In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs...

Equality - Lesbian gay bisexual transgender youth strategy - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the progress of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and when she expects to report to Dáil Éireann on the strategy. [Q. No(s) 75 to Minister for Children and Youth Affairs ]

Equality - Lesbian gay bisexual transgender youth strategy - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] The Programme for Government (2016) gives a commitment to develop a Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Youth Strategy. I established an Oversight Committee with an Independent Chair, Ms Una Mullally, to oversee the development of the Strategy on 19 December 2016. The group ...

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers]...if the recent changes to maternity leave regarding mothers whose babies are delivered prematurely will be extended to include mothers that are currently on maternity leave or that have recently returned to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 566 to Min...

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 17/10/2017
[Written Answers] On 3 October 2017 I, together with my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan T.D., announced increased maternity leave and maternity benefit for mothers whose babies are born prematurely. Under the new arrangements, in addition to the current 26 weeks o...

Equality - Gender equality - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the funding avenues available to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 467 to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine ]

Equality - Gender equality - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] As the Deputy will be aware, women are taking on a more formal role in agriculture, with increased acknowledgement of their contribution to management and labour input on family farms. They play a major role in farm diversification and their off-farm employment often makes a vital...

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...the details of the recent government announcement to extend maternity leave to mothers that have a premature baby; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 690 to Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection ]

Equality - Maternity leave - issues relating to

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] Maternity Benefit is a payment made for 26 weeks to employed and self-employed pregnant women who satisfy certain pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions in order to avoid the need for them to work pre and post-delivery of their baby. The rate of payment was in...

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers]...his plans to ensure that the overcrowding in an area (details supplied) is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [Q. No(s) 707 to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government ]

Equality - Traveller accommodation - provision

Sitting date: 10/10/2017
[Written Answers] In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs...