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5.107 Padraig O'sullivan TD to Ask the Minister for Children and Youth 5.107 Padraig O'Sullivan TD To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what provisions are being made by her Department to assist in the provision of childcare for frontline workers who are providing essential services to the public and if she will make a statement on the matter. The Deputy is aware that the Covid-19 Pandemic has created major challenges for Ireland. The sudden closure of centre-based Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services on 12 March 2020 was an unexpected but necessary move to safeguard public health in Ireland. The Deputy may also be aware that on 7 May, I announced new emergency measures to support essential health workers who are having difficulty meeting their ELC and SAC needs. This forms part of Phase 1 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. It is scheduled for commencement on 18 May, subject to further NPHET advice and a Government decision later this week on whether restrictions can start to be eased. The service will be a temporary one and is limited to parents / guardians defined as essential health workers during the Covid-19 emergency. The delivery of ELC and SAC services to this group follows Government plans to lift restrictions gradually and in line with public health advice and recommendations. The scheme is designed as an outreach model and as such offers the greatest public health protection for children, their families and the ELC and SAC practitioners who will offer this new service. Existing, registered ELC and SAC services have been asked to consider signing up for the service and opening as an outreach hub. Childcare practitioners have been asked to support essential health workers by offering services in those workers’ homes, whilst remaining under the management and supervision of their employer. Early this week (week beginning 11 May), eligible health workers will be able to apply, with the assistance of their Human Resource Manager, for the service and to indicate their childcare needs and preferences. All services that participate in this initiative will be supported to follow HSE guidance related to Covid- 19. Information packs containing essential information and supports have been made available to them. A funding package for the scheme has also been made available. In these difficult and unprecedented times, we are all being asked to play our part and my Department and I are grateful that, with the assistance of the early learning and care school age childcare sector, we have been able to develop this scheme to assist our colleagues in the health sector as they perform their critical work. 5.214 Jim O’Callaghan T.D. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what measures her Department has taken to increase the domestic refuge capacity during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. 5.216 Jim O’Callaghan T.D. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs what safety procedures have been put in place to protect staff and victims in communal domestic violence refuges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. The response to Domestic, Sexual Violence and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross Departmental and multi-agency issue. Policy is coordinated by the Department of Justice and Equality (DJE). Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of DSGBV. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is providing Tusla with €25.3m this year for almost 60 organisations that deliver services for these victims. This includes funding and coordinated supports for 22 services that provide emergency refuge and non-refuge accommodation to victims of domestic violence. Tusla has indicated that maintaining essential DSGBV services in accordance with public health advice from the Chief Medical Officer, the National Public Health Emergency Team and the Health Service Executive (HSE) is one of its key priorities. Tusla reports that it has allocated an additional €200,000 to service providers to support continuity of business and essential service provision related to COVID-19 including additional accommodation; staffing capacity and ICT to enable remote working. Tusla has advised that there is currently reduced capacity within some refuges, due to requirements to enforce social distancing or self-isolation measures where communal facilities may exist. As facilities, accommodation and arrangements are specific to each service, Tusla has been working with individual organisations to address any challenges arising in maintaining essential service provision. To mitigate the impact of social distancing and isolation measures, an additional 46 refuge and non-refuge accommodation units for service users have been secured in the community, through the efforts of local services with support from Tusla. Tusla has advised that a number of services also have access to additional spaces on an ‘as needed’ basis. Discussion is underway with regard to a potential additional 14 accommodation units that could be provided for victims of domestic violence seeking refuge. Tusla continues to explore further options for additional contingency plans with regard to the provision of safe accommodation for victims of domestic violence during the current public health emergency. Tusla has prioritised emergency refuge accommodation services in its allocation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the supplies currently available to the Agency. A number of services have also introduced Perspex screens to enable the resumption of face to face supports for women in refuges. A direct pathway has been established for the distribution of PPE to refuges, with the issuance of weekly supplies of PPE. There have also been instances of Tusla supporting local services with access to additional PPE where shortfalls have occurred, including engagements with local HSE management to access further supplies. Both the Department and Tusla recognise that due to the considerable national demand for PPE across many sectors, equipment may not always be readily available when necessary. Tusla continues to work with its partners to access sufficient levels of PPE for all services to function as required. 5.250 Anne Rabbitte TD To ask the Ministers for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the details of employment conditions of early years workers providing early years care and education to the children of frontline staff, who their employer will be, who will cover their insurance under any proposed initiative and what implications have been considered by the government in this regard, and if s/he will make a statement on the matter. The Deputy is aware that the COVID-19 Pandemic has created major challenges for Ireland. The sudden closure of centre-based Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services on 12 March 2020 was an unexpected but necessary move to safeguard public health in Ireland. The Deputy will also be aware that on 7 May, I announced new, emergency measures to support essential health workers who are having difficulty meeting their ELC and SAC needs. This forms part of Phase 1 of the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business. The service will be limited to parents / guardians defined as essential health workers during the Covid- 19 emergency. The delivery of ELC and SAC services to this group follows Government plans to lift restrictions gradually and in line with public health advice and recommendations. The scheme is designed to protect children, their families and the childcare practitioners who will offer this new service. Existing, registered ELC and SAC services have been asked to consider signing up for the service and opening as an outreach hub. They have been asked to support essential health workers by offering services in those families’ homes. The registered services will remain as the employer of practitioners who volunteer to participate in this scheme. The provision of ELC and SAC services under this initiative is planned to be available from 18 May, as part of Phase 1 of the easing of restrictions currently scheduled to begin on that day. This is subject to further NPHET advice and a Government decision on whether to proceed with May 18 easing of restrictions later this week. All services that participate in this initiative will be supported to follow HSE guidance related to COVID- 19. Information packs containing essential information and supports have been made available to them. Staff will remain under the management and supervision of their original employer. In relation to insurance cover for childcare providers volunteering to participate in the scheme, the Deputy is aware that childcare providers are private sector operators, 75% of which are private companies or sole traders, with 25% being community based services. My Department funds childcare delivery through these providers, but the providers and their staff are not public sector staff. Insurance for childcare providers is provided by a small number of commercial underwriters and brokers. Allianz, the largest underwriter in the sector, is supporting the outreach childcare scheme by agreeing to provide insurance policy amendments to its clients, which will enable them and their staff to take part in the outreach scheme. The DCYA welcomes the decision of Allianz to cover this outreach model which limits the risk of cross infection to children, families and workers. With regard to Allianz’s decision not to provide coverage for Covid-19 related claims, this is a commercial matter for them as an underwriter. I understand that the insurability of Covid-19 related claims is an issue which has been raised in a number of sectors. Childcare providers have been advised to contact their insurance broker if they wish to apply to to deliver outreach childcare under the scheme. With regard to the terms and conditions of staff, the funding package for this measure enables providers make an average payment of €15 per hour, per childcare staff that participate, for up to 45 hours per week.
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