Written answers

Tuesday, 27 June 2023

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

 
  • Disability Services
    523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation regarding negotiations to address the pay parity in relation to Section 39 disability...
  • Departmental Data
    525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital allocations that have been made by his Department to the Disability Capital Programme in 2020, 2021...
  • Departmental Funding
    526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding his Department plans to allocate to progress the recommendations in the Disability Capacity Review;...
  • Emergency Accommodation
    527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 20 April 2023, when an accommodation provider for Ukrainian...
  • Direct Provision System
    528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has entered into an agreement to use a building (details supplied) in County Kerry as a direct...
  • Children in Care
    529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new child care workers who have started working in special care units in each of the past 24...
  • Departmental Data
    531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new total whole-time equivalent staffing posts in special care units, broken down by grade and...
  • Childcare Services
    533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the county childcare committees are reporting a scarcity of childcare places for children under two years of...
  • Residential Institutions
    534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken by his Department to aid a survivor of abuse (details supplied) to retain their personal...
  • Children in Care
    535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors taken into State care in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, respectively;...
  • Equality Issues
    536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps can be taken to ensure that persons with disabilities claiming under the Equal Status Act 2000 and/or...
  • Children in Care
    538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who are suspected to be homeless; and the number of persons who are...
  • Direct Provision System
    539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the direct provision centres currently operating in the State; the number of persons residing in...
  • Children in Care
    540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children taken into State care in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [30680/23]
  • Child Protection
    541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on the child protection notification system of Tusla in each of the past...
  • Children in Care
    542. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons aged under 17 years who became pregnant while in State care in each of the past ten years...
  • Child Protection
    543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times Tusla reported suspected child abuse to the gardaí over the past two years; and if a...
  • Children in Care
    544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care that reported being sexually assaulted while in care in each of the past...
  • Residential Institutions
    550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for residential support...
  • Children in Care
    552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their...
  • Child Protection
    554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have been subject to parental assessment by the State in each of the past five years....
  • Children in Care
    555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children of Traveller ethnicity taken into State care in each of the 17 service areas of Tusla in...
  • Child and Family Agency
    558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of internal case reviews conducted by Tusla in the past ten years; the number that produced a...
  • Departmental Data
    559. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of reviews conducted by the National Review Panel since its establishment in 2010; and the...
  • Departmental Meetings
    560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has met with the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection since he took office; and the...
  • Departmental Data
    561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has met with the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection since he took office; and the...
  • Child and Family Agency
    562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of recruitment agencies that Tusla is currently in a contract with regarding employment; the cost...
  • Departmental Data
    566. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private fostering companies or agencies currently operating in the State and or currently...
  • Child Abuse
    568. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children out of the 122 cases of suspected child abuse in County Kerry which went unreported by...
  • Child and Family Agency
    569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla employees sacked or dismissed in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if he...
  • Departmental Data
    574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers in the State who are unaccompanied minors; the number which are in State care or...
  • Children in Care
    577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that died while in the care of the State in each of the past ten years, and to date in...
  • Child and Family Agency
    579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that were engaging with Tusla or that Tusla had identified as at risk, who suffered a...
  • Ukraine War
    584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if financial supports are made available to businesses, including those providing healthcare (details supplied)...
  • Disability Services
    585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will continue to fund a bus service for young people to attend disability day services and training in...
  • Departmental Policies
    586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 992 of 21 March 2023, if an update is available on the scoping exercise...
  • Departmental Schemes
    587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the recently announced education and training bursary scheme 2023-2024 is extended to individuals who are...
  • Childcare Services
    588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to tackle the lack of childcare spaces in the Dublin Bay north area; his plans to make childcare more...
  • Disability Services
    589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter in relation to the provision of a service for a child (details supplied); and if he...
  • Direct Provision System
    591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has either met with or corresponded with managers of direct provision centres since he...
  • Special Educational Needs
    595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 June 2023, to ensure funding is provided to an organisation for...
  • Disability Services
    596. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing disability...
  • Departmental Regulations
    598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the drafting of regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Work-life Balance...
  • International Protection
    599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the details of the proposed offer of mediation between the local community and the international...
  • Grant Payments
    600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names and addresses of all successful and unsuccessful applicants, respectively in relation to the operation...
  • Childcare Services
    602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans Tusla has to provide child art psychotherapy services nationwide, building on and expanding the...
  • Disability Services
    604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential services for people with disabilities provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the...
  • Refugee Resettlement Programme
    607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department has considered further utilising privately-owned modular housing developments for...
  • Departmental Functions
    608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on reviewing the sections of the Health Act 2004 relevant to his functions; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Legal Services
    609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to establish a direct portal for legal firms or advocates for the creation of enduring...

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