Written answers
Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages on Children’s Disability Network Teams. [32533/23] - Care Services
61. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds, in tabular form, in each unit, in each LHO, assigned for respite for relatives of families... - Disability Services
65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve disability services in County Cork. [32534/23] - Departmental Reports
68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the Government’s own Cost of Disability report indicated that people with disabilities... - Family Resource Centres
70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the need to review the funding streams for FRC’s. [32577/23] - Children in Care
71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing from State care in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023;... - Equality Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that Ireland ranks lowest in the EU for both its disability employment rate and disability... - Early Childhood Care and Education
73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the need to address the unintended anomalies in the core funding for early years settings. [32578/23] - Disabilities Assessments
74. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on how his Department is addressing the waiting lists for clinical assessments identified... - Health Services Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the engagements his Department has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure,... - Childcare Services
76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he monitors the extent to which local authorities are applying the criteria of need for childcare places in... - Child and Family Agency
77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children’s welfare and wellbeing is protected by Tusla in all situations; and if he... - Special Educational Needs
78. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement that has been held with the Minister for Education in regard to the provision of special schools... - Children in Care
79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on legislation that will transfer the registration and inspection functions for... - Early Childhood Care and Education
80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to change the fee structure for early childhood care service providers; and if he will make a... - Equality Issues
81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on a review of the Equality Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Early Childhood Care and Education
82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish an agency (details supplied) to... - Disabilities Assessments
83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department's plans to allow parents of children who need or received an assessment of need privately to claim... - Departmental Reports
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish an action plan and allocate resources to support the findings of the Government’s own... - Disability Services
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 30 May 2023, to outline the progress made, if any, by his Department... - Community Care
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what is being put in place to resolve the crisis in staffing issues in SLT in CHO2; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staffing levels of CDNTs in Cork. [32444/23] - Rights of People with Disabilities
90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD will be adopted by Ireland; what is the reason for the delay... - Job Losses
91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has met with Rehab Enterprises in Navan to discuss the risk of job losses there; if he will put measures in... - Child and Family Agency
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be support Tusla with the necessary capital investment required to achieve 50:50 public private... - Disability Services
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan will be published; the reason for the delay in the publication of... - Early Childhood Care and Education
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of early years services that have been unsuccessful for the sustainability grant by... - Disability Services
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement he has had with staff representatives in the CDNT sector in terms of pay and conditions [32058/23] - Early Childhood Care and Education
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will comment on the recent early years pilot meals programme; to disclose the services that took part in... - Disability Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extra funding provided to disability organisations for new services this year; the number of new services... - Early Childhood Care and Education
102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has identified the need for new supply in early childhood education and childcare; and if he has developed... - Road Projects
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is possible to engage with a local authority on the improvement of a road to allow a bus service support... - Disability Services
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support and ensure adequate staffing of children's disability network teams; and if he... - Early Childhood Care and Education
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given during the process ahead of Budget 24 to the issues of wages and job progression... - Disability Services
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve access to personal assistant hours this year; if there are plans to improve national... - Departmental Strategies
110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the Autism Innovation Oversight and Advisory Group; when the next public... - Community Care
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress of the Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy Implementation Framework; an update on... - Disability Services
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to support the provision of allied health services to children with a disability within... - Special Educational Needs
114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools in Cork. [31631/23] - Children in Care
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a study (details supplied) which expressed concerns over the sexual... - Child and Family Agency
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the €700,000 in dormant accounts funding to Tusla; what this funding will... - Early Childhood Care and Education
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has examined ways of reducing the level of bureaucracy associated with the National Childcare Scheme for... - Disability Services
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on assessment of needs and the average waiting time in each Community Disability... - Early Childhood Care and Education
121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the proposals, if any, he has to increase substantially the level of grant-aid available under... - Care Services
122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will comment on the low levels of internal promotion from social care level to social worker level, given...
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