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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if engagement has occurred between her Department and the Garda Commissioner in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, in particular the need to protect and support women who may experience increased violence as a direct result of the forthcoming Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the recent changes to the STAR rating/evaluations for the suckler carbon efficiency programme will adversely affect farmers of traditional Irish cattle breeds (hereford and angus); the reason ratings/evaluations were revised after the commencement of the scheme, leaving many farmers, who entered these contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1455. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance is available for a person (details supplied). [56283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out; and if they can avail of the cross-Border directive, given the circumstances. [56781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1705. To ask the Minister for Health what transport is available to patients with medical cards who regularly have to travel to appointments outside their own county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1728. To ask the Minister for Health what funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 weeks for a decision on their invalidity pension claim. [3062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of physical family visits to prisons that took place in 2023, by the number of visits per prison and the number of visits with a child present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 325. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children availing of his Department’s funding programmes (details supplied) in 2022, 2023, in tabular form. [3432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of childcare services that have signed core funding contracts; the total number who signed up for core funding and subsequently withdrew; the years they withdrew; and the estimated number of children that are not covered by NCS, in tabular form. [3433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children by county/ nationally that are not covered by his Department’s NCS subsidy excluding ECCE services. [3434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the lowest, highest and average, geographically of fees actually currently being paid by parents in 2023/2024. [3435/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: Now we come to the Independent Group. Deputies Pringle and Connolly are sharing time.

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Deputy.

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: When we talk about the situation in Gaza and in Palestine, it is nearly getting to the stage where we run out of words to describe the horrors we are witnessing. For a lot of people the fact that this is televised and is not some historical war we are reading about in history books and we actually see this live on social media and television makes it very difficult for ordinary, decent...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: Apologies have been received from Deputies Brady, for whom Deputy Mairéad Farrell is substituting, and Sherlock. Everybody is welcome to the meeting. The committee will consider the Revised Estimates for Public Services for Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and Vote 25 - the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, for 2024, as referred by the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: Minister, do you want to start and then pass over to the Minister of State?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Deputy Costello. I also have a few questions for the Minister, mainly to do with the early years sector. It is fine if the Minister wishes to provide the answers to some of these questions in writing afterwards. Briefly, before I get into those questions, is there any expected date for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. It was very interesting what the Minister mentioned about childminders. It is great to see 2,000 of them coming into the system. I assume they are all registered. Some work must have been ongoing to register that number of childminders.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I am sorry. It was the number of children. How did we got to that figure, from two to 2,000?