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Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As part of the National Development Plan review the allocation for this Department has increased to €795 million over the next five years. This increased funding will be used in part to provide additional early learning and childcare places through future capital programmes, which will primarily focus on implementing the commitment to capital investment in State-owned early learning...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Asylum Seekers (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question relates to Tusla operations, it has been referred to Tusla for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138, 139 and 140 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Department, through the HSE, provides funding support to statutory and voluntary organisations who provide specialist community-based disability services in residential, respite and day settings. While the Department sets the strategy, policy direction and the overall allocation for the disability sector, funding allocations to individual service providers is an operational matter...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. Budget 2026 sees an allocation of €405.45 million to Core Funding. This is an increase of €52.12 million on the 2025 allocation of €353.23 million – representing a 15% year-on-year increase. The additional funding allows for the continued implementation of the Core Funding scheme for the fourth programme year...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme was launched in late 2024. The closing date for applications was 30th January. There were four strands to the scheme: Community Construction, Community Extension, Community Purchasing and Private Extension. A total of 78 applications were received with 50 applicants approved to progress to the next stage of the grant process. As part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148, 149, 150 and 151 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152, 153, 154 and 155 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Legal Cases (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 157 and 158 together. The Disability Act 2005 provides for the assessment of health and education needs of persons with disabilities. It provides for a complaints mechanism in the case of non-provisions of services. It also provides for the facilitation of better access to public building and public services by persons with disability, and it obliges...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: Indecon Economic Consultants have completed a review of the end-to-end processes linked to publicly funded early learning and childcare schemes/programmes. A report of the findings of this review has been produced, and was presented to the Advisory Group in August. Indecon has also compiled input from over 400 parents, providers, representative bodies and other key sectoral stakeholders who...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Department of Children, Disability and Equality does not currently use Agentic AI in its projects and has not issued any contracts for its development, or undertaken software pilots, for its use in internal or public facing services. The Department is in the process of developing internal policies, guidance for staff, and governance for the use of AI technologies.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Contracts (22 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Department is currently examining the nature and scope of the information requested and a reply will issue directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.