Results 181-200 of 20,908 for speaker:Norma Foley
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Family Resource Centres (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: There are currently no plans to further increase core funding provided to Family Resource Centre Programme members. Notwithstanding this, there is a Programme for Government commitment to work to increase funding and expand the capacity and network of Family Resource Centres, and this is something I will engage on over the lifetime of this Government. I can inform the Deputy that a...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: Among other objectives, Core Funding supports the ability of service providers to meet the additional costs resulting from the EROs for Early Years Services, as it provides increases in funding to early learning and childcare service providers to support improvements in staff wages, alongside a commitment to freeze or reduce parental fees. The base rates in Core Funding have been...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: Among other objectives, Core Funding supports the ability of service providers to meet the additional costs resulting from the EROs for Early Years Services, as it provides increases in funding to early learning and childcare service providers to support improvements in staff wages, alongside a commitment to freeze or reduce parental fees. The base rates in Core Funding have been...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: Pay is one of a number of issues impacting the early learning and care and school-age childcare workforce. The level of pay for early years educators and school-age childcare practitioners does not reflect the value of their work for children, families, society and the economy. It is my intention to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to ‘continue to implement...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 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: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 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 (1 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 173 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: Disabilities Assessments (1 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 (1 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 (1 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: Disabilities Assessments (1 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 (1 Oct 2025)
Norma Foley: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly in relation to this matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme opened for applications in March 2024. As at 22 September, over 6,800 applications have been received. Just under 6,200 Notices of Determination have issued to applicants, over 83% of which contain an offer of benefits under the Scheme. Applicants then have 6 months in which to consider and accept their offer. The total amount which has...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme opened for applications in March 2024. The underpinning legislation for the Scheme provides for a number of reports and reviews to be produced. Section 48 provides for two reviews into the operation of the Scheme to be completed. The first review is to be completed within six months of the Scheme’s second anniversary, by September 2026....
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: As this question relates to operational information held by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the question has been referred to the Agency to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: As this question relates to operational information held by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the question has been referred to the Agency to reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: As this question relates to operational information held by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the question has been referred to the Agency to reply directly to the Deputy.