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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1887.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Cork, by local area, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [32790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1888.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Cork that have pulled out of core funding, by local area, from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [32791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1889.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current average cost of childcare, by county, in tabular form. [32792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1890.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of respite care in Cork; and the details of the current waiting list for respite care in Cork. [32793/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1891.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of empty respite beds, by county, in tabular form. [32794/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1892.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of respite beds in each county; and the current number of people on waiting lists for respite in each county. [32795/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Discipline (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1893.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with disability groups in regard to concerns about a lack of consideration towards disabled students in schools' codes of behaviour; and if his Department would review the guidance being given to schools in how to put together these codes. [32813/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Discipline (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1894.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the level of instances of disabled children being expelled or suspended; if his Department has issued guidance to schools and boards of management in relation to inclusion of people with disabilities on boards of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32815/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1895.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider the establishment of a national advocacy service for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32819/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1896.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the need of many childcare workers to sign on to social welfare supports over the summer period; and the actions his Department is taking to end the need for this practice. [32828/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1897.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update of the current staffing rate in each CDNT. [32829/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1929.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the resignation of two disability campaigners from the national steering group set up to shape the HSE’s Roadmap to Improve Children’s Disability Services 2023-2026; if his Department will conduct an investigation in regard to the claims that data being presented to Ministers was...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1930.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the consultation which has taken place to date with families and disability service staff in regard to shaping the HSE’s Roadmap to Improve Children’s Disability Services 2023-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 1951.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current requirements for local authorities to provide in-person assistance to disabled people and older people to enable them to access council services, i.e., help with forms or online applications; and should requirements not exist, whether their introduction is being considered. [33720/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2049.To ask the Minister for Health when it is expected to commence the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024. [31212/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2042.To ask the Minister for Health the number and exact wait times of children and adolescents waiting less than 12 months and in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork, west Cork and Kerry primary care occupational therapy services; and the number of clients waiting two years, three years, four years, and so on, in tabular form. [31203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2043.To ask the Minister for Health the number and exact wait times of children and adolescents waiting less than 12 months and in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork, west Cork and Kerry primary care speech and language therapy services; and the number of clients waiting two years, three years, four years, and so on, in tabular form. [31204/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2044.To ask the Minister for Health the number and exact wait times of children and adolescents waiting less than 12 months and in excess of 12 months for the north Lee, south Lee, north Cork, west Cork and Kerry primary care physiotherapy services; and the number of clients waiting two years, three years, four years, and so on, in tabular form. [31205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2045.To ask the Minister for Health the reasons the north Lee child and adolescent primary care psychology services have had a 28-fold increase in waiting list numbers between December 2020 and May 2024, while other LHOs in CHO4 have experienced between three- and five-fold increases in that time period. [31206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Jul 2024)

Holly Cairns: 2046.To ask the Minister for Health the increased staffing investment he plans to make to address the waiting list crisis in primary care child and adolescent psychology services in CHO4; and when he intends a recruitment drive for same to begin. [31207/24]