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Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister for the way she went about making arrangements for this debate. I also offer my condolences to her and her family. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Farrelly commission report on behalf of the Labour Party. At the heart of this scandal are two matters, namely Grace and other vulnerable children and how they were maliciously failed by the State and those...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact the programme for Government commitment to allow parents aged over 66 receiving the State pension, who are caring for a child with a lifelong disability, to retain a full-rate carer's allowance discriminates against other carers, such as those caring for a spouse; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his view on the recent Central Statistics Office statistics which show an increase in the poverty rates among children in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline his plans to introduce a targeted child benefit payment during the lifetime of this Government; the work his Department has carried out on developing such a payment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has carried out any research or analysis on implementing a child poverty reduction Act, similar to the Act introduced in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which a community can apply for a piece of infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Budgets (1 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a roadmap over the next number of Budgets in which carers in receipt of the carer’s allowance can expect the income disregards for the payment to increase; the date by which the means-test will then be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/25]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank my colleague, Deputy Eoghan Kenny, for tabling this important motion. I thank and welcome all the parents and guardians who are in the Gallery today. If we cannot value the things that matter the most, like a right to education, how can we build a future for our children? Our Labour Party motion does exactly that. It highlights a right to education as a basic value of Irish...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of access and inclusion model childcare places provided since 2020, by county, in tabular form; the actions she is taking to increase places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20982/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the national childcare website does not list fees for childcare providers for the year 2021; if her Department will rectify this as matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she has any plans to refurbish these properties as designated family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she plans to refurbish these properties as designated youth spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the spending her Department has incurred on external consultants, research and reports, and other external supports, related to the development of a national agency on early learning and school age childcare, from 2023 to date in 2025. [20980/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the actions her Department has taken on updating the Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Local Authorities, to date in 2025; to provide a date on when the new guidelines will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20981/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 301. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of Biogas plants currently operating in the State; the plans to expand the number of these plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the average wait time for a driving test across County Kildare test centres for the past five years; the pass rate across County Kildare, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider adding an additional bus stop to the 821 bus route (details supplied). [20806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a direct public bus route from Newbridge to Maynooth, given the fact that there are no current public buses available for students who have to commute to Maynooth University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20807/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 554. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of equity funds the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has invested in; the number of these which have invested in private and for-profit childcare companies; the dividends or monies the State has received from these investments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Mark Wall: 601. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme includes the charging of electric vehicles for disabled drivers as the current fuel grant only provides for petrol or diesel vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20464/25]