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Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services (8 Sep 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 (8 Sep 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 (8 Sep 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to operational 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: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Norma Foley: I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter with the data they have available. As a general principle, services in receipt of funding from the HSE under section 39 of the Health Act 2004 are governed by a Grant Agreement or a Service Agreement between the HSE and the service provider. Terms and conditions of employment for staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Sep 2025)

Norma Foley: Increasing the disability workforce is key to delivering on the step change in disability services commitment contained in the Programme for Government. The recruitment and retention of staff funded by the HSE is a priority for my Department. Whilst acknowledging the recruitment challenges across the health and social care sector, it is important to recognise that the disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (8 Sep 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 Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: My Department does not have whole responsibility for making parenthood more accessible and less burdensome. The Deputy will be aware that issues relating to fertility, pregnancy and women's health during pregnancy would be for the Department of Health to respond to. My Department does, however, have responsibility for implementing Supporting Parents; A National Model of Parenting Support...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: The Programme for Government sets out specific commitments to advance the rights and improve the lives of people with disabilities. These include to increase Disability Home Support and personal assistance hours, to develop a multi-year capital plan for investment in residential and independent living options for both adults and children and to continue to end the practice of placing young...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 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 (29 Jul 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 (29 Jul 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: Children in Care (29 Jul 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: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Since the Scheme was introduced, its effectiveness has been subject to ongoing review and the scheme itself has evolved year on year. Core Funding has seen consistent increased State investment to the sector year on year, and is set in year 4 to be worth over €390 million contingent on the establishment of new minimum rates of pay in the sector through updated Employment Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department are compiling this information, and I will forward to the Deputy as soon as a response is available.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department are compiling this information, and I will forward to the Deputy as soon as a response is available.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Improving access to quality and affordable Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare is a key priority of Government. Early learning and childcare capacity is increasing. Data from the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2023/24 shows that the estimated number of enrolments increased by approximately 19% from the 2021/22 programme year. Core Funding application data shows that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: Pay is one of a number of issues impacting the early learning and care and school-age childcare workforce. However, while Government is the primary funder of the sector, the State is not an employer of staff and neither I, nor my Department, set pay or working conditions. The Joint Labour Committee process is the mechanism by which employer and employee representatives can negotiate minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: The Department provides funding to the HSE to deliver specialist disability services either directly or via Section 38 and Section 39 voluntary sector organisations. 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 for the HSE as the funding authority. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: The Deputy is seeking information in relation to an operational matter for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Consequently, I have referred the matter to Tusla, and requested that a direct response be provided to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Flexible Work Practices (29 Jul 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2268 and 2269 together. There have been significant developments in the entitlements to family leaves and flexibility for working families in recent years. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 introduced important entitlements for workers, including the right to request flexible working for parents and carers. As part of the...