Results 101-120 of 20,818 for speaker:Norma Foley
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Expenditure (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: I wish to inform the deputy that the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) had no spend on cloud storage solutions in the past five years, or to date in 2025. While DCDE makes use of systems which incorporate cloud functionality, it should be noted that no specific cloud solution for the defined purpose of storage has been in use in DCDE in the past five years or to date in...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: Many families avail of the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) as a way to reduce the cost of their early learning and childcare. NCS subsidies are awarded as an hourly rate, along with a maximum number of weekly hours that the subsidy will be paid for. It is between the parent and provider to agree on the hours of childcare based on the family's requirements and what sessions the provider can...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, engagement is ongoing at present in relation to the Estimates and Budgetary process for 2026. This will inform the finalisation of the Estimate for the DCDE Vote for 2026 and the final position will be announced in the Budget communications / speeches on Budget Day. Pending completion of this process, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child and Family Agency (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: Thank you Deputy, for your question on this important matter. I will outline the actions that the Department has been and continues taking to address Tusla's funding and staffing requirements. In 2025, Tusla received an increase in funding of €153m. This brought it's budget from €1.132bn in 2024 to €1.284bn in 2025 representing the third consecutive year that Tusla's...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (30 Sep 2025)
Norma Foley: The Programme for Government – 'Securing Ireland’s Future’ - includes a commitment for advancing Neuro-Rehabilitation services nationally including the completion of the national rollout of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Neuro-rehabilitation Teams. The HSE is leading on the implementation framework in respect of the recommendations of the National Policy and...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child and Family Agency (30 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.