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Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 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 (7 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: Residential Institutions (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: In March 2022, Government approved high-level proposals for a National Centre for Research and Remembrance, to be located on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin 1. This Centre will stand as a site of conscience to honour equally all those who were resident in Industrial Schools, Magdalen Laundries, Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, Reformatories, and related institutions. In addition...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: An application was received from Cherry Orchard Community Childcare under the Community Construction strand of the Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme. The service was successful in its progression to next stage, which involves the completion of a legal framework, and includes the signing of a grant agreement. While the Department can appreciate the service is anxious to commence...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As the subject matter of the Deputy's question relates to an operational matter for Tusla, I have referred the matter to them for a direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: Sports clubs or sports organisations may, via the provision of an Afterschool offering, qualify for receipt of Core Funding. However, it is not feasible, in the time allotted to respond to the Deputy’s question, to determine the number of such entities currently in receipt of Core Funding. The difficulty in establishing this number lies in the fact that Core Funding Partner Services...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) was introduced in 2016 to ensure that children with additional needs or a disability could access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. As such, AIM is directly linked to ECCE participation and currently applies to children who meet the ECCE age eligibility criteria (i.e. 2 years and 8 months to 5 years 6...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to the 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 (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Department leads on cross-government policy to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. The Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, commits the Department to publish and implement an updated National Strategy for Women and Girls. The Department is currently working to fulfil that commitment. A stakeholder consultation was completed at the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 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: Disability Services (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. 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 (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to the 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 (7 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: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 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: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 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: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: As this question refers to the 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: Mother and Baby Homes (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme provides payments and health benefits to people who spent time in any of the Mother and Baby or County Home Institutions that were identified by the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation as having a main function of providing sheltered and supervised ante and post-natal facilities to single mothers and their children. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: In June, the Department confirmed the introduction of maximum fee caps for all Partner Services in Core Funding from September 2025. These new maximum fee caps will place a limit on the fees that can be charged across all types of provision. This will reduce costs for families who are facing the highest fees across the country, while promoting fairness in the market by addressing fee income...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Family Resource Centres (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: I can inform the Deputy that the Department allocates core funding for the Family Resource Centre Programme through Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre Programme, which supports members throughout the country. The core funding allocation is standardised across the Family Resource Centre Programme, and principally covers the salaries of staff, along...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Oct 2025)

Norma Foley: A key objective of this Department and the system as a whole, is to ensure that public monies are used as effectively and efficiently as possible. This also means that funding is provided to those with the highest level of need. Means testing supports the targeted allocation of funding along this principle. It also ensures that the scheme remains in line with other related Department of...