Written answers
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Irish Sign Language
457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an organisation (details supplied) will be recognised as the representative body to implement the Irish Sign... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on funds being made available for the erection of memorials for mother and baby homes. [6017/21] - Parental Leave
459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the extension of parental leave from two weeks to five weeks will be legislated for; when parents can apply... - Residential Institutions
461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who have been referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for... - Child Protection
463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their... - Early Childhood Care and Education
466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify crèche guidelines for children under a year old (details supplied); and if he will make... - Covid-19 Pandemic
467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a large cohort of parents who are not classed as essential workers by their... - Direct Provision System
469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to commercial firms to accommodate persons seeking international protection and privately-owned... - Covid-19 Pandemic
472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in direct provision centres who contracted Covid-19 in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if... - Direct Provision System
473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in direct provision who have secured refugee status but remained at direct provision... - Early Childhood Care and Education
475. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when details for the resumption of the full early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme will be... - Youth Services
477. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of services (details supplied) in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the... - Childcare Services
478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstance in which an essential worker must continue to pay for childcare even if he or she is not using... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his plans to resettle Syrian refugees currently based in Lebanon in Ireland; and if he will make... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if private nursing homes were included in the remit for the recently published mother and baby homes report,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the effects the current Covid-19 restrictions are having on the training and... - Early Childhood Care and Education
482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children who qualified for ECCE and missed the opportunity to participate in preschool due to Covid-19 will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if having an elderly and high-risk person in the household is considered for force majeure permission with... - Early Years Sector
484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the baby box scheme as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he... - Childcare Services
486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Health on the provision of childcare for front-line workers... - Parental Leave
487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation to increase parental leave from two to five weeks will be introduced; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the guidelines under the current level 5 restrictions for parents visiting vulnerable children in residential... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied) concerning a mother and baby home site; and if he will make a statement... - Dormant Accounts Fund
491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital funding opportunities that will arise for a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo; if there are... - Early Years Sector
492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in respect of support for crèches in cases where they are providing care for children... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional supports will be made available to crèches (details supplied) so that they can meet their... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a hard copy of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is honouring commitments made on the number of Syrian refugees to be resettled here; and if he... - Social Workers Recruitment
496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers that have left Tusla from June 2020 to date in 2021. [5680/21] - Direct Provision System
497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding direct provision. [5705/21] - Adoption Data
498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a scoping exercise and report his predecessor commissioned into forced and... - Childcare Services
501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare and early years facilities that are open for front-line workers. [5719/21] - Departmental Funding
503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for the European Youth Parliament which is hosting a virtual conference in County Cork... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to concerns relating to the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and... - Childcare Services
505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role of childcare committees; if it is within their remit to control and put in place an upper limit on the... - Parental Leave
506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the additional three weeks parental benefit for parents of children born after 1 November 2019 will come... - Childcare Services
511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding funding streams or low-interest credit streams for new crèche start-up businesses,... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he will take to ensure that at least one bound copy of the final report of the Commission of... - Childcare Qualifications
513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has read a survey by a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6018/21] - Early Childhood Care and Education
514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the new funding model and workforce development plan for the early childhood care and education,...
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