Written answers

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

 
  • Parental Leave
    690. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce paid leave for employees who suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks before which there is...
  • Family Support Services
    691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that public consultation, on the development of a national model of parenting...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    692. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the commencement of all sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he...
  • Voluntary Sector
    693. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a request by an organisation (details supplied) for a once-off bridging grant of €2 million...
  • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
    695. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women’s refuge centres nationwide and on a per capita basis; the amount of funding that has...
  • Youth Services
    696. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he received correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding funding; if so, the steps he has taken...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    697. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the...
  • Asylum Seekers
    698. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support the relocation of at least 400 asylum seekers who are currently on Lesvos Island, Greece, and...
  • Youth Services
    699. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to support an organisation (details supplied) during the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions; the form of...
  • Literacy Programmes
    700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to roll out a reading scheme (details supplied) to other parts of the country. [16722/21]
  • After-School Support Services
    701. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the concern among childcare providers about the after-school programme and...
  • Child Protection
    702. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and Tusla are considering an action plan to address the significant drop in sponsorship...
  • Departmental Programmes
    703. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the systems his Department has in place similar to the Department of Education that track population growth...
  • Childcare Services
    704. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department actively encourages childcare facilities to run the ECCE programme both in the mornings and...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the costs incurred to date by his Department for the commission of the national childminding action plan. [16727/21]
  • Childcare Services
    706. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childminder learner fund grants that were awarded in 2020; the number of applications his...
  • Disability Support Services
    707. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the low employment rate of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
  • Domestic Violence Services
    708. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which the State is meeting its commitments under the Istanbul Convention, including the provision of...
  • Disability Services Provision
    709. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address rates of violence and abuse experienced by persons with disabilities; and if...
  • Disability Support Services
    710. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which persons with disabilities, including children, and their representative organisations will be...
  • Domestic Violence Services
    712. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the absence of targeted interventions with disabled women in the Second...
  • Child Protection
    713. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to expand the deployment of services following the Barnahus model nationally; and if he...
  • Disability Support Services
    715. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the low employment rate of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
  • Child Safety
    716. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure uniformity regarding the use and quality of parental capacity assessments; and...
  • Parental Leave
    718. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding parental leave from 1 April 2021. [17070/21]
  • International Protection
    719. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposed role of an association (details supplied) in the setting of settlement patterns for asylum seekers...
  • Early Childhood Care and Education
    726. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the provisions being made by his Department to ensure that children born in January of a particular year can...
  • National Childcare Scheme
    727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure all childcare providers will sign up to the national childcare scheme; if his attention has...
  • Parental Leave
    729. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to introduce entitlement to leave for parents who welcome a child via surrogacy; and if he will make a...
  • Childcare Services
    730. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be provided to a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Communications
    731. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    732. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the Acts falling under his Department which have been signed into law but have not been...
  • Disability Services Provision
    733. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way a gender perspective is being included in the Disability Participation and Consultation Network; and if...
  • Equality Issues
    735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to implement the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020; and if he will...
  • Child Protection
    737. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date by which the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection will make recommendations to Government following...
  • Departmental Funding
    738. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the request by an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding to support young...
  • Child and Family Agency
    739. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers that have left Tusla since the beginning of 2021. [17581/21]

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