Written answers
Thursday, 3 February 2022
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vulnerability assessments of international protection applicants undertaken in 2021; the way this... - Childcare Services
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the forthcoming core payment for early years providers; the interim measures he will put in place... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make the changes sought by survivors to the Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme to include all... - Youth Services
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in County Kerry in 2021, by... - International Protection
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation with respect to the private community sponsorship scheme; his plans to further expand the... - Joint Labour Committees
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that the outcomes of the Joint... - Youth Services
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in an area... - Domestic Violence
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the specific amount of funding provided to support domestic violence services... - International Protection
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons coming from Afghanistan to date that have been granted visa waivers to enter the Irish... - Domestic Violence
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review recommendations under the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be... - Parental Leave
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to... - Equality Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the drafting and initiating of the next National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy; if the current... - Departmental Strategies
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the scope of the Transport Working Group under the National Disability Inclusion Strategy which was... - International Protection
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made in relation to implementing the report of the advisory group on the provision of... - Departmental Strategies
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the approach his Department is taking to drafting the next national strategy on women and girls; the focus there... - Joint Labour Committees
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Joint Labour Committee has met; and the progress being made. [5323/22] - Early Childhood Care and Education
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s position on the fact that there is only one intake per year for the ECCE scheme some... - Childcare Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total capital spend in 2021 in providing grant aid to assist in the upgrading of existing childcare... - United Nations
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s initial State report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons... - Childcare Services
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if local authorities and the county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which... - Domestic Violence
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla’s review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be published;... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of SAR requests received by his Department seeking personal information contained in the Mother and... - Child Protection
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children throughout the country by region who are currently in need of or in receipt of... - Childcare Services
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address high childcare costs. [5161/22] - Traveller Community
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that his Department has made available to support the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and... - Childcare Services
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports in place for early years providers that continue to experience severe sustainability issues; and if... - Child Poverty
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address child poverty. [5160/22] - Childcare Services
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that he plans to respond to the expert group report partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model... - Planning Issues
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider regulations requiring local authorities to undertake an accessibility study on all public... - Child Protection
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department can ensure early intervention in all cases in which children may be at... - Departmental Policies
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures National Policy... - Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether children and young persons are one of the cohorts most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic... - Domestic Violence
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the publication date of Tusla’s review into the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic... - Parental Leave
169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans with regard to the expansion of parent’s leave in 2022; if the leave will be granted... - Local Authorities
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council does not employ a disability officer. [5345/22] - International Protection
174. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that Tusla has responded to the arrival of 36 unaccompanied child refugees in 2021; the supports that... - Domestic Violence
175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the Tusla review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence; and if he... - Childcare Services
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [5162/22] - Housing Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the priorities and planned implementation of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People... - Child and Family Agency
180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of resources and the reach in special schemes for parent and early childhood support in disadvantage... - International Protection
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its inception; the number of persons... - European Union
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to fully transpose the Work Life Balance Directive (EU) 2019/1158; and if he will make a... - Youth Services
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of the funding provided by his Department in 2021 to support youth organisations and... - Legislative Measures
185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the interactions he has had with the Data Protection Commission concerning the policy necessity of the Birth... - Departmental Strategies
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects that baby boxes will be rolled out to new parents nationwide; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Policies
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for survivors of institutional... - Immigration Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding supports his Department can provide to support community migrant integration in Drogheda, County... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the State is meeting its commitments under the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention inclusion in... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of each of the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother... - Childcare Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the staff shortage issues in childcare facilities; and if he will... - Departmental Policies
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedure in place to assist persons that have been in foster care to live independently once they turn 18... - Departmental Strategies
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has met since the publication of a report (details... - International Protection
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of International Protection Accommodation Services centres and emergency accommodation centres in... - Child and Family Agency
200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has run awareness campaigns seeking fostering care for children who are refugees; if so, if there has... - Departmental Reports
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the final report of the anti-racism committee to be published; and if he will make a statement... - Child and Family Agency
202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has spoken or corresponded with a representative of Tusla regarding issues with copying and pasting errors... - Departmental Policies
203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider examining bereavement leave following a miscarriage in a wider context as part of the work...
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