Written answers
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Schemes
9. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the promised payment scheme to make once-off payments of €3,000 to persons affected by... - Maternity Leave
17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to introduce special leave for a person who has had a miscarriage; and if... - International Protection
18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 3 February 2022, if his Department has liaised with the Department... - EU Directives
20. 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 statement... - Equal Opportunities Employment
21. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy to support people with disabilities who... - Departmental Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that non-sporting youth organisations, such as scouting, have adequate grant funding options... - Childcare Services
23. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which meets gaps in early... - Child Protection
25. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children at risk including refugees are being identified as being in particular need of... - Adoption Services
26. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the establishment of a State inquiry, including a truth commission model into illegal adoptions as... - Ukraine War
27. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that he and his Department are taking to help meet the increased demand for childcare arising from... - Legislative Measures
29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; when the first data will become available;... - Direct Provision System
31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that a woman (details supplied) lay dead for days in the direct... - Childcare Services
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the closure of childcare providers which is creating a situation in which some... - Disabilities Assessments
35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Health to address the difficulties children are experiencing in... - Youth Services
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he will put in place to support a fair and equitable recovery for children and young persons... - Parental Leave
38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parental leave will be expanded in 2022; if the leave will be granted retrospectively; the full entitlement... - Child and Family Agency
39. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who received a family support service in the Tusla Louth Meath area in 2021; the Tusla... - Direct Provision System
40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style... - Disability Services
41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education to improve the level of support... - Family Support Services
42. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for early intervention and family supports in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the... - Proposed Legislation
43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to follow the model utilised in New Zealand to outlaw conversion therapy; when he expects to be in... - Homeless Accommodation
44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on measures undertaken by his Department to tackle child and youth homelessness; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reduce the costs of childcare for ordinary families. [14666/22] - Departmental Funding
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the recently opened communities integration fund 2022; the work that is being carried out to... - Domestic Violence
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a timeline for the introduction of paid domestic violence leave; and if he will make a... - Ukraine War
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees, adults and children who have been taken in by county; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [15454/22] - Departmental Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the key supports his Department provides to the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is supporting persons with disabilities to access training and employment; and if he will... - Survivors Memorial
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for... - Departmental Strategies
54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to update or replace the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if... - Early Childhood Care and Education
55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will review the refusal of ECCE for a child (details supplied) considering the circumstances;... - Equality Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the report of the Anti-Racism Committee will be published, including the way he intends to implement its... - International Protection
57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its... - Ukraine War
58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can avail of childcare in an affordable and timely... - Domestic Violence
59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the plans by Tusla to provide a women’s refuge in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown area... - Childcare Services
60. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector and to... - Early Childhood Care and Education
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the new core funding for early years providers will be effective; the interim measures that he will... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress to date in meeting the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former... - Adoption Services
66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home, Carlow Maternity Hospital and a home (details supplied)... - Disadvantaged Status
67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has examined the replication of the DEIS programme for early language and care and school... - Parental Leave
68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the inequality facing one parent families in relation to parent's leave; if... - Departmental Expenditure
69. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consultations will take place with representative groups in relation to the roll-out of his... - Departmental Funding
70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a fast-track funding mechanism for communities seeking to provide preschool and or... - Departmental Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made in his discussions with the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland regarding...
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