Written answers
Thursday, 7 July 2022
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Children in Care
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department or appropriate body under his aegis continues to monitor the treatment and... - Childcare Services
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has avenues of support in place to assist owners of crèches and preschools who are facing serious... - Children in Care
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to support the development of fostering services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35390/22] - Departmental Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides funding for the development or refurbishment of playgrounds; if so, if he will provide... - Official Engagements
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report from his engagement in the Council of Europe Joint Project CP4Europe - Strengthening National... - Education Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the education and training bursary scheme for young people who have experienced... - Proposed Legislation
99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline progress regarding the provision of statutory domestic violence leave; and if he will make a... - Asylum Seekers
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the initiatives his Department is taking to assist LGBTI+ asylum applicants with specific vulnerabilities while... - Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 May 2022, the expected timeline for the establishment of the... - Education Policy
102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is supporting the European Year of Youth initiative; and if he will make a statement on... - Childcare Services
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department’s strategy to make childcare more affordable for parents... - Children in Care
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 15 February 2022, the number of children currently in State care by... - Childcare Services
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had discussions recently with representative organisations in relation to the core funding model given... - Artists' Remuneration
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with a campaign (details supplied), the Department of Social Protection and the Department of... - Proposed Legislation
107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the strategy and goals of the work life balance Bill 2022; the positive impacts he expects... - Childcare Services
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he will take to address the staffing issues in the childcare sector; and if he will make a... - Direct Provision System
109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, almost 18 months after publication of the White Paper on... - Child Protection
110. 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 where children may be at... - Child and Family Agency
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by HIQA in connection with Tusla services in Cork; and if... - Disability Services
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s ratification of the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the... - Ukraine War
114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report his Department to further improve the inclusion and integration of Ukrainian refugees across... - Childcare Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for helping parents with childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36720/22] - Departmental Strategies
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the progress regarding the development of the autism innovation strategy; and if he will make... - Disability Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a research report published on 29 June 2022 by family carers... - Direct Provision System
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in 2022 for catering in direct provision. [36769/22] - Early Childhood Care and Education
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on funding supports for ELC and SAC providers, including for ECCE-only providers;... - Education Schemes
122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of book bags that have been distributed under the Little Library Initiative; the learnings that have... - Departmental Projects
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a research project launched by his Department (details supplied); and the date upon which he... - Disability Services
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process that he has in place to closely consult with and actively involve persons with disabilities,... - Asylum Seekers
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to cope with providing accommodation for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ELC and SAC providers who have closed down in each of the past five years and to date in 2022, by... - Equality Issues
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s current working projects to tackle harassment perpetrated on the LGBTQ+ community; and... - Departmental Strategies
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for children... - Early Childhood Care and Education
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 22 June 2022, the measures being taken by his Department to assist... - Departmental Strategies
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline commitments under Ireland’s National Action Plan for the EU Child Guarantee; and if he... - Children in Care
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rate of payment per week to foster parents for the care of foster children both from Tusla and from private... - Ukraine War
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the way his Department has scaled up to enable it to manage the humanitarian response to... - Early Childhood Care and Education
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of take-up for the Transition Fund for Early Years providers; the estimates of the way this payment is... - Anti-Racism Measures
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the national action plan against racism will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Strategies
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of Better outcomes, Brighter futures Annual Report, the actions his Department is... - Departmental Funding
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of projects that are funded under the Community Integration Fund announced recently; the purposes for... - International Protection
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently establish a unit within the International Protection Accommodation Services for Oireachtas... - Childcare Services
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that he expects parents to financially save under the proposals to tackle the cost of childcare; and... - Departmental Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expected to receive the priority review of the disabled drivers and disabled passenger’s scheme.... - Children in Care
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to increasingly help and support parents who have fostered children in getting the... - Cúrsaí Gaeilge
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth toisc ról lárnach a bheith ag an nGaeilge mar phríomhtheanga oifigiúil an stáit agus... - Departmental Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of any proposed integration funding which may be made available to local authorities;... - Ukraine War
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedures Tusla employs to care for separated children from Ukraine; the number of such children that have...
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