Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Family Support Services
864. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to deal with an issue in relation to autism (details supplied); the steps he is taking to... - Disability Services
866. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options available for a child (details supplied) in the Balbriggan area who has been told by the children's... - Departmental Funding
870. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within his Department in a process known as virement;... - Birth Certificates
871. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have applied for birth information since the introduction of the Birth Information and... - Asylum Seekers
872. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers and refugees who are currently homeless in the State. [12303/23] - International Protection
873. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors seeking international protection who have gone missing while in the care of... - Child Protection
874. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who have gone missing while in the care of the State in each of the past ten years... - International Protection
875. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have died in the State while seeking international protection in each of the past ten... - Disability Services
876. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Farrelly Commission of Investigation has concluded its work; if so, the date upon which it was concluded;... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
877. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when overdue payments for accommodating Ukrainian refugees will issue to a hotelier (details supplied) in County... - Disability Services
878. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason staff that are being moved from a newly designated service (details supplied) given the impact this... - Youth Services
879. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a sustainable investment strategy to ensure that all young people have access to youth... - Youth Work Projects
881. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of young people across Ireland that are involved in universal youth work; how he plans to... - Disability Services
883. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT... - Disabilities Assessments
885. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of needs for January and February 2019 to 2023,... - Disability Services
886. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of hiring four additional administrative staff per children's disability network team, in... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
890. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO. [12455/23] - Refugee Resettlement Programme
891. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to oversee the services provided to Ukrainian refugees accommodated in hotels. [12458/23] - Direct Provision System
892. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with a group (details supplied) concerning a shortfall in funding for a direct provision... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
893. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address transphobia. [12460/23] - Disabilities Assessments
894. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular... - Disability Services
895. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing to caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types and scale of therapists and clinicians... - Health Services
897. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide community neuro-rehabilitation services. [12474/23] - Disability Services
898. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for both an appointment for a speech and language... - Community Care
899. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12513/23] - International Protection
900. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if families with children and those who are in bad health will remain in a hotel (details supplied). [12515/23] - Disability Services
901. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive services from the local disability network team; and if he will... - National Archives
902. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 5 May 2022, when the archive of the McAleese commission will be... - Disabilities Assessments
903. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will instruct his Department to take immediate action to ensure provisions are made for an assessment and... - International Protection
904. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason payments have not issued to an accommodation centre housing Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) for... - Capital Expenditure Programme
905. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any projects under his remit are on hold due to capital funding pressures; if he will indicate the projects... - Ukraine War
906. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will acknowledge the huge work, support and solidarity shown by communities around the country in... - International Protection
907. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the recent announcement that one in ten asylum seekers has no accommodation, there are plans to... - Childcare Services
912. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the situations in which childcare providers can refuse to provide specific care for children (details supplied).... - International Protection
913. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 470 of 7 March 2023, when a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a... - Broadcasting Sector
914. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications... - Child Abuse
915. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the publication of a report concerning historical abuse in an organisation... - Disability Services
916. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO. [12796/23] - Emergency Accommodation
917. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the 2023 emergency accommodation contracts will be issued to property owners; the duration of the contacts;... - Disability Services
918. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and percentage of complaints made to the disability complaints office under section 14(1)(b) of the... - Disabilities Assessments
919. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reassurance he proposes to give persons with autism and their families who were diagnosed by a person... - International Protection
920. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can confirm the total number of persons who are permitted to reside in St. Anne's, Roscrea; if... - Maternity Leave
922. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans to amend current legislation that prevents women from deferring their... - Sustainable Development Goals
923. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made by his Department in respect of targets and goals set out in sustainable development goals of... - Care Services
924. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans underway in his Department to establish a cross-departmental working group on young carers;... - Disability Services
926. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason children's disability network team 2 Ballyboden is not able to use the local primary care centre in... - Residential Institutions
927. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it has been brought to his attention that survivors are reporting a high-level of inconsistency in the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
930. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the First 5 Little Library Initiative; if a library book bag will be provided to every... - Disability Services
931. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate for Carlow children’s disability network team. [12979/23] - Departmental Policies
932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to restore the title of early childhood care and education rather than early learning and care,... - State Bodies
933. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to individuals being informed that they will not be provided with their... - Early Childhood Care and Education
934. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that funding is put in place for childcare providers to receive a wage all year round. [13051/23] - Disability Services
937. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who has autism will receive the care and attention of the HSE.; and if he will... - Early Childhood Care and Education
938. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting times for psychological assessments of need for children in the public system per CHO, in... - Direct Provision System
939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has entered into an agreement to use a building (details supplied) in County Kerry as a direct... - Early Childhood Care and Education
942. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the supports that are available from his Department to assist a small rural primary school... - Disability Services
943. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the provision of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO7, particularly with regard to the... - Asylum Seekers
945. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and type of premises in County Wicklow used by the State for accommodation for refugees and asylum... - Disability Services
946. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO5; if funding has been allocated in 2023... - International Protection
947. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 1 March 2023, if an assessment has been carried out to support the... - Special Educational Needs
948. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for in CHO7 in each of the months of 2021,... - International Protection
950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of all accomodation schemes in existence to house Ukrainian refugees and asyslum... - Legislative Reviews
951. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his Department's review of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make... - Childcare Services
952. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a person can register as an individual childminder with Tusla, rather than requiring a... - Departmental Bodies
953. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget for Tusla; the portion of this budget that covers pay; and the breakdown of the total pay bill... - Disability Services
955. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the delay to the introduction of a community neuro-rehabilitation centre in CH09; and if he will... - International Protection
957. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the various schemes and programmes under the remit of his Department that have located third... - Direct Provision System
959. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 14 February 2023, and the provision of the information by email, if... - Health Services Staff
960. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if exit interviews with staff departing CDNTs are being carried out; if such interviews are being carried out... - Disability Services
961. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an independent review of the Progressing Disability Services programme will be subject to an independent... - Health Services
962. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he is taking to increase the number of dieticians in CDNTs; the number of dieticians available to... - International Protection
964. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application has been received to utilise a facility (details supplied) in Birr, County Offaly, as an... - Disability Services
966. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to parents of children with disabilities who require tube feeding to send them to... - International Protection
971. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of a site (details supplied). [13511/23] - Direct Provision System
972. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the direct provision centre in Shannon, County Clare; the plans there are to... - Departmental Data
973. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the study commissioned by his Department to evaluate the processes for implementation of three... - Care Services
979. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give consideration to the establishment of a cross-departmental working group for the purposes of... - Departmental Bodies
980. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the steps involved in making a complaint to Pobal in respect of an alleged breach of Core... - International Protection
981. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department did not contract a property (details supplied) for the provision of humanitarian... - Departmental Reports
982. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a parent of a person with a disability (details supplied) will receive a copy of a report... - Legislative Programme
983. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act... - Direct Provision System
985. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the place finders service offered to individuals and families with leave to... - Departmental Data
986. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which a preliminary enquiry might be carried out in respect of issues relating to numerous cases... - An Garda Síochána
987. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action has been taken by his Department on a disclosure made to him by email from this Deputy's office on... - Ukraine War
988. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of households or families who expressed an interest in hosting Ukrainian Refugees in each of the past... - International Protection
990. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS has decided that current applicants for international protection staying in accommodation in rooms on... - Ukraine War
991. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a hotel accommodating Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) immediately receives the... - Departmental Policies
992. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department intends to develop a policy relating to children in informal kinship care, following the...
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