Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Mother and Baby Homes
45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline and next steps for the excavation of human remains at the burial site at Tuam, County Galway,... - Early Childhood Care and Education
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to establish an agency, Childcare Ireland, to... - Community Development Projects
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with Carlow County Council on the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow... - Child Protection
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported to his Department as being at risk or under threat of becoming at risk depending... - Disabilities Assessments
50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to address waiting lists for assessments for children with special needs; and if he... - Early Childhood Care and Education
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the national childcare scheme, NCS; the number of providers that are signed up to... - Disability Services
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth he steps he taking to increase the number of full-time residential places available to persons with intellectual... - Rights of the Child
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to the fact that the Office of the Ombudsman for Children has stated that Ireland is falling... - Disability Services
54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages on children’s disability network teams in CHO 4.... - International Protection
55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates being able to provide suitable accommodation for all refugees and asylum seekers; and if he... - Childcare Services
56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to further reduce childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25995/23] - Mother and Baby Homes
57. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagements with survivor and relative groups concerning potential... - Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
58. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care; the number of unaccompanied minors who have gone... - Disability Services
59. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people and children and their families in County... - International Protection
62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available for people currently seeking international protection who are unaccommodated... - Disability Services
63. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to alleviate the high rates of vacancy across children's disability services which is... - Homeless Persons Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether local authorities and public servants delivering services should be required to put the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in CHO 9, Dublin currently awaiting an appointment for treatment and therapies; and if he... - Departmental Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the roll out of the baby bundle pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Early Childhood Care and Education
68. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the issues regarding a pre-school (details supplied); if any supports will be... - Disability Services
69. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the shortage of respite services for adults and children in Cork;... - Early Childhood Care and Education
70. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are being put in place to assist the childcare sector, which is struggling to recruit and... - Disabilities Assessments
71. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the efforts being made by his Department to tackle the huge waiting lists for needs... - Human Trafficking
72. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to reduce instances of child trafficking in the State; and if he will make a... - Direct Provision System
73. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 30 March 2023, the status of the review of the projected timelines... - International Protection
74. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed briefing on plans to provide floating accommodation for international protection... - Disability Services
76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the services for speech and language therapy; the current waiting list figures... - Capital Expenditure Programme
77. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the likely priorities for the national development plan capital budget for childcare. [25581/23] - International Protection
78. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to provide timely information to communities that are accommodating Ukrainian... - Disability Services
79. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current WTE staffing levels in each of the children's disability network teams in CHO 4, in tabular form.... - Early Childhood Care and Education
80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place for working parents who cannot source placements in childcare facilities for their... - Departmental Functions
81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the now-completed integration of the disability portfolio from the Department of... - Disabilities Assessments
82. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the HSE in order to facilitate private operators carrying out assessments for... - Disability Services
83. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the status of the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams across the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the roles which the new childcare development will play; and if it is intended that the... - International Protection
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to accommodate individuals at the IPAS centre at Richmond Street, Dublin 1 from November 2022 to date;... - Disability Services
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has plans to improve access to personal assistant hours; and if he will make a statement on the... - International Protection
89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the current total number of refugees in accommodation provided by the State; the... - Disability Services
90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the efforts being made by his Department to ensure improvements to assessments and access to... - Child Detention Centres
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that can be taken to ensure that there is adequate provision of a safe and secure environment for... - Youth Services
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that his Department is planning to take to address the extent of social and economic challenges... - Early Childhood Care and Education
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress being made to reduce the cost of childcare since budget 2023; and if... - Disability Services
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure there are adequate respite services available to persons with intellectual... - Legislative Process
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1179 of 18 April 2023, if the scoping exercise to identify outstanding... - Disability Services
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the additional transport costs associated with disability; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken to increase the number of childcare providers in areas such as Kinsale where... - Disability Services
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to meet with organisations (details supplied) to discuss their concerns regarding the operation of... - International Protection
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an inventory of buildings currently being used in County Clare for the provision of...
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