Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
1346. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 13 July 2023, if the six regional assessment hubs have been... - Departmental Funding
1348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investment per child by his Department for each county in Ireland for the past five years. [37178/23] - Disability Services
1349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to deal with the lack of physiotherapy and occupational therapy services for children in an... - Mother and Baby Homes
1350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if will provide details on the recruitment or where a person can express interest in joining the Tuam mother... - Human Trafficking
1351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla have conducted any internal review into the prevalence of human trafficking among children in care; if... - Departmental Funding
1353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the source of, and the reasons for, the State funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in 2018 and... - Disability Services
1354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the types of services available for adults with cerebral palsy here; the location where these... - Children in Care
1355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of companies under contract to provide residential care for children in the State care system to... - Ministerial Communications
1356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the dates upon which he has corresponded with or met with the CEO of Tusla to date in 2023.... - Child and Family Agency
1361. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will request that Tusla respond to this Deputy on Parliamentary Questions which were referred to it for... - Children in Care
1362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted, by Tusla in... - International Protection
1365. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all contracts to businesses and individuals who hold contracts to house both refugees and... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
1367. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown of the costs and works of the proposed development of the modular homes... - Childcare Services
1368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1025 of 25 July 2023, what is defined as vacancy in the table provided... - Disability Diagnoses
1369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on any research that is being, has been or continues to be undertaken in relation to the... - Children in Care
1370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of children of the 90 per cent in foster care that are fostered through private companies and... - Disability Services
1371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1467 of 19 January 2021, to provide an update on the status of and... - Disabilities Assessments
1372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to quantify how many private assessments with occupational therapists have been funded through the AON process,... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children participating in ECCE; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children who are... - Childcare Services
1374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education-only providers, that is, providers that do not offer a service... - Child and Family Agency
1375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided to Tusla in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the... - Capital Expenditure Programme
1377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for capital expenditure running €23 million behind profile, as outlined in the Mid-Year... - Departmental Expenditure
1378. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for current expenditure running €458 million ahead of profile, as outlined in the Mid-Year... - Budget 2024
1379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received the pre-Budget 2024 submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is planning to reform the system under which some AIM workers with children have to sign on for... - Disability Services
1381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is available for a centre (details supplied) based in the North, but which offers services to... - After-School Support Services
1382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the closure of an afterschool service (details supplied); and if any funding options are... - Childcare Services
1383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail in tabular form on a county by county basis the number of children in each county that... - Disability Services
1384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no alternative speech and language therapy cover has been provided for the speech and language... - International Protection
1387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 12 July 2023, the additional funding, resources and services that... - Care Services
1388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 13 July 2023, the location of each respite centre that was created... - Departmental Data
1389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the alternate care expenditure for 2020, 2021 and 2022 as per, the... - Child Protection
1390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many section 16 interviews took place in 2022; how many were conducted jointly by members of An Garda... - Child and Family Agency
1391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many fully-trained specialist interviewers there are within Tusla at present, in the context of the... - Child Protection
1392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many specialist interviewers have been trained through An Garda Síochána’s training... - Court Orders
1394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a company (details supplied) will be paid under the beneficiaries of the temporary protection order; and... - Disability Services
1395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of speech and language therapy for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Children in Care
1397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the huge financial burden placed on those using a service (details supplied) for supervised... - Public Procurement Contracts
1398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy of his Department to ensure that Irish based businesses and SMEs, in particular, are not prevented... - International Protection
1399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a proposal (details supplied) has been approved; if not, when it will be approved; and if he will make a... - Departmental Data
1400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster carers registered in Ireland from 2018 to date, in tabular form. [37951/23] - Children in Care
1401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider raising the foster carer’s allowance to adequately cover expenses for foster... - Pension Provisions
1402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider providing a pension scheme for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
1403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider allocating additional funds to an organisation (details supplied) to support an urgently... - Care Services
1405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if transport to respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Childcare Services
1406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the deadline 20 August 2023 for registration for the national childcare scheme will be extended, given... - Child and Family Agency
1407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that TUSLA spends on external trauma specialists in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the name of those... - Disability Services
1408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for a long-term residential bed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - International Protection
1409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when outstanding invoices will be paid to a provider (details supplied) of accommodation for Ukrainian... - Industrial Relations
1410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding pay deals; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
1411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full range of services recommended in reports provided by a clinic (details supplied) relative to persons... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the standard and higher capitation rate for the ECCE scheme by increments of... - Departmental Reviews
1413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the disability capacity review will be published before Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Assessments
1414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to quantify how many private assessments with occupational therapists have been funded through the AON process;... - International Protection
1415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection are to be... - Disability Services
1417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children on the CDNT waiting list, by length of time, in tabular form. [38140/23] - Departmental Offices
1418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to set up the office in Tuam of the director in charge of the exhuming of the site in Tuam in... - Student Accommodation
1419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of the engagement between officials from his Department and officials from the Department of... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will include childcare as an appropriate career for an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Schemes
1421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget for the local youth club grant scheme increased by 15%. [38249/23] - Disability Services
1422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedure for applying to the HSE for an accessory for a HSE allocated wheelchair; and the procedure for... - Departmental Budgets
1424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital budget allocation to his Department in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [38302/23] - Departmental Data
1425. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications from counties Cavan and Monaghan for the building blocks improvement grant; and the... - Constitutional Amendments
1428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the interdepartmental group will publish its proposed referenda wording in relation to Article 40.1,... - Disability Services
1429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child in Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive services and support for their... - Disability Diagnoses
1430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged between 0-8 years old who were diagnosed with autism in 2022 and to date in 2023,... - Disability Services
1431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in Dunshaughlin and Navan... - Child Protection
1432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the concerns of a parent (details supplied) will be communicated to the HSE and ensure that assistance is... - Childcare Services
1433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase core funding for childcare considering that year 2 of core funding falls short of... - International Protection
1434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange for the relocation on humanitarian grounds of two Ukrainian citizens in State-funded... - Asylum Seekers
1435. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the proposals by an organisation (details supplied); his views in relation to same; and if he... - Direct Provision System
1436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is considering the measures proposed by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to direct... - Disability Services
1439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of CHO7 funding by local team level for disability services. [38555/23] - Information and Communications Technology
1440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within his... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given that a number of early years service and creche closures is due to retirement, if he will commission a... - Disability Services
1442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapists that are currently in place in CHO6, Wicklow under the Children's... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown by county, those operating privately and through community structures, the... - Disability Services
1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown per county on the current number of placements available for children with a disability... - Childcare Services
1447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the level of funding that has been allocated to the AIM programme and the way he is ensuring that... - Child and Family Agency
1448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the new Tusla regulations that have been introduced for childminders and the supports that will be... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the rationale and background with his Departments €69 capitation per head per week... - Childcare Services
1450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the reason Childcare service providers are not allowed to increase their fees, even though... - Legislative Reviews
1451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38618/23] - Departmental Projects
1452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation with the personalised disability budgets pilot project; the number of people currently... - Health Service Executive
1453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will... - Children in Care
1454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and any plans relevant to a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Asylum Seekers
1455. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the poor conditions of the temporary housing of asylum seekers on the grounds of the Central... - Departmental Correspondence
1456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has received written correspondence dated 14 July 2023 from a school (details supplied) with... - International Protection
1457. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application (details supplied); when the applicant will receive a decision; and if he will... - Departmental Funding
1459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will issue to an organisation (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Childcare Services
1460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give consideration, in consultation with Pobal, to a publicly funded community childcare facility in... - Children in Care
1462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that foster carers are seeking an increase in their allowance... - Child and Family Agency
1463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the names of the companies who have been used by Tusla for the purposes of providing special... - Children in Care
1465. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a detailed description of the vetting process and qualification requirements for staff... - Departmental Correspondence
1466. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with copies of the supporting reports referenced one to five in a person's... - Children in Care
1467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish this Deputy with a copy of the plan to increase capacity across residential care settings... - Youth Services
1470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider the National Youth Council of Ireland's proposal of an additional investment of €9.4 million... - Disability Services
1471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the hydrotherapy pool in a facility (details supplied) in Tralee, County Kerry, is not in use; and... - International Protection
1472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, in relation to the International Protection Accommodation System, on what grounds a... - Departmental Data
1473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of 16 years on the disability database in CHO1; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
1482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of additional crèche and childcare facilities in... - Disability Services
1483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the return of therapists to special schools; the number that have returned to... - International Protection
1484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his Department’s engagement with a hotel (details supplied) and the IPAS and BOTP... - Childcare Services
1485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of abolishing childcare fees for parents through increasing the universal... - Departmental Funding
1488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will give urgent consideration to the issues raised by a national organisation (details supplied); if he... - International Protection
1490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39202/23] - Departmental Correspondence
1491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if he will meet with... - Mother and Baby Homes
1492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the mother and baby institution redress scheme will be open for applications; the timeline for when... - Youth Services
1494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of professional youth workers currently employed in each county, as... - International Protection
1495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if buildings associated with the former St. Conleth's Reformatory School in Daingean, County Offaly are being... - Childcare Services
1496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend the conditions applicable to the core funding programme for childcare services to enable... - Departmental Records
1497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for people with a disability currently being provided as of 1 September 2023... - Disability Services
1499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail in tabular form the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO... - Disability Diagnoses
1501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail, in tabular form, for each LHO area, the number of children as of 1 September 2023 or latest...
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