Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the total costs of ECCE pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54453/23] - Departmental Expenditure
642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of total core funding for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54455/23] - Childcare Services
643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the flat rate paid to all sessional early years services; the number of services in receipt; and the... - Social Welfare Rates
645. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to increasing the threshold for people who are currently in receipt of mobility... - Departmental Contracts
646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of the external security companies and cost of each that his Department has a contract... - Disability Services
647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of student placements in children's disability network teams based in north and south Wicklow in 2022... - Childcare Services
648. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the NCS subsidy is considered to be direct income to childcare services or a subsidy to parents; the... - Disability Diagnoses
649. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children as of 1 December 2023 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from... - Health Services Staff
650. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO; the specific medical or healthcare... - Disability Services
651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 100,000, 200,000 and 500,000 additional personal assistance hours for people... - Ukraine War
668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many people are currently residing in Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [54646/23] - Childcare Services
672. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare providers in counties Monaghan and Cavan that have informed his Department or associated agency of... - Departmental Policies
673. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 November 2023, if his Department has in place a conflict of... - Equality Issues
674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the inclusion of a grounds of discrimination based on socioeconomic status being added to the... - Child Care Law Reporting Project
675. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full year, first year and total funding budget of the Child Law Project. [54701/23] - International Protection
676. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being proposed to remove the significant administrative delays with respect to available sites... - Departmental Bodies
678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to establish a steering group to consult on a children-in-care system; and if he will make a statement... - International Protection
679. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 November 2023, the reason his Department was unable to provide... - Children in Care
683. 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... - International Protection
684. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the details of the 37 properties purchased by his Department to house IPAS applicants; the type of... - Direct Provision System
685. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in Direct Provision in Ireland; and the number who are children. [54774/23] - Asylum Seekers
689. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of persons seeking asylum in Ireland who have been homeless at the end of each week, over the... - Departmental Policies
691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department during 2023; and if he will... - Disability Services
692. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE staff in each of the Cork CDNTs and the number considered a full cohort by role, in tabular... - Childcare Services
694. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the Building Blocks Improvement Grant allocation by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%. [54880/23] - Child and Family Agency
697. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many fully trained specialist interviewers are within Tusla at present; and the areas in which they are... - Disability Services
698. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Tipperary in 2021, 2022 and to... - Departmental Communications
699. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the email system for the Department was changed this year; if so, the reason for this change; whether the... - Departmental Properties
700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by his Department; his plans to bring each... - Childcare Services
701. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a response to the correspondence regarding the concerns of a preschool provider (details... - Child and Family Agency
702. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55092/23] - Childcare Services
703. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for the affordable childcare scheme submitted on 16 October 2023 (details... - Special Educational Needs
704. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a student (details supplied) will be given the opportunity to continue their studies in a school until... - Direct Provision System
705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have been granted refugee status and remain resident in direct provision centres;... - Childcare Services
706. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that a school (details supplied) is closing at year end; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Priorities
707. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55202/23] - Departmental Expenditure
708. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown including ECCE pay, AIM pay of the €308.2 million provided for in line B.3 of the revised... - Childcare Services
709. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the estimates given in Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 6 December 2023 includes ECCE and AIM staff.... - Disability Services
710. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent respite can be provided for a person (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on... - Childcare Services
711. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action taken to support the childcare and early years sector since 27 June 2020. [55284/23] - Disability Services
712. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the previously funded programme under a waiting list initiative, ‘More Than... - Childcare Services
713. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full year and annual costs to reduce childcare fees by 20% in year one, 40% in year... - Maternity Leave
714. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to introduce legislation to ensure that pregnant women with cancer are not required to use... - Social Welfare Benefits
715. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, first year and full year cost to increase the aftercare payment for all young people up to... - Direct Provision System
716. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many of those residing in direct provision have deportation orders against them. [55400/23] - Disability Diagnoses
717. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has a established a dedicated funded programme to achieve implementation of UNCRPD; and his plans to... - Departmental Communications
718. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55434/23] - International Protection
720. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people who are recorded by his Department as being resident in accommodation provided by the... - Direct Provision System
721. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision centres in the State who have qualified for refugee...
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