Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
1298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in line with Action 96 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report (details supplied) if he has plans to... - Departmental Policies
1302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures, outside of constitutional amendments, his Government is taking to implement the Report of the... - Departmental Data
1303. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan that were referred to a service (details supplied) for... - Departmental Policies
1304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the reconfiguration of an industrial unit (details supplied) earmarked for refugee... - International Protection
1305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of households occupying international protection applicants in accommodation; and if he will... - Departmental Funding
1306. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will provide the funding to allow for the payment of the 8% pay increase to Section 39,... - Equality Issues
1307. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current timeline to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to legislate to ban conversion therapy;... - Disability Services
1308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently on the waiting list to access a children’s disability network... - Direct Provision System
1309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to use a building (details supplied) as a direct provision centre; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
1310. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available from his Department to provide modular accommodation for a stand-alone childcare... - Departmental Data
1312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many times each of the children's disability network teams have met, for each local authority area each... - International Protection
1315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or any Government agency have plans to use Castlemacgarrett, Claremorris as accommodation for... - Departmental Reports
1316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the results of the financial report survey carried out by his Department in pre-schools will be published;... - Departmental Funding
1317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will fund mandatory training for the pre-school sector, such as FAR or training for the new... - Disability Services
1319. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to support a matter (details supplied). [56433/23] - International Protection
1321. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has assessed the feasibility of converting a former hotel (details supplied) in Ballsbridge,... - Disability Services
1322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address lengthy waiting lists and staffing issues for child disability services, such as speech... - International Protection
1323. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much was expended, per month, since February 2022 on accommodation for people in receipt of temporary... - After-School Support Services
1326. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase supports for the provision of after school services; and if he will make a statement on... - Health Service Executive
1327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the HSE community healthcare east’s decision to not fund a programme... - After-School Support Services
1328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (detail supplied) will be reviewed; if a similar funding application can be made in... - Ukraine War
1329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by an accommodation provider (details supplied) to provide accommodation for... - International Protection
1330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the amount of funding allocated to local authorities for the integration of IPAS and... - Mother and Baby Homes
1331. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby home redress scheme.... - Childcare Services
1332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide free access to childcare to families in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs
1333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the necessary funding to increase the capacity of early intervention in school aged teams to... - Departmental Funding
1334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration could be given for funding from the recently announced 'Building Blocks - Capacity Grant' for... - International Protection
1335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vulnerable international protection applicants who had an appointment with an IPAS social worker... - Childcare Services
1336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why inspections of childcare facilities are not managed by one agency and how much extra costs does... - International Protection
1340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all IPAS centres providing accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection; the breakdown... - Departmental Data
1342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the data sets he provides to the Department of Education on an annual basis;... - Disability Services
1343. 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 December 2023 or... - Pension Provisions
1347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the pension contributions or pay increases per child for foster carers who are... - International Protection
1348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents at a location (details supplied), broken down by gender, relationship status and the... - Mother and Baby Homes
1349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on when applications for compensation for mother and baby homes in Tuam will be opened.... - Disabilities Assessments
1350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people who have had reassessments for autism spectrum disorder in children's disability... - Disability Services
1351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update in respect of an application (details supplied); when a decision will be reached; and if... - Mother and Baby Homes
1352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any engagement he has had with survivors’ groups since the announcement of the mother and... - Disability Services
1353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will recommence physiotherapy; and if he will make a... - Departmental Correspondence
1354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); his Department’s plans to help in these cases; and if he... - Child and Family Agency
1356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of separated or unaccompanied children who underwent an eligibility assessment for Tusla services to... - Disability Services
1358. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities in each CHO requiring an emergency/crisis residence and package of... - Child and Family Agency
1368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any relevant criteria were considered ahead of the purchase of a property (details supplied) purchased by... - Research and Development
1369. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the ongoing research commissioned under the remit of his Department through the North-South... - Disabilities Assessments
1370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could provide an update for ASD and speech and language assessment for a person (details supplied); and... - Childcare Services
1371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can help assign a creche place to a person (details supplied) living in Dublin 12. [56958/23] - Departmental Funding
1372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in releasing approved funding to a gym (details supplied) created to provide a safe... - Disability Services
1373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) is waiting on speech and language therapy in County Cavan; and if he will... - Children in Care
1374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the difference in annual cost to the State per child for foster care versus residential; and if he will make a... - International Protection
1375. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many persons in respect of whom a deportation order is in force are being provided accommodation by the... - Disability Services
1377. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the establishment and operation of neuro-rehabilitations teams to be set up in every CHO; and... - Children in Care
1380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who bears responsibility for the Garda vetting of foster carers. [57142/23] - Direct Provision System
1381. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 716 of 12 December 2023, if those numbers relate to permanent IPAS... - Disabilities Assessments
1382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the way in which the qualifications of psychologists employed by organisations that have been... - Disability Services
1385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and when their therapy will recommence. [57168/23] - International Protection
1386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the number of international protection applicants, by area in each local electoral area in... - Disabilities Assessments
1387. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment for speech and language treatment; and if he will... - Departmental Data
1388. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have... - Ukraine War
1389. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) to date have been permitted by the Ukraine crisis... - Special Educational Needs
1391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of resourcing supports for students with SEN, including proper access to therapeutic... - Disability Services
1392. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 200 speech and language therapists for schools as a... - Childcare Services
1394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any proposals to assist children providers who have difficulty in delivering the carer to child... - Child and Family Agency
1395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of cases notified by Tusla to An Garda Síochána under the joint working protocol, broken... - Children in Care
1398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of senior management liaison forums meetings held as per the joint working protocol between Tusla... - Child Protection
1400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who have done training in relation to specialist interviewing relating to Section... - Emergency Accommodation
1403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) were in receipt of State-funded accommodation on 31... - Disability Services
1406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current and capital funding required to provide 40 extra planned residential places. [1094/24] - Legislative Measures
1408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the scope of healthcare professionals, which is intended to be regulated by... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make a statement on the efficacy of the core funding agreement in relation to the freezing of fees... - Disability Services
1410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities on waiting lists for overnight respite care in County Meath; and the... - Health Services Staff
1411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists available to children in County Meath within the CDNTs, in tabular form. [1173/24] - International Protection
1412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current occupancy number of all IPAS accommodation for international protection applicants; the current... - Health Services Staff
1415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing positions within CHO2; and the locations... - Disability Services
1416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any legal obligation on large retailers to provide disability trolleys in their stores; and if he... - Departmental Funding
1417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an allocation under the new youth employability scheme will be made to an organisation (details supplied),... - Health Services Staff
1418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time filial therapists and child art psychotherapists directly employed by TUSLA, by TUSLA... - International Protection
1419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
1421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to a site (details supplied) in the greater Castleisland area for a residential... - International Protection
1422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will state that he will not entertain the housing of refugees in a property (details supplied) whilst an... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children attending ASD preschools are not eligible for an overage ECCE exemption; if ASD preschools are... - Disability Services
1424. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be provided for support staff to enable an adult with special needs to live independently... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of afterschool places that have ceased operations, by county in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular... - Child and Family Agency
1428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what restrictions are currently in place in respect of employees of the Child and Family Agency running in... - Ukraine War
1429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainians who sought refuge in Ireland in 2022 and 2023; the number that have returned home or... - Direct Provision System
1430. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have been placed in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the... - International Protection
1431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons at present who have applied for international protection and sought accommodation under... - Disability Services
1432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on a review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1852/24] - International Protection
1433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property is being considered as an IPAS accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Disability Services
1434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - International Protection
1439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is examining a property (details supplied) as a location for the accommodation of refugees or... - Health Services
1440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the hydrotherapy pool in Cavan is still without clinical staff trained to deliver hydrotherapy in a... - Mother and Baby Homes
1441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revise the terms of the mother and baby homes redress scheme for adoptees to include those who were... - Disability Services
1442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when crucial supports and interventions will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Child and Family Agency
1444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant posts at Tusla, by role and grade and geographic division on 1 January 2024, in tabular... - International Protection
1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2007/24] - Ukraine War
1448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainians provided emergency accommodation in County Longford at 31 December 2023. [2035/24] - Direct Provision System
1451. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents at the Richmond Street, DP centre in County Longford as of 31 December 2023. [2038/24] - Disability Services
1452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a collaborative approach involving stakeholder organisations (details supplied) will be used in planning...
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