Written answers
Monday, 9 September 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Health Services Staff
1307.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider measures to address the cost of living to attract and retain staff in residential and day supports,... - Juvenile Offenders
1308.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to the juvenile detention centre in each of the past ten years and to date in... - Disabilities Assessments
1317.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 28 May 2024, the exact wait time in months, and, where applicable,... - Childcare Services
1319.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to address the issue of crèche owners increasing their fees this September (details... - Disability Services
1320.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of appointments for them; and if he will... - Departmental Reviews
1321.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that an independent review of the care system is launched with immediate Government action on... - Departmental Funding
1322.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a grant fund was opened (details supplied); when applications were received; and if he will make a... - International Protection
1324.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed respectively, in each local... - Childcare Services
1326.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that is being taken by his Department to ensure that price rises by childcare facilities do not... - Disability Services
1329.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the urgent supports required by a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement... - Programme for Government
1330.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government commitments under the remit of his... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1331.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated capital cost of providing one additional four-bedroom residential unit for disabled people; and... - Home Care Packages
1332.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first and full-year current cost of providing 100, 250 and 400 intensive homecare support packages... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1333.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 18 June 2024, if the CDNT staff census for 2023 has been published;... - Budget 2025
1334.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on budgetary asks from an organisation (details supplied) ahead of Budget 25; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs
1335.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will have an ASD assessment; to outline the steps in the process; the estimated... - Childcare Services
1336.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a childcare provider in County Cork (details supplied);... - Youth Work Supports
1338.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an increase in funding for youth work organisation capital spending and on-the-ground spending will be... - Mother and Baby Homes
1339.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received under the mother and baby homes institutions payment redress scheme; and if... - Childcare Services
1341.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a childcare subsidy is not available to child care providers where parents only need childcare for a... - International Protection
1342.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of premises in each local authority area for which accommodation recognition payments are... - Mental Health Services
1343.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 20 September 2023, when a full response will issue.[34210/24] - Disabilities Assessments
1344.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in reducing the waiting list for assessment of needs for children on the waiting list; if he... - Childcare Services
1345.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in view of the withdrawal of a crèche (details supplied) in Rathfarnham from the core funding scheme,... - Social Welfare Benefits
1346.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the long-term State supports and benefits paid to foster families from his Department; to outline the increases... - Mother and Baby Homes
1347.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have engaged with the mother and baby redress scheme since it has opened; and the... - Departmental Correspondence
1348.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34307/24] - Early Childhood Care and Education
1349.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of graduates each year that are entering the early years and school age system; and if he will make a... - Health Services
1350.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where the surplus funding for unused resources was allocated in the circumstances where a service provider... - Parental Leave
1351.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to align the qualifying age limit of the child, by which parental leave must be taken,... - Youth Services
1352.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if concerns regarding the funding of youth services (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a... - Disability Services
1353.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to provide full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); if the lack of... - Health Services
1354.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide additional funding to allow therapy and support services (details supplied) in County Wexford... - Disabilities Assessments
1355.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 30 May 2024, if he will ensure that a response is issued by the HSE... - Parental Leave
1356.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will implement increased time for maternity and paternity leave associated with multiple births (details... - Childcare Services
1358.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the public money paid to a company (details supplied); his views on the fact that the company is still operating... - Disabilities Assessments
1361.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for CDNT in Carlow; the number of staff available; and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
1362.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a case regarding childcare fees causing understandable distress to parents (details supplied) will be... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1363.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will liaise with an organisation (details supplied) to provide support for this body to source a larger... - Departmental Funding
1364.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial support provided to a centre (details supplied) by his Department, the HSE and other statutory... - Health Services Staff
1365.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of the 495 applications received in the latest recruitment drive for Children’s Disability Network Teams,... - Disabilities Assessments
1366.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1934 of 23 July 2024, the number of children who have had a diagnostic ASD... - Care Services
1368.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the HSE do not keep a centrally maintained waiting list for respite services.[34454/24] - Disability Services
1370.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will review a case (details supplied); to provide an update on the provision of transport for... - Hospital Facilities
1372.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of a neuro-rehabilitation unit in CHO6; if the proposed roles for the unit have... - Childcare Services
1373.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a creche or childminding facility accepts core funding, if the facility is in breach of its core funding... - Hospital Facilities
1374.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated in the budget for assistive technology in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1375.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the frequency with which the aids and appliances list for assistive technology updated; the date this will next... - Disability Services
1376.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedure for a review of an assessment for assistive technology; and the timeframe for this review to take... - Health Services Staff
1377.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of specialists in the Central Remedial Clinic that are trained to carry out assessments for assistive... - Disability Services
1379.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is possible to request the HSE to refer a client to an organisation which is not in their CHO catchment... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1380.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1162 of 9 April 2024, the timeframe for a decision on the capital... - Disability Services
1382.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of establishing the decision support service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Care Services
1383.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if full-time residential care can be provided for a person (details supplied) as their mother is not in a... - Disability Services
1384.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of CDNT data for CHO9 in regard to staff numbers, caseload, children participating in individual... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1385.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years education providers that have withdrawn from core funding in each month since its... - Disability Services
1386.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service improvement programme board has been established to drive the implementation of the Roadmap for... - Community Care
1397.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the work that has been done to ensure CDNT alignment with 96 community health networks, in line with... - Disability Services
1398.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in line with action 2.15 of the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026, the CDNT information management... - Disabilities Assessments
1400.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an ‘interim clinical guidance on assessment of need’ has been issued for staff, in line with... - Disability Services
1402.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if action 2.20 of the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 has been implemented; and if so, if he will... - Health Services Staff
1416.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of posts that have been upgraded to a clinical specialist post on CDNTs as part of action 3.12 of the... - Disability Services
1418.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a national placement office has been established within the HSE, in line with action 3.14 of the Roadmap for... - Family Support Services
1432.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of new family resource centres that have been opened each year since he assumed office;... - Mother and Baby Homes
1433.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Youth Services
1434.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support an increase of €15 million funding for youth work sector in Ireland; and if he will... - Special Educational Needs
1435.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revise the recently announced inter-departmental enhanced in-school therapy supports for special... - Cabinet Committees
1436.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider the establishment of a Cabinet sub-committee on young people; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services
1437.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time an application by a person (details supplied) is expected to take; and if he will make a... - Official Travel
1438.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of flights he has taken to or from Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Knock Airport since assuming... - Family Resource Centres
1439.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the funding allocated by his Department to a centre (details supplied), including any contributions to... - Mother and Baby Homes
1442.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, in tabular form; and if he will... - Health Services Staff
1448.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when information will issue to an employer to enable a former Section 39 worker (details supplied) to receive... - Refugee Resettlement Programme
1449.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an accommodation contract will be offered to (details supplied) further to the latest submitted request; and... - Disability Services
1450.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding that is allocated to adult disability day service providers per individual attending the... - Asylum Seekers
1451.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times staff from his Department, or any other Government Department, have consulted (as distinct... - Departmental Staff
1452.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial... - Ministerial Staff
1453.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of the names of each special adviser employed by his Department since 2020; the Minister and... - Asylum Seekers
1455.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an organisation has been tendered to provide a vulnerability assessment to international protection... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1456.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of the capital funding proposal that was submitted to the national HSE office for... - Childcare Services
1457.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); if Tusla can expedite this registration; and if he will make a... - Youth Services
1458.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if capital funding is available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1459.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an assessment of needs and a timeline for same;... - Parental Leave
1460.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider permitting parents to transfer their parental leave from one parent to another, rather than just in... - Disability Services
1461.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider allocating sufficient funding to ensure an adequate level of changing facilities for disabled... - Health Services Waiting Lists
1462.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young adults with an intellectual disability in County Tipperary that are on the waiting list for... - Mother and Baby Homes
1464.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps and full process involved in the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; specifically, each step... - Asylum Seekers
1465.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe in which it is expected that forensic accountants will conclude their work investigating potential... - Disabilities Assessments
1467.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on... - Disability Services
1468.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of service users currently availing of transport provided by each HSE funded adult disability service... - Assisted Decision-Making
1469.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
1470.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Wicklow in 2023 and to-date in 2024,... - Mental Health Services
1471.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current funding allocation provided by TUSLA for therapeutic mental health interventions and support for... - Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
1472.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will secure funding in 2024 and 2025 to set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in the CHO8 (details... - Child Protection
1473.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Assessments
1474.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who having been referred for an assessment of autism has... - Detention Centres
1475.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital work projects funded by his Department that were carried out at Oberstown Children's Detention... - Childcare Services
1476.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be implemented to increase services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Disability Services
1477.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the situation with a service provided by an organisation (details supplied) in Cavan which, due... - Childcare Services
1480.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a reported long-term shortage of childcare places in an area of Dublin mid-west (details... - Disability Services
1481.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts made to avert a vacancy in the position of children’s disability network manager at Clonmel... - Disabilities Assessments
1482.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on the waiting list for assessments of need; and if he will make a statement on the... - Direct Provision System
1483.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown, by Dublin post code (i.e., Dublin 1, Dublin 2, and so on), of the total number of people in... - Health Service Executive
1484.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) cannot access a HSE long-term care plan; and if he will make a statement... - Children in Care
1485.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to a matter raised by an organisation (details supplied) providing services to children with... - Childcare Services
1486.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will respond to a matter raised by a person in Cork (details supplied) in relation to childcare; and if he... - Health Services
1487.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an OT plan for a child (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency, considering that he has... - Disability Services
1488.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the OT and SLT appointments for a child (details supplied), necessary for his development, will be expedited;... - Disabilities Assessments
1489.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1231 of 9 April 2024, if a full assessment has now been carried out; the... - Disability Services
1490.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons applications have not yet opened for the promised extended AIM hours for ECCE children for the... - Emergency Accommodation
1491.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware of the negative impacts caused by the practice of serving eviction notices to those... - Disabilities Assessments
1492.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the... - Emergency Accommodation
1493.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the payment of the accommodation recognition payment for Ukrainian families to two... - Disability Services
1494.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the provision of some respite care support to a family of an adult with ASD in Cork... - School Facilities
1495.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to the return of in-school therapeutic services at a special school in Cork city... - Health Services Staff
1496.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there are no permanent contracts being offered to all therapists in an organisation (details... - Disability Services
1497.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a personal assistance (PA) service to a person in County Mayo (details supplied) will be restored to seven... - Childcare Services
1498.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children, by county, who benefitted from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2023 and... - Mother and Baby Homes
1500.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied), who applied to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, can expect a... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
1501.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide compensation for thalidomide survivors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - International Protection
1502.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of his extensive engagement with the local community and public representatives regarding the... - Disability Services
1504.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the proposal submitted in September 2023 by an organisation (details supplied) which would allow... - Education Schemes
1506.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for both capital and current purposes... - Disability Services
1507.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will move immediately on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Health Services
1508.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase investment in multi-disciplinary teams, including physiotherapy, psychology, social work,... - Disability Services
1509.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide increased funding to expand capacity and support alternative models of respite care for... - Disabilities Assessments
1511.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of autism assessment waiting times in CHO1.[35681/24] - Disability Services
1512.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff hired in each children's disability network team, for 2024, in tabular form.[35721/24] - Health Services
1515.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has reviewed the learning from remote, technologically-enabled delivery of services during Covid, and... - Departmental Reviews
1520.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has conducted a policy review of home support, in line with Action A5.2 of the Action Plan for Disability... - Disability Services
1521.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the personalised budgets pilot evaluation has been completed, in line with Action A6.1 of the Action Plan for... - Departmental Priorities
1543.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress his Department has made in respect of adding the socio-economic grounds, as a ground for... - Disability Services
1544.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will accept that the CDNT pathway has not sufficiently alleviated the wait for assessments of needs and... - Childcare Services
1547.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the core funding levels of support per hour to childcare providers and the payments for specific additional... - Social Welfare Payments
1548.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum level of hourly support paid under the NCS in the different age categories for those on lowest... - Departmental Reviews
1549.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a detailed response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Childcare Services
1550.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will indicate the eligibility criteria for a child to participate in the free early childhood care and... - Departmental Schemes
1557.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is compensating services for the legal costs incurred during compensation applications under... - Family Resource Centres
1558.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposals there are to expand and or provide new family resource centres in 2024 and 2025; and if he will... - Childcare Services
1560.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the methodology used by his Department and the agencies under the remit of his Department in projecting the... - Youth Services
1564.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that detailed consideration is given to the pre-budget 2025 submission of an organisation...
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