Written answers
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
14. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for Columb barracks, Mullingar; the extent of the lease or licence secured from the Department of... - Childcare Services
15. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the national childcare scheme has grown in recent years; when he expects parents using registered... - Early Childhood Care and Education
16. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an overview of the new equal start DEIS model for childcare; how many services are included;... - International Protection
17. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what assessment was carried out regarding the suitability of Lissywollen international protection centre for an... - Mother and Baby Homes
18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 2 October 2024, the number of applications to the mother and baby... - Early Childhood Care and Education
19. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is taking to increase the number of facilities that will take children under two... - Equality Issues
21. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to add the tenth ground of discrimination and codify socioeconomic status as a protected... - Disabilities Assessments
23. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process that follows a legal challenge taken against the HSE by parents of a child not given an assessment of... - Disability Services
27. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nature and type of new therapies, including new technologies, to assist children with autism and disabilities... - Childcare Services
28. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many childcare providers have applied for fee increases within core funding; the size of the fee increases... - International Protection
29. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the policy his Department uses to determine if accommodation contracts relating to... - Early Childhood Care and Education
30. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital grant-aid that will be made available to assist in the provision of additional childcare... - Child Poverty
31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports his Department provides for local area child poverty action plans; and if he will make a statement... - Early Childhood Care and Education
32. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the level of shortage in childcare being experienced at present has been identified; if proposals are being... - Health Service Executive
33. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 18 June 2024, if he will provide an update on how many assessments... - Special Educational Needs
34. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide further information and details of the arrangement between the HSE and his Department in relation to... - International Protection
35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has a policy as to how accommodation provision for beneficiaries of temporary protection and... - Disability Services
36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on his Department's efforts to address CDNT waiting lists in CH09; and if he will make a... - Rights of People with Disabilities
37. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans there are to vindicate the rights of disabled people to access the complaints mechanisms contained in... - Child Protection
38. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which the ongoing welfare of children is adequately protected in all situations where the State is... - Disability Services
39. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has played in the crisis within Children’s Disability Network Teams in Donegal,... - Mother and Baby Homes
40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to address the urgency of a request by a group (details supplied) for a meeting regarding the report on... - Early Childhood Care and Education
41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine flexibility under the national childcare scheme as regards hours attended by children; and if... - Disability Services
42. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new services for children with special needs that will be delivered in County Monaghan in 2025. [43207/24] - Equality Issues
43. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the next national LGBTQI+ inclusion strategy; what the broad aims of the strategy will be;... - Early Childhood Care and Education
44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can share either domestic or international indicators on the State’s performance in the area of... - Youth Services
45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and her Department have mapped the existence of youth-focused community projects and staff across the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any supports in place from his Department for existing pre-school/crèche providers that are... - Childcare Services
47. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 15 October 2024, the number of childcare centres it is estimated... - Guardians Ad Litem
48. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the welfare and interests of children remain adequately protected in all guardian ad... - Early Childhood Care and Education
49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider raising the pay of early years educators by €1.50 per hour, as sought by a union... - Disabilities Assessments
50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline any engagement his Department has had with other Departments regarding the division of... - Early Childhood Care and Education
51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he intends to provide a capital grant scheme for childcare providers. [43206/24] - Departmental Projects
52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the proposed national centre for research and remembrance will open in Dublin; his plans for remembrance... - Youth Services
53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department is supporting youth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43538/24]
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