Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Housing Schemes
1127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost of the rapid-build homes at Haywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a... - Ukraine War
1128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is intended to extend the accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31... - Foreign Conflicts
1129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given that Ireland currently does not have an agreement to internationally adopt children from Palestine, if he... - Disability Services
1130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the vacant positions in all the CDNTs around the State; the efforts being made to fill these... - Third Level Education
1131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the Funding Our Future policy, published by the Government in May 2022; the current... - International Protection
1132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will take urgent action in relation to the international protection applicants temporarily... - Departmental Staff
1133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on... - Childcare Services
1136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps a parent can take when there are no childcare places for children under two years in Mullingar even... - Disabilities Assessments
1137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a matter regarding a delay in an assessment of needs assessment for a child (details supplied); what... - Departmental Funding
1138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of Government funding received by an organisation (details supplied) in 2024; the remit of the... - Disabilities Assessments
1139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Juvenile Offenders
1140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the issues caused by a lack of beds available in youth detention centres (details supplied);... - International Protection
1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an inventory of buildings currently being used in County Clare for the provision of... - Departmental Staff
1143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling... - Disabilities Assessments
1144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs in Tipperary in 2023 and up to November 2024, in... - Child and Family Agency
1146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services that are being provided by Tusla at a HSE facility at Garranes, Carrigtwohill, County Cork. [46424/24] - Disability Services
1147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged 0 to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early... - Family Resource Centres
1151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a number of matters related to funding for a support centre (details supplied) will be examined. [46463/24] - Parental Leave
1152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending paternity leave to longer than two weeks. [46464/24] - Emergency Accommodation
1153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will urgently provide appropriate accommodation for a pregnant mother and her daughter... - International Protection
1154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allow the residents of Dolcain House, Dublin 22, to remain there rather than being sent to... - Gender Equality
1155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth besides gender pay gap reporting, what steps his Department is taking to close the gender pay gap; and how his... - Childcare Services
1156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures Government is taking to support single mothers in balancing work and caregiving responsibilities,... - Gender Equality
1157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s top priorities for advancing women’s rights in the next five years. [46497/24] - Disability Services
1165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports in the 16 special schools in... - Childcare Services
1169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports his Department can provide to a group (details supplied) in County Galway in its efforts to... - Disability Services
1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has in place to address the shocking respite care services in County Kerry, especially for those... - Legislative Reviews
1171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has undertaken a formal review of the operation of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and... - Human Rights
1172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approved the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Code of Practice on the Public Sector... - Disability Services
1173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy and an... - Disabilities Assessments
1175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on a waiting list for assessment of need in County Waterford; and the average length of... - Disability Services
1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant children’s disability network teams covering County... - Disabilities Assessments
1179. 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... - Health Services
1180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if speech therapy will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Programmes
1182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the targeted measures that are in place in Westmeath and Longford to support foreign nationals who are facing... - Health Services
1186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy available in County Monaghan for, separately, adult and children... - Public Sector Pay
1188. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the organisation confirmed it has... - Public Inquiries
1189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to hold a public inquiry into the circumstances of the tragic death of a 14-year-old girl... - Assisted Decision-Making
1190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review matters (details supplied) regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; to provide... - Health Services
1191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite requests refused, by month and county, in adult disability, older persons’ and... - Disability Services
1194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons accessing disability services in the community in County Meath. [46824/24] - Health Services
1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and name of services that are dedicated to persons living with neurological disabilities in County... - Disability Services
1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the respite services available to persons with neurological disabilities in County Meath. [46826/24] - Psychological Assessments
1198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a psychology session tailored for a 14-year-old ASD student (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he... - Departmental Funding
1199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the funding available under the play and recreation scheme for 2025; and if consideration will be... - Health Services Staff
1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing composition of HSE speech and language services, including the number of managers and therapists,... - Departmental Data
1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin West that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for... - Appointments to State Boards
1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1... - Departmental Regulations
1203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any regulation around crèches asking for deposits or holding fees from parents who require... - Health Services
1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Projects
1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 15 October 2024 (details supplied), to provide an update on the... - Departmental Data
1207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the Children's Disability Network Teams, CDNTs, in... - Disabilities Assessments
1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in County Offaly in 2024 and to date... - Departmental Programmes
1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the targets set out in Work streams 8, 9 and 10 within the Action Plan for Disability... - Departmental Data
1210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support staff and personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and... - Departmental Projects
1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey and fully investigate the burial grounds. [1142/25] - Early Childhood Care and Education
1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 of 15 May 2024 and 372 and 374 of 24 September 2024, when the Pobal... - Childcare Services
1214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when all available parent statements dating back to programme year 2022-2023 will be made available online, in... - Home Care Packages
1216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of any instances where home care agencies outsourced from the HSE are requesting that persons... - Emergency Accommodation
1217. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to ensure that people (including asylum seekers) are not forced out of temporary... - Departmental Data
1218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times gardaí have been called to the City West accommodation facility in 2023 and 2024 in... - Disability Services
1219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently waiting for their initial appointment assigned to the Balbriggan Children's... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the age eligibility for children starting the ECCE scheme can be reviewed to prevent some families from... - Mother and Baby Homes
1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment... - Disability Services
1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give attention to a serious issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/25] - Medical Aids and Appliances
1229. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to individuals in receipt of an invalidity pension who require wheelchair-modified... - Housing Provision
1230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent action will be taken to ensure that a family (details supplied) is moved to appropriate... - International Protection
1235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide IPAS accommodation to a person (details supplied). [1311/25] - Childcare Services
1236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence received by a childcare service in Dublin 11 regarding damage to its premises... - Health Services
1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied). [1330/25] - Childcare Services
1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he is taking to urgently tackle the childcare crisis, particularly the shortage of places available... - Departmental Data
1241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting a fist appointment in the CDNTs across County Galway; the number who have been... - Disability Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the locations of each assistive technology and specialised seating department within the State; if they are... - Mother and Baby Homes
1243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of survivors have been excluded from full mother and baby... - Magdalen Laundries
1245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department retains the number of former Magdalen laundry residents who are still resident in convents in... - Health Services
1246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number of whom have... - Health Services Staff
1247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is... - Disabilities Assessments
1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a full assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be scheduled. [1456/25] - Child and Family Agency
1251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether the Tusla Child and Family Agency has not being compliant with EU public procurement law... - Health Services Staff
1254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologist based in the children's disability network team based in north Kildare... - Mother and Baby Homes
1255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application under the mother and baby... - Departmental Regulations
1256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the regulations that are in place for after school clubs for child to childcare worker ratio; and if he will... - Protected Disclosures
1257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the lessons that have been learnt by his Department and Tusla from protected disclosure in relation to an... - Childcare Services
1258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the national childcare scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Artificial Intelligence
1260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial... - Mother and Baby Homes
1261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for redress through the mother and baby institutions... - Departmental Data
1266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster parents and the number of children in foster care in the State in each of the years 2020,... - Cybersecurity Policy
1268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures taken to address cybersecurity by section 38 and section 39 organisations funded by his... - Disabilities Assessments
1269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a letter to the editor of a national newspaper regarding assessment of need... - Childcare Services
1270. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the intended launch of a capital fund for childcare providers [1644/25] - Ukraine War
1271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will reconsider the decision to move the women and children currently staying at a location (details... - Asylum Seekers
1272. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an issue (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/25] - Gender Equality
1273. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons for the large gender pay gap in services and sales employment identified in the latest Eurostat... - After-School Support Services
1274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding or grants available for the establishment of an after-school programme for primary school children... - Ukraine War
1275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the beneficiaries of temporary protection contract his Department has with a hotel (details supplied) will... - Employment Rights
1276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to expanding statutory leave entitlements to those who experience pregnancy loss under 24... - Child Care Law Reporting Project
1277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 24 October 2024, when reporting will return; and when the... - Childcare Services
1278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the draft Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding for... - Departmental Properties
1279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is... - Official Travel
1280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024,... - Disabilities Assessments
1281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assessments of need in CHO 4 are carried out by HSE staff or are outsourced to private clinicians; and, if... - Disability Services
1282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by... - Youth Services
1285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding can be restored for an organisation (details supplied) where it is looking to have a post reinstated... - Social Media
1286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a ban on smart phones for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a... - Departmental Contracts
1288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not... - Direct Provision System
1290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the progress and location of the establishment of the six State reception centres which... - Ukraine War
1291. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on State-supported accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine; the measures to... - International Protection
1292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on the next steps following on from An Bord Pleanála's findings on an... - Disability Services
1293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee...
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