Written answers
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on work being done in respect of early diagnosis interventions and access to services as referenced in... - Health Services
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on her plans to address the proposed strike action of section 39 workers, employed by... - Childcare Services
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth benefiting from the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement... - Disabilities Assessments
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Mayo waiting for an assessment of needs; the number of children in Mayo waiting for... - Ukraine War
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends to extend the accommodation recognition payment; when she will make a decision on this; and if... - Mother and Baby Homes
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to financially acknowledge those excluded from the mother and baby and other institutions redress... - Official Engagements
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took office; and the dates... - Disability Services
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address morale among staff of children's disability network teams; and if she will make a statement... - International Protection
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her intention to use the Pobal HP Deprivation index as part of the process of identifying suitable... - Mother and Baby Homes
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of payments made to date in each category of Schedule 2 and each category of Schedule 3 of the Mother... - Disability Services
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures she will introduce to improve supports including access to therapies for children with additional... - Childcare Services
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how she plans to improve retention and quality in early years education, considering early childhood educators... - Disability Services
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure funding for dietetic services for adult disability services in Waterford; and if she will... - Programme for Government
137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the work of officials within her Department following the commitment in the Programme for Government to 'Explore... - Disability Services
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department's plans for decreasing the number of vacancies on the Balbriggan and Swords children's disability... - Disabilities Assessments
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth currently on the waiting list for an assessment of needs; and if she will make a... - Childcare Services
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commit to a timely, thorough review of Core funding, as committed to in the Programme for... - Disability Services
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase staffing and training of additional therapists in children's disability teams; the current... - Childcare Services
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline all grant funding available to public and private operators of childcare facilities; and if... - Disabilities Assessments
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, by county, of the numbers of children waiting on assessments of needs and therapies... - Childcare Services
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; the steps she will take to... - Public Transport
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being advanced on the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Action 104 Transport Working... - State Pensions
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the introduction of a State pension for foster carers via the existing pension for family... - Children in Care
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to recruit and support more foster families considering the severe... - Caiteachas Ranna
150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth cé mhéad maoiniú atá curtha ar fáil ag a Roinn do sheirbhísí luathóige... - Youth Services
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of and acknowledges that adolescents in the inner cities face harrowing challenges in their... - Disabilities Assessments
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide the waiting list times for assessment of needs, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Family Resource Centres
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what plans there are to expand the capacity and network of family resource centres; and if she will make a... - Disability Services
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the urgent steps being taken to improve disability services in south Tipperary; the number of vacancies within... - Family Resource Centres
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no family resource centre; her views on... - Disability Services
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Kilkenny waiting for a first speech and language therapy assessment; and if she will... - Childcare Qualifications
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department intends to implement the 'earn and learn' apprenticeship model outlined in the Programme for... - Childcare Services
162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs as committed to in the Programme for Government;... - Departmental Inquiries
163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the findings of the recent review into child sexual abuse within an organisation (details... - Disability Services
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for services for each of the nine CDNTs in CHO2; the length of time children are... - Childcare Services
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of grant aid that will be available in 2025 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare... - Health Services
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on her plans for section 39 workers; if she will commit to the WRC ruling; and if she will make a... - Disability Services
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process being undertaken to facilitate clinical supervision for the Coolock, Clontarf and...
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