Written answers
				Tuesday, 25 February 2025
  				
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
				 
  - Ukraine War 
 723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends to extend the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainians; and if she will...
- Equality Issues 
 726. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he agrees that the recent statements by a company (details supplied) to cancel a number of aspects of...
- International Protection 
 727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a temporary extension until June to the contract with an accommodation provider (details...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 731. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be provided on an issue (details supplied). [8162/25]
- International Protection 
 733. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and...
- Departmental Policies 
 735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to give effect to the ban on the practice of conversion therapy at national level (details supplied)....
- Health Services 
 736. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will take steps in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) and ensure that they are granted...
- Disability Services 
 737. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the waiting list is for a child to see a children’s disability network team for a child...
- International Protection 
 740. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a case regarding international protection (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision System 
 741. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department started to write to people with status/leave to remain in direct provision centres giving...
- Family Resource Centres 
 742. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his department has received an application for the development of a family resource centre for...
- Health Services Waiting Lists 
 744. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the average waiting times for physiotherapy broken down by county; a breakdown of the length of the...
- Disability Services 
 746. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that have been taken to have the vacant posts in CDNTs filled; the steps that have been taken to...
- International Protection 
 749. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to buy a series of centres to house international protection applicants; and if...
- Youth Services 
 751. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total youth service grant allocation to all 16 ETB in 2024, in tabular form; if she will seek to immediately...
- Disability Services 
 752. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 978 of 5 February 2025, the breakdown of the overdue applications for...
- Departmental Consultations 
 753. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that she engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date...
- Assisted Decision-Making 
 754. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 11 June 2024, the steps she has taken to resolve the impasse...
- Disability Services 
 755. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to hire a psychologist and a fulltime speech therapist for the CDNT in Carlow (details...
- Early Childhood Care and Education 
 756. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has undertaken a review of the ECCE funding provided to the sector with a view to increasing...
- Parental Leave 
 757. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her intention under the Parental Leave Act 1998, for parents and guardians of children, to extend the...
- Disability Services 
 758. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive early intervention services from their local CDNT team. [7491/25]
- Public Procurement Contracts 
 759. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis...
- Childcare Services 
 761. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the number of children currently on waiting lists for crèche care in County Kilkenny; and...
- Departmental Funding 
 762. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is in place for persons needing to access residential placements for family members living in...
- Childcare Services 
 763. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the legislation governing the regulation of childminders means that they cannot employ any...
- Departmental Schemes 
 764. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a person (details supplied) appealing refused redress; and if she will make a statement...
- International Protection 
 765. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another IPAS centre is being opened in Dublin south west (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Disability Services 
 766. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on panels of recruitment for occupation therapy and speech and language positions in the...
- Youth Services 
 767. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 532 of 11 February 2025 and 954 of 5 February 2025, if she will outline...
- Disability Services 
 769. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the waiting lists for CDNT in all CHO regions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Child and Family Agency 
 770. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the withdrawal of funding by TUSLA from a school (details supplied) in the constituency of Dublin...
- International Protection 
 771. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the situation at a location (details supplied) and the plans to remove Ukrainians and replace...
- Ministerial Responsibilities 
 772. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by her Department on taking office, along with...
- Disability Services 
 773. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each speech and language appointment provided to a child (details supplied) since they were...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 777. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) has not yet received a cognitive assessment which was due in October 2022;...
- Disability Services 
 778. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates of each speech and language appointment that have been provided to a child (details supplied) since...
- Home Care Packages 
 780. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in Roscommon; the number of people...
- Departmental Strategies 
 781. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the creation of the new National Strategy for Migrant Integration; with which Department...
- Mother and Baby Homes 
 782. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and...
- Disability Services 
 783. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being taken to ensure adequate access to residential respite services for young people with complex...
- Early Childhood Care and Education 
 784. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for early childhood care and education scheme in Cork county; how any deficits in supply are...
- Industrial Disputes 
 785. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the up-to-date position on WRC talks on resolution on the section 39 workers’ dispute; and if she will...
- Disability Services 
 786. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers waiting less than four months,...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 787. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers...
- Disability Services 
 788. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list in Roscommon; the numbers...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would detail the number of people on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in...
- Disability Services 
 792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current vacancy rate in children's disability network teams; and her proposals to recruit sufficient staff...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 793. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth `her plans to reduce the waiting times for assessment of needs in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
- Family Resource Centres 
 794. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to put in place any new family resource centres in the country; if so, the locations that are being...
- Departmental Programmes 
 795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the individualised personal budget pilot programme currently being trialed by the HSE; the...
- Disability Services 
 796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in Roscommon; if he would also...
- International Protection 
 797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the awarding of an IPAS contract at a location (details supplied); the name of the company or...
- Ukraine War 
 798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the awarding of beneficiaries of temporary protection contracts at a location (details supplied);...
- International Protection 
 799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the meetings that took place between the departmental unit with responsibility for IPAS and BOTP contracts and...
- Childcare Services 
 803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration has been given to concerns raised by parents regarding financial penalties imposed when they...
- Ukraine War 
 804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment beyond March 2025, and when recipients...
- Disability Services 
 805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the waiting lists for all CDNTs in CHO 4, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
- Childcare Services 
 807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action she is taking to reduce the costs of childcare and of after-school care for parents who are being...
- Youth Services 
 809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all youth clubs in east Cork. [8066/25]
- Equality Issues 
 810. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to recognise medical alert dogs to afford them the same status as other assistance dogs; and if she...
- Deportation Orders 
 811. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in IPAS accommodation with an active deportation order; and if she will make a statement...
- Family Resource Centres 
 812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date in 2025 the application process will open for the establishment of new family resources centres; and...
- Disability Services 
 813. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when recruitment will commence for a support network (details supplied). [8109/25]
- Disabilities Assessments 
 814. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on carrying out assessments of need, by month in 2024 and 2023; the total amount paid to...
- Assisted Decision-Making 
 816. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number, by month of the number of enduring power of attorney that have entered into force, that is,...
- Disabilities Assessments 
 822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for an autism assessment;...
- Childcare Services 
 823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reduce the cost of childcare in Ireland (details supplied). [8163/25]
- Disability Services 
 824. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with speech and language therapy appointments;...
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