Written answers
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Child and Family Agency
1299. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if individuals (if appointed) under the provision section 10(b) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act... - Children in Care
1300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the procedures surrounding emergency custody transfers, including whether adequate safeguards... - Childcare Services
1301. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of how she will progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month through... - Psychological Assessments
1302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the instructions given to parents by the children’s disability network team in relation to updated... - Childcare Services
1304. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government... - Children in Care
1305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children placed in special emergency arrangements in the past four years; the number of whom are... - Ukraine War
1311. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amounts paid as additional top-up payments to date for the accommodation recognition payment in counties... - Childcare Services
1312. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of early years education jobs being advertised with ‘no English/Irish required’;... - Disability Services
1313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth based on the information provided by my constituent the support services available for individuals with... - Child and Family Agency
1314. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to Tusla in respect of breaching general data protection... - International Protection
1315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who resided at a premises on a weekly basis in 2024 and to date in 2025 (details... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address issues with the national childcare scheme, as raised in correspondence... - Disability Diagnoses
1317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an autism assessment to... - Family Resource Centres
1318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider the urgent need for a family resource centre in the Cabra area, particularly in light of... - Child Protection
1319. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the disparity in quality to child welfare services between different regions of the country;... - Departmental Strategies
1320. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the work her Department is doing to develop policy interventions at a national level to better... - Childcare Services
1322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that a preschool (details supplied) is being forced to vacate from its current location; if her... - Disability Services
1326. 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... - Disability Diagnoses
1327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019-2024,... - Childcare Services
1328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a preschool service (details supplied) which has been advised it... - Ukraine War
1330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the continuation of the accommodation recognition payment (ARP) for Ukrainian refugees;... - Parental Leave
1331. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the leave available to a same-sex, non-genetic-intended parent of a child, born through surrogacy in July 2025;... - International Protection
1332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding plans for the provision of an International Protection Accommodation Service centre... - Departmental Staff
1333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are... - After-School Support Services
1334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding streams are available for afterschool services in order that they can hire additional staff for... - Disability Services
1335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will be provided with transport to and from the daily unit at St.... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional financial supports available to parents in receipt of a subsidy for each child attending creche... - Disabilities Assessments
1337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to roll out HSE adult autism assessments; and, if so, the timeline involved in such a... - International Protection
1338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans regarding the Programme for Government commitment that international protection applicants would be... - Childcare Services
1339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding core funding financial reporting;... - International Protection
1340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the eight women and 20 children residing in the grounds of a nursing home (details supplied)... - Mother and Baby Homes
1342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who have registered user profiles on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme... - Childcare Services
1362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to stop the significant number of withdrawals from the core funding scheme, including... - Youth Services
1364. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Offaly in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [11296/25] - Disability Services
1366. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 25 February 2025, wherein you stated that a total of... - Childcare Services
1367. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the reopening of Before 5. [11393/25] - Disability Services
1368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy services in Meath; and if she will make a... - International Protection
1370. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an IPAS in Newbridge was closed with only 24 hours’... - Ukraine War
1371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a decision has been made to further extend the accommodation recognition payment (ARP) for Ukrainian... - Child and Family Agency
1372. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to issues with a Tusla file (details supplied). [11470/25] - Departmental Contracts
1373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with her Department. [11513/25] - Disability Services
1374. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in advancing a proposal to provide a standalone respite centre for adults with... - International Protection
1376. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her Department's intention to use Thornton Hall as a site for IPAS accommodation; and if she will make... - Disability Services
1379. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available for people with a disability in CHO4 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and... - Health Services Staff
1380. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant posts, under active recruitment, broken down across disciplines, including, but not... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the intended withdrawal of a childcare facility from the core funding... - Disability Services
1383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be made available to turn a facility (details supplied) into a residential service in order... - Childcare Services
1384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department has considered to expand childcare places in response to concerns in relation to... - Disability Services
1385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is planned that full-capacity respite services for children and young adults will recommence at a... - International Protection
1386. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken by her Department when deciding on the location of an international protection accommodation... - Departmental Data
1390. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a course of action is currently being considered on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1391. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the rules regarding split place exemptions as part of the ECCE scheme. [11720/25] - International Protection
1393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a hotel (details supplied), as an IPAS accommodation centre, is not currently subject to HIQA... - Departmental Expenditure
1395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to her or her Department outside of their regular... - Gender Equality
1396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the estimated number of public and private sector organisations that will use the new gender pay... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1397. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop ASD places in pre-school settings; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ombudsman for Children
1398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the Ombudsman for Children's Office in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [11863/25] - Departmental Correspondence
1399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on safeguarding issues at an organisation (details supplied); the specific steps she will take to... - Childcare Services
1400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to provide a €100 a week cap for childcare costs; and if she will consider the... - Disability Services
1402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is legislation dealing with the right of a person with a disability to access toilet facilities from a... - Mental Health Services
1403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate for therapists for each CDNT in CHO9, in tabular form. [11918/25] - Departmental Data
1405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide information on research commissioned previously to inform plans to modernise youth... - Childcare Services
1406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered amending the childminding services regulations 2024 to allow childminders employ... - Disability Services
1407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate of each CDNT in the CHO7 as a percentage of WTEs; the vacant posts in each of those CDNTs by... - Childcare Services
1408. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be taken to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per... - Nursing Homes
1409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the organisations funded by the HSE and her Department that work with sufferers of acquired brain... - Care Services
1410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department has taken to act on the “Wasted Lives” report and to end the practice... - Departmental Correspondence
1411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be made available to make a facility (details supplied) in Kerry a wraparound service. [12040/25] - Disability Services
1412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the support services available to children and young people with autism and their families in Dublin... - Disability Diagnoses
1413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if endometriosis will be recognised as a disability. [12085/25] - Childcare Services
1414. 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... - Disability Services
1415. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 19 February 2025, if the figures provided for CDNT1 and CDNT2... - Disabilities Assessments
1417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide detailed information on applications for assessment of needs (AON) in Louth; the number of... - Disability Services
1418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE health and social care professionals working in the children's disability network teams in... - Departmental Bodies
1419. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of her Department who have a professional... - Disability Services
1423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the number of therapists in CDNTs; the current WTE staffing shortage, by CHO area; and if... - Home Help Service
1426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) had their home support hours cut; if she is aware of the consequences of... - Disabilities Assessments
1427. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 19 February 2025, given by way of correspondence from the HSE, the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to enact key commitments outlined in the Programme for Government (details supplied) in relation to... - Disabilities Assessments
1429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 19 February 2025, the total number of assessment of needs... - International Protection
1431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the accommodation recognition payment is to remain; if so, if it is to be decreased; and if she will make a... - Health Services
1432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on each neurorehabilitation team in each RHO area; to provide information (details supplied) for... - Disability Services
1433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date a child (details supplied) was referred for occupational therapy (OT) support from Monaghan CDNT; the... - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues
1436. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if approval has been given on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission code of practice on the public... - Dormant Accounts Fund
1437. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can provide an update on the distribution of the Dormant Account Fund in her Department; the plans in... - State Bodies
1438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Department have used any of the same IT... - Public Sector Staff
1439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the functions, roles and services carried out and delivered by Civil Service or State agency workers;... - Departmental Contracts
1440. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has extended a contract with a provider (details supplied); if so, the duration of same; and if the... - Disability Diagnoses
1441. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies to be a disability at... - Childcare Services
1442. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the scoping carried out with regard to the opening of additional childcare facilities in Adamstown, Lucan.... - Children in Care
1443. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the recent case where a care home for vulnerable children falsified Garda vetting and background checks,... - Data Protection
1446. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Department’s remit has been brought to her attention... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
1447. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to media reports (details supplied), to outline the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access... - Disability Services
1448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in a CDNT being moved into a primary care centre (details supplied); if the move is... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of staff employed in early learning and care services who work directly with children. [12832/25] - Youth Services
1452. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commission an independent report into the death of a person (details supplied) under the care of an... - Artificial Intelligence
1453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of her... - Special Educational Needs
1454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the current use of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary, given the immediate shortage...
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