Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Programmes
789. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the recommencement of personalised budgets, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [16822/25] - Early Childhood Care and Education
790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will assist an early years service (details supplied), which is now without a room as its... - Departmental Projects
791. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system... - Departmental Funding
792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commit funding in Budget 2026 to establish a community neurorehabilitation team for the north Dublin... - Childcare Services
793. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Cavan and Monaghan CDNTs will be reconfigured in line with the new HSE regional structures; if the new... - Departmental Policies
795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not recognised as a disability; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Funding
796. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 5 February 2025, the plans currently in place to increase funding... - Departmental Reviews
797. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the Disability Capacity Review published in 2021, to outline the number of additional residential... - Departmental Funding
798. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when expressions of interest will open for family resource centres seeking to be included in national funding;... - Departmental Reviews
799. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the review of the ‘PLACES | Pregnancy Loss (under 24 weeks) in Workplaces:... - Childcare Services
800. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the number of crèche facilities in the Fingal east constituency given the increasing... - Departmental Policies
801. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she intends on introducing surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16652/25] - Childcare Services
802. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that consideration would be given to permitting a child (details supplied) attending an ECCE service... - Departmental Projects
803. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by her... - Departmental Strategies
804. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 971 of 5 February 2025, to provide an update on the new national strategy... - Departmental Policies
805. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of child and youth impact assessments; the work undertaken to... - Departmental Projects
806. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the procurement of an external project management agency to design a project... - Departmental Reviews
807. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the scope of the Your Place Your Space review; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Schemes
808. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of a measurement impact tool which will measure the impact of... - Departmental Programmes
809. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the significant preparatory work which will be undertaken in 2025 to further... - Childcare Services
810. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an urgent appointment with the CDNT; and if she... - Departmental Budgets
812. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital budget allocation to her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [16879/25] - Childcare Services
813. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of student placements of physiotherapists that were offered for CDNTs in 2023 and 2024, in tabular... - Immigration Support Services
814. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and processes being used to assess a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); if an impact... - Departmental Schemes
816. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme since its introduction in 2022;... - Departmental Funding
817. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by her predecessor at a visit to a disability services provider (details... - Departmental Appointments
820. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay issuing a speech, language and occupational therapy appointment for a child (details... - Departmental Staff
822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies, by job title currently at Clontarf, Kilbarrack and Coolock children's disability... - Departmental Priorities
823. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to exercise powers under section 47(1) Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to give additional... - Departmental Staff
824. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries.... - Immigration Policy
825. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if no new contracts will be entered into with hotels for the use of IPAS accommodation where the hotel is the... - Departmental Reports
826. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the report submitted to her Department in relation to talks with Catholic... - Child Protection
827. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on Tusla’s child protection notification list in each of the past... - Departmental Staff
828. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists and social workers based at Clondalkin Children's Disability Network Team in... - Departmental Communications
831. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied), and what actions she will take.... - Children in Care
832. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care; the age range of these children; the length of time... - Departmental Staff
835. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE dietitians working in Galway CDNTs in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17394/25] - Childcare Services
836. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers signed up to core funding in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular... - Departmental Reviews
838. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the review of core funding will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17404/25] - Departmental Policies
840. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the use of the Joint Labour Committee in setting wages for early years educators; if she... - Early Childhood Care and Education
841. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of a national early learning and childcare agency; the actions her... - Derelict Sites
842. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these... - Departmental Staff
843. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing cohort at the CDNT at the west Galway children’s disability network team; if the service is... - Departmental Communications
844. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental... - Childcare Services
845. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 19 March 2025, if she is aware that the childcare facility... - Departmental Funding
846. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action being taken by her Department in relation to core funding given the feedback of many providers and...
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