Written answers
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Youth Services
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be further roll out of UBU services in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made at introducing personalised budgets so that persons with a disability may access services and... - Childcare Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments made operational... - Disability Services
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if significant funding will now be found to alleviate the recruitment crisis of respite care staff by the HSE in... - International Protection
102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason her Department proceeded to issue a contract and relocate IPAS residents into an IPAS centre (details... - Child Safety
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of protocols for the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people; and... - International Protection
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the signing of a contract for IPAS accommodation at a hotel (details supplied); and if she will... - Mother and Baby Homes
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take in view of the publication of the report on negotiations with religious organisations... - Housing Schemes
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and his Department with... - International Protection
107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide detail on contractual changes that are likely to happen across 2025 in terms of the... - Children in Care
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently residing in special care placements; and to seek the number of children,... - Departmental Properties
109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she has any plans to... - Childcare Services
110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the means by which she is helping to improve salary levels in the childcare sector given the importance of the... - International Protection
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify details on the awarding of a contract to a company (details supplied) for an IPAS centre; and if she... - Departmental Policies
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will obligate local authorities and statutory transport bodies to do an audit of disabled access... - Commissions of Investigation
114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the publication of the Farrelly Commission report was so delayed; the measures she is now taking to... - Emergency Accommodation
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address the increasing number of children in emergency accommodation; and whether she... - Childcare Services
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the shortage of childcare services in the wider Glanmire area; her plans to help increase... - Children in Care
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported missing from State care in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, and... - International Protection
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will put plans to provide an IPAS centre in a facility (details supplied) on hold to allow for engagement... - Departmental Properties
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of vacant or derelict properties owed by her Department; whether she plans to refurbish... - Youth Services
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will set out her plans to implement in full 'Opportunities for Youth: the National Strategy for Youth... - Children in Care
121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care currently in special emergency arrangements in the State. [20959/25] - International Protection
122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of any reviews carried out, sought or received by her Department, into contracts for international... - Commissions of Investigation
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the second phase of the commission of investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in... - Disability Services
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress at increasing respite provision to include weekends and overnights; and if she will make a... - Disabilities Assessments
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress the Department is making to ensure better integration in the assessment of need... - Disability Services
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Children Disability Network Teams in Clondalkin are to operate from the Boot Road primary care centre; when... - Departmental Expenditure
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the spending her Department has incurred on external consultants, research and reports, and... - Departmental Policies
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the actions her Department has taken on updating the Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Local... - Disabilities Assessments
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the waiting times for assessments of needs throughout Dublin mid-west; if the statutory waiting... - International Protection
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding a recently signed IPAS centre contract (details supplied), if she will clarify the due diligence... - Childcare Services
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in delivering on the commitment of capping childcare costs at €200 per month per... - Mother and Baby Homes
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the mother and baby home payments scheme; if she is planning a review of the scheme; if so, what... - Disability Services
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the provision of residential disability services in County Offaly, particularly... - Mother and Baby Homes
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on her engagement with religious organisations regarding redress for survivors of abuse; and if she... - Childcare Services
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current capacity of childcare services in Kildare north; her plans to increase the number of childcare... - Departmental Policies
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has with other Government Departments and State agencies in encouraging private sector... - Departmental Budgets
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the proportion of the Department’s budget that is allocated to private service... - Childcare Services
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into... - Departmental Policies
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department's efforts to make towns and villages more accessible for people with disabilities; and... - Programme for Government
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures enacted or are planned to give effect to the Programme for Government commitment to engage with... - Departmental Schemes
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of the personalised budget demonstrator pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20432/25] - Family Resource Centres
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the measures being taken by her Department to encourage and support the opening of family resource... - International Protection
146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the HIQA overview report on the first year of inspecting international protection accommodation centres,... - Disabilities Assessments
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the waiting times for assessment of needs across the State; and if she will... - Youth Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work of her Department to support youth services and youth organisations, particularly in rural... - Childcare Services
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her proposals to deliver affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21005/25] - Disability Services
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the increase in respite services, including locations, envisaged for 2025; and if she will make a statement on... - Childcare Services
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; if she can detail the steps... - Disability Services
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the provision of respite services for children with disabilities in the Dublin... - Children in Care
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money paid by the State to the providers of special emergency arrangements for accommodating... - Youth Services
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to move towards the improvement of pay and conditions for youth workers. [20801/25] - Disability Services
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the delivery of disability services in County Offaly, particularly in relation... - Childcare Services
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expected timeline for reducing the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national... - Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding envisaged to support the expansion of personalised budgets following the pilot being run...
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