Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Data
1141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department received any correspondence from the Law Society in relation to the recent changes made to... - Departmental Funding
1143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in Budget 2026, in line with the... - Ombudsman for Children
1144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on recommendation three from an Ombudsman for Children report (details supplied); if this... - Departmental Staff
1145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in Longford children's disability network team in 2023,... - Departmental Inquiries
1147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a delayed assessment of need for a child (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will... - Equality Issues
1148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade... - Departmental Data
1151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on occupational therapy appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time... - Childcare Services
1155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting more than six months for an assessment of needs in Dublin mid-west; the number... - Departmental Funding
1156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding will be provided for an occupational therapy service in south Tipperary; to outline the current... - Departmental Inquiries
1157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a date for an assessment of need for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Ministerial Appointments
1158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an outline of engagements in her Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at her... - Departmental Staff
1159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth she will provide the status levels of CDNT staff in CHO6; if any vacancies remain unfilled; if she will provide... - Disability Services
1160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans for the improvement and expansion of disability day services. [29167/25] - Departmental Inquiries
1161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if the assessment can be expedited; and if she will make... - Departmental Funding
1162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for... - Childcare Services
1163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 May 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the 48% of early... - Departmental Inquiries
1164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will investigate a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29205/25] - Departmental Data
1165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are in place to address the financial pressures and staff shortages currently being faced by... - Departmental Inquiries
1166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the... - Childcare Services
1167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to further reduce the cost of childcare for families... - Disability Services
1168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns regarding disability services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Transport Costs
1169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the daily transport charge, which parents of adults and children with special needs were required to pay for... - Departmental Staff
1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU... - Disability Services
1171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities on waiting list for overnight respite care in County Kildare; and the... - Health Service Executive
1172. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a... - Departmental Inquiries
1173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will approve additional home help hours for a person (details supplied). [29434/25] - Childcare Services
1176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 24 April 2024, to provide an update on the hiring of 300 therapy... - Departmental Staff
1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025,... - Health Services Staff
1178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of... - Departmental Funding
1179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides... - Departmental Schemes
1180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a... - Departmental Programmes
1184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare... - Departmental Meetings
1185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding... - Shared Services
1186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the data-sharing agreement between her Department and the National Council for Special... - Departmental Funding
1187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers, by county and city local authority administrative area that have exited from... - Social Welfare Schemes
1190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people in receipt of blind welfare allowance for the years 2020 to 2025, by county; and if she... - Departmental Inquiries
1192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment can be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Disabilities Assessments
1194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive their autism assessment; if that will happen before they turn 18,... - Departmental Inquiries
1195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will assist in an urgent case involving an assessment of needs for a pre-school child (details... - Childcare Services
1196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the CDNT 5–west Galway city service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles... - Departmental Data
1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) was not included as one of the priority areas of... - Departmental Inquiries
1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the 14,000 additional places that are required in total up to 2030 or whether 14,000 additional places each... - Disability Services
1202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which successful applicants of the children’s disability services grant were provided... - Disability Diagnoses
1203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case where parents are receiving assessment of need reports stating that autism is not a... - Childcare Services
1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the recent visit to a school (details supplied) by the Minister for Special Education, if she will... - Health Services Staff
1205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and... - Departmental Programmes
1207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will supply further detail on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a dedicated funding... - Childcare Services
1208. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and her Departmental officials are aware of the shortage of creche and child-minding facilities in... - Departmental Data
1209. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, to provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer... - Departmental Schemes
1211. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications submitted for the building blocks extension scheme by organisations in Counties... - Health Service Executive
1212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2023 and 2024, by Year, by HSE... - Departmental Schemes
1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total value of applications received under the recent building block grant scheme; if all eligible... - Departmental Programmes
1216. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the work carried out to date to develop an action plan to build an affordable,... - Departmental Funding
1218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities; if this will be... - Childcare Services
1220. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is carrying out a mapping exercise to identify the parts of the country where State... - Departmental Schemes
1222. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to extend the National Childcare Scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will... - Departmental Programmes
1224. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of eligible children not availing of the ECCE programme, by county; her views on the reasons some... - Departmental Data
1225. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the median full-time fees charged by childcare providers in each Local Authority area, in tabular form; the... - Departmental Expenditure
1226. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she provide an update on the work to date to transform the supply management unit into a forward planning... - Departmental Programmes
1227. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure that childcare provider’s fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily... - Health Services Staff
1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the need to improve pay, terms and conditions within the childcare sector in order to attract and... - Departmental Programmes
1232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in... - Childcare Services
1233. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to examine the establishment of a professional register for childminders and early years educators,... - Departmental Programmes
1234. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the development of State-led childcare... - Childcare Services
1235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has had with the with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to... - Departmental Programmes
1237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on how we can continue to build up the Equal Start Programme, ensuring children experiencing... - Departmental Data
1238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of making available an extra hour of ECCE each day in the second year of preschool; and if... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare closures, by county in 2021, 2022,... - Childcare Services
1240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of services providing a baby room for babies aged 0-1, by county; the number of baby rooms... - Disability Services
1242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year costs of providing 60,000 additional home support hours. [30408/25] - Early Childhood Care and Education
1244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider expanding the access and inclusion (AIMS) model to support children below the current age... - Departmental Schemes
1246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of the €25 million funding allocated through the building blocks scheme; and if she will make... - Disability Services
1247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason Parliamentary Question No. 1831 of 29 April 2025 has not been answered; when an answer will be... - Early Childhood Care and Education
1248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department is taking to ensure there is incentives for graduates to remain in the early years... - Disabilities Assessments
1249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons a child (details supplied) has not gotten his assessment of needs appointment; and if she will make... - Disability Services
1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department provide urgent nurse-led respite care services for children with complex need in Laois; and... - Child and Family Agency
1253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals or disclosures received by Tusla concerning sexual abuse, where the person subject of...
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