Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Reviews
662. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 523 and 724 of 27 May 2025, to identify the lead Department responsible... - Departmental Funding
663. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether the new rules around maximum fee caps will apply to childcare providers who are re-entering core... - Departmental Schemes
664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications received; the... - Departmental Funding
667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department plans for the National Centre for Research and Remembrance; actions are being taken in relation... - Burial Grounds
668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions have been taken under the Institutional Burials Act 2022 to protect the sites associated with mother... - Departmental Budgets
669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the annual budget allocation to the Decision Support Service; the number of staff... - Departmental Funding
670. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason AIM support educators funding is withdrawn when a child is absent due to illness or holidays; and if... - Disability Services
674. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists based in Waterford south city children's disability network team in the years of... - Departmental Budgets
677. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the findings and recommendations from the personalised budget pilot; her next steps to... - Disability Services
678. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE social workers and nurses, by grade, that are based in south Kildare children's disability... - Health Services Waiting Lists
683. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children as of 1 June 2025 or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment from... - Care Services
688. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the action she is taking to provide full-time early learning and care services for children... - Childcare Services
689. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that avail of NCS universal fee supports; the number of children that avail of targeted... - Departmental Data
690. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to recent announcements of fee capping in EY & SAC, to what percent do the Department... - Departmental Funding
691. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth metric used to reduce the maximum amount of Core Funding from 600,000 in year two, 500,000 in year three and... - Health Services Waiting Lists
692. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting list for HSE home support in each month of 2025, broken down by regional health area and local... - Departmental Schemes
693. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications for HSE home support (disability) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement... - Disability Services
696. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of active service arrangements and grant aid agreements in place for disability services with... - Departmental Funding
698. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide data on the total funding allocated and spent on disability services per CHO area in each of the past... - Disability Services
699. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of total expenditure on disability services in each of the past five years (details... - Departmental Data
700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the names of the five highest-funded for-profit organisations that have received payments under service... - Disability Services
702. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the up-to-date position regarding the establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in the CHO9 area.... - Health Services Staff
703. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE dietitians working at Coastal children's disability network team in the years of 2024 and to... - Health Service Executive
704. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether provision has been made in the Health Service Executive’s draft service plan for the... - Disability Services
705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the roll out of an adult disability service in Wicklow Town; and if she will... - Health Services Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) from the 2026 National Service Plan for a... - Disability Services
707. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred for assessment for ADHD/ASD,... - Womans Health
708. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider, in collaboration with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment,... - Departmental Meetings
709. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to proposed changes to the guardian ad... - Guardians Ad Litem
710. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget that has been allocated to ensure the success of the proposed changes to the guardian ad litem... - Health Services Staff
713. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist based at Coolock children's disability network team in 2024 and... - Departmental Data
714. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/25] - Assisted Decision-Making
715. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the amount spent or incurred by the Decision Support Service on PR consultants or PR... - Health Services
717. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will receive individual... - Childcare Services
718. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of childminders who work in their own homes that are now registered under the national... - School Admissions
719. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have access to an appropriate... - Departmental Data
720. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take to ensure that the number of preschool places available in Dungarvan and west County... - Departmental Websites
721. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using... - Health Services Staff
722. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can outline the plans being developed by the disability unit within her Department to increase the... - Same-sex Marriage
723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the ten years since the Marriage Equality Referendum; and if the Government intends to mark the... - Departmental Meetings
724. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if she would be open to meeting with the family... - Child Poverty
725. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to deal with the significant increase in the number of children living in poverty, as... - Departmental Strategies
726. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the forthcoming national disability strategy will include specific actions and measurable targets to address... - Childcare Services
727. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the strategies being progressed within her Department to expand the provision of after-school and... - Health Service Executive
728. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the HSE on its proposed audit of capacity and provision of respite... - Departmental Contracts
729. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the costs incurred by her Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR... - Disability Services
730. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new services for children with special needs in County Monaghan for which funding was sought for delivery in... - Departmental Data
731. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new services for children with special needs in County Cavan for which funding was sought for delivery in... - Departmental Programmes
732. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Acorn, the new managed child savings account, will be established; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff
733. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff employed in her Department's equality division and at which grades. [32769/25] - Nursing Homes
734. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will prepare a dedicated nursing home care policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32772/25] - Judicial Reviews
736. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of judicial review cases her Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in... - Departmental Legal Cases
737. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases defended by her Department and or the HSE in each of the past ten years in respect of...
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