Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Childcare Services
75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline actions she is taking to support staff retention in community childcare facilities. [32394/25] - Disability Services
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of community disability network teams in the State; and the number of which are fully staffed.... - Family Resource Centres
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise on the number of applications received for inclusion in the National Family Resource Centre Forum; and... - Child and Family Agency
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to the recently published report on behalf of Tusla regarding special care; and if she will make a... - Childcare Services
87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the implementation of pay increases for staff in the childcare sector. [32480/25] - Disability Services
88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Children’s Disability Network Team in Limerick will address the shortage of occupational... - Childcare Services
89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the amount by which childcare costs have reduced since the formation of Government. [32460/25] - Schools Building Projects
91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the application for a block extension grant by a school (details supplied), if she will confirm receipt... - Disabilities Assessments
92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to address the issue of waiting times for assessments of needs; and if she will make a statement on the... - Family Resource Centres
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is concerned about the lack of a family resource centre in Dungarvan and that no service is available in... - Disability Services
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to update on the number of children currently awaiting a CDNT appointment, by CDNT in Cork. [32428/25] - Mother and Baby Homes
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to secure further contributions from the religious organisations associated with the... - Disability Services
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the engagements her Department has had with other Government Departments, Ministers and State... - Childcare Services
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the pre-election commitment from the Government parties to introduce €200 per month childcare... - Children in Care
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department conducts analysis, or monitors, the reports produced by the National Review Panel, regarding... - Childcare Services
99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in expanding access to childcare, on foot of the finding in research commissioned by her... - Disability Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to update on the pilot therapists in special schools programme in Cork. [32427/25] - Childcare Services
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if families availing of a childminder coming to their family home can qualify for the national childcare scheme;... - Departmental Strategies
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expected timeline for the implementation of the autism innovation strategy; and if she will make a statement... - Mother and Baby Homes
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to make changes to expand access to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she... - Disability Services
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline funding for a community neuro-rehabilitation team for north Dublin, as set out in the Programme for... - Childcare Services
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities will be provided, to create... - State Pensions
109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on progress to provide a State pension to foster carers; and if she will make a statement... - Parental Leave
110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the hardship endured by parents of multiples (twins, triplets etc.) who are only entitled to... - Childcare Services
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on her engagement with local authorities regarding a review of the 2001 childcare facilities for... - Mother and Baby Homes
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of payments made to date in each ‘number of days resident in relevant institution’... - Childcare Services
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments are made... - Disability Services
114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if mapping of specialist disability services (residential, day, respite, and children’s) is being... - Childcare Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress which has been made to examine and expand the access and inclusion model to make it available to... - Disability Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a multiannual approach to funding for... - Childcare Services
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the public consultation on a National Plan for Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and... - Disability Services
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her proposals to address waiting lists to access CDNT services in County Monaghan. [32458/25] - Departmental Strategies
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy... - Child and Family Agency
121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will list the occasions on which she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took... - Disability Services
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her proposals to provide overnight respite care for children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [32457/25] - Departmental Reviews
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise when the promised review of core funding will take place; and if she will make a statement on the... - Disability Services
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the lengthy Children’s Disability Network Team waitlists arising from increased caseloads;... - Childcare Services
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure pay increases for childcare workers and an increase in core funding to match... - School Accommodation
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the recent refusal of a block extension grant for a school (details supplied), if she has plans to... - Childcare Services
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe in which she intends to cap childcare costs at €200 per month. [32459/25] - Departmental Strategies
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the role of her Department in monitoring and supporting the implementation of the national... - Disability Services
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when her Department will introduce and fund a community neurorehabilitation team for Dublin Central and Dublin... - Childcare Services
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children anticipated to benefit from the expansion of the maximum fee cap for childcare; and if... - Departmental Policies
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department’s efforts to improve accessibility in rural towns and villages. [32258/25] - Childcare Services
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline her plans to expand the access and inclusion model to support children below the current age...
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