Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Childcare Services
499. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by income-assessed childcare subsidies, by county, in 2025; and if she will make a statement... - Early Childhood Care and Education
501. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of pre-school places operating in the years 2020 to date in 2025, according to size such as <25, 25-49, 50-74, 75-99... - Childcare Services
505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish detailed, disaggregated data showing the number of childcare providers entering and leaving the sector... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
510. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of agencies under her Department’s remit who currently receive training on recognising and responding to... - Rights of the Child
511. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on her Department's work in relation to the development of a national policy on the rights of children living... - Care Services
512. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the care package available to a person (details supplied) as his mother is elderly and wants to ensure he can be cared for long into... - Disability Services
514. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has any plans to expand the use of braille signage in public spaces; and if she will make a statement on the... - Care Services
516. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that this child has... - Disability Services
517. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties in transitioning from paediatric disability services and adult disability services, particularly... - Residential Institutions
519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Government’s consultation with survivor groups on memorialisation and archives; if she... - Early Childhood Care and Education
520. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an organisation (details supplied) will be receiving their contacts for the building blocks grant scheme. [53276/25] - Childcare Services
521. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she can provide a location and date of closure for the 759 childcare providers within the State who have closed their doors over... - Early Childhood Care and Education
523. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to reduce the qualifying age for the AIM programme run by her Department from two years and nine months to the age of... - Disability Services
524. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1033, 1034, 1047, 1048 and 1049, of 17 September 2025, the reason single discipline waiting... - Departmental Strategies
525. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the development, timelines and key features of the successor to the National Strategy for Women and... - Disability Services
526. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current vacancies by job title within Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team based in Donegal; the timeframe for filling each of... - Disabilities Assessments
531. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 October 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
533. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than... - Assisted Decision-Making
536. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2408 of 29 July 2025, the position regarding the work ongoing with various groups (details... - Mother and Baby Homes
539. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider a location (details supplied) to be equivalent to a mother and baby institution for the purposes of... - Childcare Services
540. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy for the cap on childcare fees for parents whose children attend facilities for less than 50 hours per week (details... - Family Resource Centres
541. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports she is providing for family resource centres; if she will commit to delivering requests from the Family Resource Centre... - Social Welfare Eligibility
542. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider removing the means test as a qualifying criterion for blind welfare allowance, in recognition of the additional... - Family Support Services
543. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations within Dublin 5, 13 and 17 where young parent support programmes are located, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Health Services Waiting Lists
544. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for an occupational therapist to make an assessment for a housing adaptation within CHO 9 area; and if she... - Childcare Services
545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progress being made in relation to reviewing the 2001 planning guidelines for childcare facilities; if an audit...
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