Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Parental Leave
314. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns in relation to the need for parental leave entitlements to be extended in the case of multiple births in the... - Detention Centres
315. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Oberstown detention campus in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if each... - Disability Services
316. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all vacancies within CDNTs in CHO7 in 2024 and to date in 2025 due to maternity leave have been backfilled; and if not, the... - Social Welfare Benefits
317. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine the feasibility of introducing a national scheme, similar to the mobility scheme in the United Kingdom, that... - Early Childhood Care and Education
318. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department has to progressively reduce the cost of early learning and childcare to €200 per month per child... - Budget 2026
319. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality of the additional 35,000 children anticipated to be supported in 2026 by the national childcare scheme, the portion which results... - Childcare Services
320. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the first and full-year cost, in terms of additional core funding required, to deliver on the €295 per week maximum fee cap... - Budget 2026
321. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2026 for the purpose of reducing the maximum fee cap from its current... - Family Resource Centres
322. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount that will go specifically towards family resource centres; the rationale for this decision; and if she will make a... - Childcare Services
323. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Kildare on a waiting list for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56132/25] - Budget 2026
325. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2026 for the purpose of reducing the maximum fee cap from its current... - Child and Family Agency
326. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of times the Child and Family Agency have applied to the courts for orders to remove children where it has been... - Childcare Services
327. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on concerns around the privatization of childcare providers in Fingal (details supplied) and initiatives her Department is... - EU Funding
328. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under her Department and at agencies under her aegis in...
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