Written answers
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Health Services Staff
2682. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of vacancies, by job title within CDNT in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54884/26] - Departmental Data
2683. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to implement the six-month assessment of need law for children waiting for an assessment of need; the children are waiting since... - Parental Leave
2684. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to increasing the age limit for the cut-off of parental leave entitlements for parents to when the... - Disability Services
2685. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there should be a more transparent and nationally consistent pathway into supported living, so that people with intellectual... - Parental Leave
2686. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of employees of a large tech company(details supplied) in relation to the targeting... - Health Services Staff
2699. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on recruitment of an additional senior dietician in the mid-west region to support CDNTs; and if she will make a... - Paternity Leave
2701. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review ongoing into the merits of increasing the number of weeks of paternity benefit available; and if... - Health Services Staff
2704. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the 11.6 % reduction in disabilities WTE personnel numbers in the Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary south IHA between... - Disabilities Assessments
2705. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to expedite an assessment of needs application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56202/26] - EU Directives
2706. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the transposition of EU Transparency Directive 2023/970; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Services Staff
2709. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 30 June 2026, the number of new development posts allocated to each CDNT in County... - Departmental Expenditure
2710. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing a statutory pay for employees taking the five unpaid medical care days granted under the Work-Life... - Disability Services
2711. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of an adult with high support needs, fully cared for by their family (details... - Detention Centres
2713. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young people who have been sentenced to a detention centre (details supplied) but received suspended sentences due to... - Parental Leave
2714. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider changing the current parent leave entitlement for parents who have multiple births or have adopted more than... - Assisted Decision-Making
2715. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current processing times for enduring power of attorney, EPA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57794/26] - Disability Services
2716. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the number of children waiting more than 12 months for a first intervention from a Children’s Disability Network... - Disabilities Assessments
2717. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children placed on waiting lists for assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively, in each of the... - Disability Services
2718. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that an adult with an intellectual disability (details supplied) is facing discharge from their current... - Missing Children
2719. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons who were recorded as missing while in Tusla care and who subsequently reached their 18th birthday without... - Parental Leave
2726. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration is being given to extending the duration of paid maternity leave beyond the current entitlement; whether any... - Disability Services
2727. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people currently waiting for a disability residential placement, by regional health area and level of assessed need,... - Departmental Strategies
2730. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department or the HSE has assessed the number of ageing parents and family carers providing full-time care to adult... - Disability Services
2731. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether all young people with intellectual disabilities receive an individual transition plan before reaching adulthood; whether... - Departmental Reviews
2732. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the review of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will examine future planning for adults with intellectual... - Parental Leave
2733. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration is being given to expanding supports for parents who wish to remain at home with young children during the... - Departmental Schemes
2734. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to reduce the financial burden of childcare on working families; whether further reforms to childcare... - Childcare Services
2735. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services are currently open in Cork City and/or Cork County; and the number of services that were open in... - Departmental Data
2737. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours available to adults in south Lee; the type of respite provided; the number of people who have availed... - Disability Services
2738. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places provided for adults with intellectual disabilities currently, and the number available in each of... - Departmental Data
2739. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting over three months for their assessment of need to be initiated; and the number of people waiting over... - Departmental Expenditure
2743. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full breakdown of legal costs and court settlements in cases involving families seeking assessment of needs for their... - Special Educational Needs
2744. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that an assessment of need will be urgently provided for a child (details supplied), noting the serious nature of this... - Childcare Services
2746. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the provision of childcare facilities at the former convent in Listowel, County Kerry; and if she will make... - Disability Services
2747. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average and median waiting times for initial contact, initial assessment and commencement of intervention for children referred... - Departmental Data
2749. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla plans to begin collating average weekly cost data by individual private residential childcare provider; the reason this... - Childcare Services
2750. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the protections that exist for parents when childcare providers leave the core funding scheme; and if she will make a statement on... - An Garda Síochána
2752. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address delays in the Garda vetting process, particularly for the early education and childcare sector,... - Departmental Schemes
2753. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of ECCE services getting payments per child, by Core Funding, ECCE, Linc, and Graduate uplift. [55045/26] - Departmental Data
2754. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with a disability that are in employment in the public sector; the number in employment with mobility issues,... - Disability Services
2755. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the case of a child (details supplied) regarding respite hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55107/26] - United Nations
2756. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the timeline and process for her Department's commitment to ratifying the second optional protocol of the... - Disability Services
2757. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists attached to Galway City West Children's Disability Network Team as of 13 July 2026, in tabular... - Health Services
2759. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the availability of orientation, mobility and habilitation services for... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
2768. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has considered purchasing a site (details supplied) through a compulsory purchase order; and if she will... - Substance Misuse
2769. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports that are specifically available for children living in households affected by parental substance misuse; and whether... - Departmental Data
2770. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE physiotherapists posts, by grade that are filled at Spraoi children’s disability network team as of 14... - Departmental Surveys
2772. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether, following the survey of the first two years of Equal Start, a report of the findings will be published and, if so, when it... - Departmental Strategies
2773. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she expects the next implementation action plan for First Five to be published; and if she will make a statement on the... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2774. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase after school places in Dublin 12. [55389/26] - Departmental Expenditure
2775. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure,... - Disability Services
2776. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to improve disability services nationwide; if she will examine the need for increased and sustained funding... - Departmental Data
2777. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the latest number of units that have been flagged to her Department regarding the State-led capital childcare programme as... - Programme for Government
2778. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made since the formation of this Government on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare, in... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2779. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of early learning and childcare and school age childcare closures, by county in 2025, in tabular form; and if she... - Departmental Bodies
2781. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [55574/26] - Disability Services
2787. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently reinstate respite hours in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - Childcare Services
2789. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a childcare facility from the core funding model (details supplied); the... - Disability Services
2802. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No: 2502 of 14 April 2026 and the HSE reply provided on 27 April 2026, if there is an update... - Departmental Expenditure
2803. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure incurred by her Department on external consultancy and advisory services for each contract; the name of the... - Artificial Intelligence
2804. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training,... - Disability Services
2805. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a statutory future-planning pathway will be established for adults with an intellectual disability living with ageing... - Nursing Homes
2806. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people aged under 65 residing in nursing homes at the end of each year from 2021 to 2025 and currently in 2026; the... - Departmental Data
2807. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for the estimated cost based on current funding for the early years sector, to increase national childcare subsidies to a level... - Programme for Government
2809. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs as committed to in the programme for Government; the steps she has... - Childcare Services
2810. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding developments towards reaching the commitment to reducing childcare costs to €200 per child, per... - Departmental Data
2812. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, by CHO area; the average wait time in each... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2815. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff employed in the early learning and childcare sector in County Cork; the average pay rates by qualification... - Departmental Data
2816. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered childcare places in Cork county; the net increase or decreases in childcare places since 2022; the number... - Programme for Government
2818. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her assessment of a policy proposal by an organisation (details supplied) suggesting that the State take on payroll for early years... - Childcare Services
2819. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which the fee increase assessment process for the 2025/2026 Core Funding Programme year was made available to Partner... - Departmental Data
2821. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of partner services that have indicated an intention to withdraw from Core Funding for the 2026/2027 programme year; the... - Childcare Services
2822. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider allowing providers greater flexibility to make reasonable fee adjustments where necessary, while ensuring... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2824. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a fee increase assessment will be included in the 2026/2027 core funding scheme, similar to 2024, or a mechanism that... - Child and Family Agency
2827. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 1 July 2026, to clarify, whether Tusla involvement is effectively required in practice... - Departmental Data
2828. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of the €25 million allocated for respite services in 2026; the proportion of this funding allocated to... - Disability Services
2829. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the transport options available to a person (details supplied) to travel to adult day services; and if she will make a statement on... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2831. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is aware of the current wait time issues in childcare caused by delays in the processing of Garda Vetting forms... - Departmental Data
2832. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations overseas where CDNTs within CHO9 went on recruitment campaigns seeking to recruit additional staff to work within... - Childcare Services
2833. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being considered to reduce childcare costs for families in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Disability Services
2834. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people waiting for CDNT services in the south-west region, by IHA at the end of July 2026 compared to July in each of... - Residential Institutions
2837. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the statutory basis on which privately operated children's residential centres are registered and inspected by the alternative care... - Children in Care
2840. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 935 of 12 May 2026, whether the figure of 243 registered centres refers to privately operated... - Residential Institutions
2842. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the target date by which the Child and Family Agency intends to reduce dependency on private residential care placements; the... - Departmental Data
2845. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting a residential care placement in respect of whom no placement has been identified; the... - Departmental Strategies
2846. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken under the current National Disability Strategy to improve the physical accessibility of public places and... - Disability Services
2847. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to an individual living with a disability (details supplied); if she will provide guidance on the pathway to... - Departmental Data
2849. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE early years practitioner posts filled at Springfield children's disability network team as of 17 July 2026, in... - Childcare Services
2852. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding available to assist childcare providers with the costs of outdoor equipment, and indoor furniture such as Cots; and if... - Departmental Data
2853. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE play leader posts that are filled at each children's disability network team within CHO3 as of 15 July 2026, in... - Disability Services
2854. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Galway that as of July 2026 or the latest data available were awaiting a first assessment of need... - Legislative Programme
2855. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his views on whether the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 will appear on the autumn legislative programme; and if she... - Departmental Data
2856. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the current funding streams for childcare; the additional funding provided in Budget 2026 and... - Departmental Funding
2857. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to reduce the costs of childcare for parents to respectively €50 per week or €200 per... - Departmental Data
2859. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of increasing foster care allowance rates by €15 or €25, or alternatively index linking it to... - Departmental Strategies
2861. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to support the provision and training of assistance dogs, including autism assistance dogs; whether... - Special Educational Needs
2862. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) will get access to speech and language services in Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on... - Vacant Properties
2863. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of publicly owned buildings that were vacant on the latest date available, broken down by purpose and/or last previous... - Special Educational Needs
2864. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the accommodation for a person (details supplied). [56948/26] - Departmental Data
2865. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting to access speech and language therapy in the CHO7 area, by CDNT; the number of those waiting more... - Special Educational Needs
2867. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in the CHO7 area; the number of children waiting longer than 12 months; and... - Departmental Data
2868. 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 in the CHO7 area. [57052/26] - Special Educational Needs
2870. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for assessment of needs in Dublin Mid-West; the average waiting times for assessments in... - Departmental Data
2872. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount spent by the State defending challenges from families who have not had an assessment of needs delivered within the... - Disability Services
2873. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the services and supports that exist for fully dependent adults are adequate when compared to those available... - Departmental Data
2875. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of non-compliant public procurement identified within her Department and in bodies under the aegis of her... - Artificial Intelligence
2876. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the usage of artificial intelligence within her Department; the categories of usage; the usage of artificial intelligence within... - Departmental Data
2877. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding allocated to core funding each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2881. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of providers who have withdrawn from Core Funding to date in 2026 and; the number of new providers who have signed up to... - Childcare Services
2892. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national consultation event on childcare will be held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57317/26] - Departmental Data
2893. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total capital budget allocation for childcare in 2026; the total amount spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the... - Programme for Government
2894. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding progress towards the Programme for Government commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2896. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with childcare providers on transitioning to a public childcare model since October 2025; to provide a list of... - Departmental Data
2899. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the more than 40,000 child wellbeing checks ordered following the death of a child (details supplied) that have been... - Detention Centres
2900. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young people who were detained in a detention centre (details supplied) in 2025 and to date in 2026 the average... - Departmental Data
2904. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE family support worker posts that were filled at Blanchardstown Children's Disability Network Team as of 15 July... - Health Services Staff
2907. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures the HSE have undertaken to recruit and retain more staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57608/26] - Departmental Data
2908. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for therapies who were referred to the CDNT in Swords and Balbriggan; and if she will make a... - Disability Services
2914. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any consideration has been given to organising the social sensory group sessions at weekends or evening times to accommodate... - Departmental Data
2920. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals for an AON that were made to Dublin North County Healthcare over the past three years, in tabular form; and... - Child and Family Agency
2922. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unallocated child protection and welfare cases in Tusla at the end of each year from 2020 to date in 2026, by region,... - Child Protection
2925. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department or Tusla has carried out an assessment of the impact of staff turnover on child protection outcomes, case... - Disability Services
2928. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 July 2026, or latest date... - Disabilities Assessments
2932. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 July 2026, or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the... - Health Services Waiting Lists
2933. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than 4 months, the number... - Child and Family Agency
2936. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons murdered or who died in suspicious circumstances from 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, that had previously... - Budget 2027
2937. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for increased funding for the national childcare scheme in Budget 2026; the proposals to raise income thresholds for eligible... - Childcare Services
2939. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when routine cleaning will be reinstated at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57701/26] - Early Childhood Care and Education
2940. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the State-led Early Learning and Childcare Capital Programme announced in January 2026, the... - Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
2941. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a reconciliation of all unaccompanied minors referred to or received by Tusla from 2020 to date in 2026, including the... - Nursing Homes
2947. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to address the situation whereby 1,209 people under the age of 65 are currently living in nursing homes... - Disability Services
2948. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the number of respite hours available to the carers of adults with disabilities or additional needs; how... - Thalidomide Victims Compensation
2953. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she last met the Irish thalidomide association; and if she will give a report of that meeting. [57944/26] - Disabilities Assessments
2956. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time in each health region for completion of the preliminary team assessment under the assessment of need... - Disability Services
2957. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 23 April 2026, to provide an update on the progress made on the issues raised by a... - Housing Provision
2958. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the latest engagements she or officials from her Department have had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage... - Childcare Services
2959. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date on the programme for Government commitment to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per... - Disability Services
2961. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she or her Department have considered a model of funding similar to the school transport scheme for transporting users of day... - Disabilities Assessments
2962. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare... - Disability Services
2963. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age... - Departmental Strategies
2964. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date at which she expects the National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy II 2024-2028 progress report for the first six months of 2026... - Disability Services
2965. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in residential disability services who are placed more than 50 kilometres and more than 100 kilometres from... - Family Resource Centres
2969. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to support family resource centres in responding to increasing demand for their services; whether... - Disability Services
2971. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting placement in residential disability services, broken down by HSE Health Region, county and... - Early Childhood Care and Education
2973. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of work to extend the Access and Inclusion Model to children below the current ECCE eligibility age; the... - Disability Services
2976. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adolescents currently awaiting a residential disability placement; and the figures, by HSE Health Region... - Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
2994. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a reconciliation of all unaccompanied minors referred to or received by Tusla from 1 January 2022 to date; the number... - Children in Care
3001. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla can extract from individual files the number of safeguarding incidents, serious concerns and Garda referrals... - Family Resource Centres
3005. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department plans to increase the core funding for family resource centres in Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement... - Childcare Services
3008. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders (details supplied) "known to" their local county childcare committee, by CCC area, in tabular form; and... - Disability Services
3010. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the sanctioned WTE, filled WTE, vacant WTE, temporary agency WTE and recruitment status by discipline within the children’s... - Disabilities Assessments
3013. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in tabular form the number of assessment of need applications received, completed within the statutory timeframe, completed outside... - Disability Services
3015. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist posts filled in each CDNT within CHO5 as of 21 July 2026, in tabular form. [58359/26] - Assisted Decision-Making
3018. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the review enabled by the Assisted Decision-Making Capacity Act 2015 will take place. [58389/26] - Departmental Data
3020. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will improve availability of a paper-based application form for the setting up of enduring power of attorney.... - Mother and Baby Homes
3028. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any person or State agency has been investigated by her Department as a result of the treatment and death of the children in St.... - Early Childhood Care and Education
3029. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers who have left the NCCA ECCE schemes since September 2020 to date in 2026, by month; and if she... - Departmental Reports
3030. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if academic research commissioned by her Department with UCD on the topic of socio-economic discrimination in Ireland was... - Early Childhood Care and Education
3031. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the measures she is taking to ensure that the core funding scheme provides adequate and sustainable support to early... - EU Presidency
3032. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of her Department’s budget for the EU Presidency; the details of any planned gifts for... - State Gifts
3033. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary... - Departmental Expenditure
3034. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by her Department and all bodies under her... - Artificial Intelligence
3035. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an overview of the AI policy in place within her Department; if AI has been incorporated into any work streams; if AI is... - Ministerial Communications
3036. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she uses personal emails for Government business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58672/26] - Child and Family Agency
3039. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times that TUSLA have had to be called for a child under 18 left unaccompanied in accident and emergency by hospital... - Healthcare Policy
3042. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will publish a five-year national community living strategy for adults with an intellectual disability, prepared... - Early Childhood Care and Education
3045. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the public funding commitment to early years education and care in each year since 2020 up to 2026,... - Childcare Services
3046. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given the number of childcare facilities withdrawing from core funding will she consider allowing the facilities to charge the... - Departmental Reviews
3047. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the independent review of low pay in Section 39 organisations will commence as committed to in the 2025 WRC Agreement; if she... - Special Educational Needs
3048. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department plans to review the Access and Inclusion Model to ensure that children with additional needs can access... - Departmental Projects
3049. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the feasibility study for the future of the Toghermore site in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the... - Childcare Services
3050. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered childcare places in each county in each of the past ten years, together with the number of services,... - Departmental Data
3051. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons receiving residential, respite, day and personal assistance services in each HSE health region in each of the... - Disability Services
3052. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title in each children's disability network team based within Mayo; the expected timeframe for... - Departmental Data
3053. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Mayo waiting for an assessment of needs; the length of time these children have been waiting for their... - Departmental Policies
3054. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are being undertaken to ensure that Section 39 agencies do not need to reduce services and supports in order to... - Departmental Funding
3055. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the 100 non-governmental organisations that received the highest levels of public funding in the most recent year for which figures... - Exchequer Payments
3056. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental... - Departmental Funding
3057. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants, service-level agreement funding and other public monies provided to non-governmental... - Child and Family Agency
3058. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons who went missing while in Tusla care since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59539/26] - Childcare Services
3059. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she has examined the introduction of additional targeted supports for families facing significant childcare costs; whether...
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