109. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which she intends to tackle the severe shortage of childcare places across the State; the means by which she intends to quickly build capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61493/25]
129. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications received, the number approved, and the amount of money paid out to date under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61494/25]
154. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on actions taken since the remains of a child (details supplied) were found, including the actions taken by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61492/25]
164. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans she has to ensure further increases in pay for early years educators and school age care practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61495/25]
925. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health her plans to conduct a review of maternity services in University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60993/25]
184. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently in Tullamore Health Centre; to provide details of these vacancies, including the length of time they have been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60315/25]
181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he intends to implement an app for the deposit return scheme similar to that proposed by a person (details supplied) that would allow residents to scan bottles and cans and have the money deducted from their monthly waste bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58653/25]
182. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a mechanism to get data on the number bottles and cans that enter circulation each year but are not returned; if so, to provide this data for every year since the scheme was introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58654/25]
183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to nationalise the management of the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58655/25]
234. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of an air ambulance base (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58048/25]
505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the significant challenges the primary medical certificate presents for persons with disabilities and chronic illnesses, particularly when it comes to accessing suitable vehicles; his plans to reform the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59460/25]
641. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the financial supports available to a school (details supplied) to undertake a security and access control project that will see a fob-based entry system installed on the schools main doors and gates in circumstances where the minor works grant will not cover the entirety of the cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57833/25]
915. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects to make a decision regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60054/25]
1011. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider raising the threshold for social housing in Offaly or moving Offaly into band two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58069/25]
1134. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is acceptable that sewage is still on Callery Street, Tullamore, over a week since flooding occurred; the steps he will take to rectify this situation which occurs regularly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60055/25]
1136. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a local authority can accept an application for social housing on medical grounds in circumstances where only one medical professional has signed the application; the options available to those who do not have access to a second medical professional including a nurse but wish to apply for local authority housing on the basis …
1218. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the bereaved parent grant extended to co-habitating couples has been limited to those whose partners died on or after 21 July 2025, when the widows’ pension was backdated further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59175/25]
1494. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the rapid review being conducted by Tusla following the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58301/25]
1495. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the work of the National Review Panel following the case of a child (details supplied); when the report will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58302/25]
1496. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the work of the Steering Group for Tusla's well-being check on children; the persons on the group; the dates they have met; to provide an update on their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58303/25]
1567. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of early years and SAC services that have signed up to the current core funding scheme 2025-2026; and the way in which that percentage relates to previous years. [59495/25]
1568. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to services that have chosen not to participate in core funding if any work is being carried out to collate the reasons these services have chosen not to sign up to core funding; if not, if she will consider collating this data to ascertain that the reason services have not signed up to core funding is available; and if s…
1569. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the proposed core funding evaluation; the terms of reference for the evaluation; and the time period that evaluation covers. [59497/25]
1570. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the NCS review and the terms of reference for that review; and her views on same. [59498/25]
1571. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider, in line with recommendation 7 of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth report on challenges facing the ECEC sector (March 2024), unification of the existing funding schemes. [59499/25]