1040. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of continued frustration among childcare providers regarding the use of the HIVE system (details supplied) and the impact this administrative burden has on busy providers; and if she will commit to reduce such a burden. [65040/26]
1041. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of concerns being raised by providers regarding the new system for AIM (details supplied); if an AIM worker is expected to be sent home when a child is absent; and if she will ensure greater clarification for on the ground in settings for providers. [65039/26]
1042. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale for changes to attendance for children in ECCE to register five days per week; the consultation that took place on this change before its implementation; and if she acknowledges the importance of flexibility in ECCE for parents and the difficulty for providers in enforcing attendance that may not suit parents and child…
1050. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a detailed, itemised timeline for the implementation of the reforms cited in Departmental correspondence (ref: DCDE-MFO-01419-2026), including the review of the Missing Children in Care Joint Protocol, the update to the Child Sexual Exploitation Procedure, and proposed amendments under the Child Care (Amendment) B…
1051. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the statutory, regulatory and inspection frameworks governing privately operated or externally contracted residential care settings, including section 38 and section 39 commissioned placements; whether any regulatory, transparency or reporting exemptions apply to commercial providers compared with State-operated services; and the spe…
1052. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment that has been undertaken of the increasing reliance on private, for-profit care providers in the provision of residential services for children, including placements commissioned under section 38 or section 39 arrangements or external private commercial providers; the proportion of children in State care currently acco…
1053. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the statutory protections available to frontline social care professionals, advocates, and members of the public who raise child-safeguarding concerns in good faith involving public bodies or publicly funded services; whether her Department has identified any evidentiary or legal gaps in those protections where concerns relate to mul…
1054. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of whether any automated technical mechanism currently exists within Tusla's case management system to cross-reference children identified as exhibiting indicators of trafficking or exploitation with children reported missing from care; and if the Government intends to introduce such a statutory cross-referencing mechan…
1055. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Government has undertaken, or intends to undertake, an independent joint audit of the operational handover and follow-up arrangements between An Garda Síochána and Tusla following emergency child removals under section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991; and the statutory framework that exists to ensure joint inspection and c…
1056. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to establishing an independent, cross-agency statutory oversight mechanism for cases where responsibility for the safeguarding, care, or welfare of a child crosses organisational boundaries between Tusla, the HSE, and An Garda Síochána; the mechanism currently that exist to examine the actions a…
1057. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the formal statutory or administrative mechanism that exists to ensure that children with complex co-occurring needs including severe intellectual disabilities, neurodivergence, or acute mental health crises are not left without an appropriate support plan where responsibility involves both Tusla under its welfare mandate and the H…
1070. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the priority given to disabled people who become an orphan in relation to access to long-term residential care; the way in which this works; and if it is the same process State wide for everyone in such a circumstance. [65433/26]
1268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when personnel in the National Ambulance Service, including paramedics, will receive the agreed pay increase and back pay that is due. [64879/26]
1437. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health If her attention has be drawn to a case (details supplied); if she will clarify whether Roscommon Injury Unit is currently equipped and authorised to assess acute eye injuries in children: if so, the reason the child was directed elsewhere for assessment; and if not, the reason HSE information indicates that injury units can treat objects stuck in the eye and …
1450. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to outline the formal pathway for a child in County Roscommon who suffers an acute eye injury (details supplied). [65766/26]
272. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 13 May 2025, if she is aware that members of the Defence Forces carried out military exercises at St. Brigid's Campus, Ballinasloe, during the early hours of 15 and 16 July 2026; whether advance notice of these exercises was provided to residents and businesses in the vicinity; if An Garda Síochána was notified in a…
369. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed new vehicle adaption scheme is replacing the existing disabled drivers and passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55132/26]
641. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport when the necessary Statutory Instrument, to give the collective agreement made this year for CIÉ pensioners legal effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59302/26]
42. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52567/26]
86. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is concerned at decisions made for SNA allocations which are not meeting need in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52568/26]
146. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if any mechanism exists to allow a late application to the road transport support scheme to be considered in exceptional circumstances where the application deadline was missed; if an appeals process, administrative review or other discretionary process is available; if he will give consideration to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will mak…
305. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all schemes related to mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, and Magdalene laundries now living in Britain, who receive financial redress supports or any related settlements should be equally protected (detai…
677. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all schemes related to mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, and Magdalene laundries now living in Britain, who receive financial redress supports or any related settlements should be equally be …
748. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not accessible in Ireland to cancer patients despite approval by the European Medicines Agency and its accessibility in many other parts of the EU and in the North of Ireland, if she will examine this and make the drug available for cancer patients where their oncology team has recommended it; and if she will make a state…
790. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that survivors of industrial schools who hold enhanced medical cards are being charged for the preparation of blister packs for their prescribed medication; if she considers it appropriate that these vulnerable patients should incur such charges despite their enhanced entitlement to healthcare; if she will ensure that blister pack dispensing is …