Conor D. McGuinness

725. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services participating in the core funding scheme in County Waterford in each year since the scheme was established; the total amount of core funding allocated by her Department to those services in each year; the number of childcare places associated with those services in each year, according to the information available to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/26]

726. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services in County Waterford that, to her knowledge and based on information held by her Department, have ceased operating in each year since 2020; the estimated number of childcare places thereby lost; if she is satisfied with the trend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49784/26]

727. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new childcare services that, according to information available to her Department, commenced operation in County Waterford in each year since 2020; the number of additional childcare places thereby created; if she considers this sufficient to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49785/26]

728. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare places in County Waterford in each year since 2020, according to information available to her Department; the number of children aged under five years residing in the county in each of those years; the resulting number of childcare places per 100 children aged under five years; if her Department has assessed the adequacy of childcare capacity in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49786/26]

729. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of capital funding allocated by her Department to childcare providers in County Waterford in each year since 2020 under all capital investment and expansion schemes; the number of successful applications; the number of additional childcare places projected to result from those investments; the number created to date, where known to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49787/26]

730. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and value of applications received by her Department, or on behalf of her Department, from childcare providers in County Waterford under capital funding schemes in each year since 2020; the number approved and unsuccessful; if she is satisfied that the level of investment approved has met demand in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49788/26]

731. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services in County Waterford participating in the national childcare scheme in each year since 2020; the total value of subsidies paid in respect of children attending those services in each year; if her Department has assessed the impact of those subsidies on affordability for families in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49789/26]

732. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department holds information on the average fees charged by childcare providers participating in Core Funding nationally and in County Waterford; if so, the average annual fee in each year since 2022 and the annual increase or decrease; if not, how her Department assesses whether Core Funding is reducing childcare costs for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49790/26]

733. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff employed in childcare services participating in Core Funding in County Waterford in each year since 2020, according to information available to her Department; the corresponding national figures; if she is satisfied that staffing levels are sufficient to meet existing and projected childcare demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49791/26]

734. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount provided by her Department in each year since its introduction to support increases in childcare worker pay arising from Employment Regulation Orders and Joint Labour Committee agreements; the amount allocated to services in County Waterford; if her Department has assessed whether these measures have improved recruitment and retention within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49792/26]

735. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare services in County Waterford that have received support under the building blocks expansion grant scheme and any successor expansion scheme; the value of funding approved in each case; the number of additional childcare places her Department expects each project to deliver; the number delivered to date, where known; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49793/26]

736. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional childcare places her Department projected would be created nationally and in County Waterford through core funding, capital investment programmes and childcare expansion schemes since 2022; the number actually created to date, according to information available to her Department; if she is satisfied that projected outcomes have been achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49794/26]

737. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department collects, receives or holds information on childcare waiting lists nationally or on a county basis; if so, the latest figures available for County Waterford and nationally; if not, whether she considers it appropriate that neither she nor her Department has access to comprehensive waiting list data despite the acknowledged shortage of childcare places; how she assesses unmet demand in the absence of such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49795/26]

804. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no emergency dentist in University Hospital Waterford for children with special and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49050/26]

805. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the options available in Waterford for children with special and additional needs who need anaesthetic for dental treatment; including those in a dental emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49051/26]

103. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for delivering affordable housing in villages and rural communities in County Waterford such as An Rinn, Ardmore, Lismore, and Bonmahon, that are experiencing pronounced housing pressures and demographic cliff edges, if not addressed. [48180/26]

200. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Gaeltacht planning statement and rural planning statement will be released; and the reason for the continued delays in the face of rising homelessness, the decline of the Irish language in an Ghaeltacht and demographic decline. [48181/26]

19. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will next meet. [47446/26]

37. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent UK-Ireland summit. [47447/26]

327. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital funding allocated to each technological university in each of the years from the date of their establishment to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47928/26]

342. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total value of eligible applications received under each call of the Rural Regeneration and Development Funds; the total value approved; the approval rate by number and value of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47894/26]

172. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of road traffic accidents that have occurred on the N25 between Youghal, County Cork and the turnoff for Ardmore, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/26]

184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason Bus Éireann route 40 does not stop as scheduled in Kilmacthomas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/26]

490. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy in relation to overpayments of social welfare; if it is mandatory to repay all social welfare overpayments or if it can be written off; if so, in what circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47298/26]

600. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to investment to deliver the long-promised community neurorehabilitation team for the south-east (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46929/26]