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269. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the National Childcare Service is not structured so that funding follows the child rather than being contingent on provider participation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22532/26]

270. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to ensure all childcare providers participate in the childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22533/26]

271. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports that exist for families who, through no fault of their own, are unable to access a national childcare service participating service. [22534/26]

319. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the help available for people who are recovering from drug addiction and receive methadone and need complex and critical dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22535/26]

320. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health if the HSE are aware of the risks to dental health from the use of methadone; the steps she is taking to address the issue; and the steps she is taking to ensure patients are well informed when choosing a treatment plan. [22536/26]

321. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the specific steps are being taken to ensure the HSE recognises the “time-critical” nature of Friedreich’s ataxia during the current price negotiations for skyclarys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22549/26]

322. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the way in which the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025–2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement particularly the 180-day decision timeline is being applied to the case to prevent further delay in addressing the need of people with Friedreich’s ataxia. [22550/26]

337. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to make essential medical devices such as hearing aids accessible to all who need them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22586/26]

338. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the way in which people can do who cannot afford hearing aids can access them in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22587/26]

478. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the lack of feeder special classes in the secondary schools (details supplied). [21578/26]

871. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of public health checks newborns received in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 in the first 48-months of their lives in 2024 and 2025; and the number of newborns that did not receive a public health visit in the first year of their lives in Dublin 8 and Dublin 12 in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21588/26]

1044. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on implementing a minimum entry requirement for courses such as level 8 counselling and psychotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/26]

278. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin City Council and the other Dublin local authorities currently have access to collision location data from 2019 onwards; the reason the Road Safety Authority ceased sharing this data with local authorities in 2020, given that the Data Protection Commission stated in April 2024 that GDPR should not prevent the proportionate publication of anonymised crash-location details; to explain the way in which local authority road engineers are expected to identify and redesign dangerous junctions for cyclists and pedestrians without access to this data; and to provide a specific date by which the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2025 will be enacted to restore this access. [19234/26]

609. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase secondary school capacity in Malahide. [18257/26]

619. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools asking parents for 'voluntary contributions', by county, in tabular form. [18341/26]

620. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ban 'Voluntary Contributions'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18342/26]

748. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage the project has reached within the Department's school building programme; the expected timeline for the project to proceed to tender and construction; and when she expects the new school building to be completed and operational. [19146/26]

749. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken by her Department to expedite the delivery of a project (details supplied), given that the school is an area of very concentrated disadvantage and deprivation with a very high level of students with complex needs and currently operating across two separate campuses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19147/26]

750. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider visiting a school (details supplied), to meet with students, parents and staff and to observe firsthand the challenges associated with operating the school across two separate sites.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19148/26]

751. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department the position regarding the timeline for a project (details supplied). [19179/26]

752. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the timeline for a project (details supplied). [19179/26]

758. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the capacity issue in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19235/26]

890. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school capacity is set by each school or by her Department. [20532/26]

891. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when the stage one report will be approved for a school (details supplied); and when the school will move onto stage two. [20534/26]

1840. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE Health Regions; whether Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19241/26]