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Pádraig Rice Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1276. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to expanding statutory leave entitlements to those who experience pregnancy loss under 24 weeks; the steps his Department has taken to progress policy in this area since the publication of ‘PLACES | Pregnancy Loss (under 24 weeks) in Workplaces: Informing Policymakers on Support Mechanisms’ in Janu…
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1277. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 11 of 24 October 2024, when reporting will return; and when the information will be made public (details supplied). [1688/25]
James Geoghegan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1278. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the draft Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding for childcare services, if he can detail the actions that will be taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core funding thereby ensuring the fee cap is maintained for the benefit o…
James Geoghegan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1279. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1758/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1855/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assessments of need in CHO 4 are carried out by HSE staff or are outsourced to private clinicians; and, if the latter, to provide details of funding for this service. [1886/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1282. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by CHO or CDNT, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1926/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1283. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE funds adult disabilities day care centres within CHO 4 that are opened on the weekends; and, if so, the location of same, in tabular form. [1937/25]
Holly Cairns Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide detail on the current waiting lists for children's disability network teams, by wait time, number of people on each list and local area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1960/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1285. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding can be restored for an organisation (details supplied) where it is looking to have a post reinstated to full-time that has been cut to part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1993/25]
Barry Ward Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1286. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a ban on smart phones for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2009/25]
Barry Ward Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1287. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will put in place a ban on social media for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2010/25]
Holly Cairns Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2029/25]
Holly Cairns Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the past ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2047/25]
Holly Cairns Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1290. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on the progress and location of the establishment of the six State reception centres which were recommended in the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision. [2066/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1291. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on State-supported accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine; the measures to support those who are no longer eligible for State-supported accommodation and therefore will be required to leave their current residences; how many people this will impact; and if he will make a statement on the …
Joe Neville Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1292. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on the next steps following on from An Bord Pleanála's findings on an accommodation facility (details supplied) referred by Kildare County Council for a property which is not an exempt development facility for IPAS; and if he would review this contract, given that both An Bord Pleanála an…
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1293. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee and west Kerry area; the number of staff available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [2098/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1294. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Kerry area; the number of staff available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [2099/25]
Paul Lawless Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1295. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number who have been waiting three months, six months, one year and two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/25]
Paul Lawless Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1296. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is taking to recruit more SLT professionals in the Mayo region. [1445/25]
Paul Lawless Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1297. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy professionals who have been recruited in Mayo in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/25]
Paul Lawless Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapist professionals who have left their jobs in Mayo in each of the past five years. [1447/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1299. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; and if the project has navigated the various decision gates in order to proceed. [1853/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1300. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee and west Kerry area; the number of staff available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [2098/25]