526. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that has been paid by her Department in each of the past five years to companies that provide accommodation to persons applying for asylum in Ireland. [4175/25]
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527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average cost per night of providing accommodation for persons applying for asylum in Ireland for each of the past five years. [4176/25]
528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individual bed nights that have been provided by the State to persons applying for asylum in Ireland for each of the past five years. [4177/25]
529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of buildings that have been purchased by the State to house persons applying for asylum since the scheme was announced in March 2024; the number of these buildings that have been put into use; and when the other buildings purchased will be put to use. [4178/25]
530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a unit in Kells Business Park has been earmarked for accommodating persons applying for asylum. [4179/25]
531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the mechanism for former residents of mother and baby institutions to update the records held on them (details supplied). [4182/25]
532. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total expenditure allocated to maintain existing levels of services in respect of youth affairs, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4205/25]
533. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total expenditure allocated to new development measures in respect of youth affairs in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4206/25]
534. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young people who benefited from engagement in youth work services for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4207/25]
535. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guilloti…
536. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the psychological assessment for ADHD of a child (details supplied). [4263/25]
537. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of her Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4312/25]
538. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the staffing and training of more therapists in children’s disability teams; if she plans to support families who are waiting too long for an assessment of needs; the way she intends helping them to procure assessments privately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4329/25]
539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE autism therapists and disability community facilitators attached to Longford CDNT teams in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [4349/25]
540. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any financial supports or grants available for people attempting to set up supervised access services, given the financial struggles many parents face while trying to avail of these services; whether her Department will provide funding for these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4…
541. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop a multi-annual approach to funding disability services; the estimated timeline for when programmes in need may gain access to such funding; and the interim funding that will be made available in the meantime. [4428/25]
542. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth available to businesses and local authorities to support adjustments needed to make public spaces and structures fully accessible for people with disabilities. [4429/25]
543. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress made toward achieving the main aims of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026; and to list the specific changes that have been achieved in County Galway to date. [4430/25]
544. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4467/25]
545. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an occupational therapy assessment for a child (details supplied) will be carried out. [4517/25]
546. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being taken to address the huge shortage of childcare places in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4530/25]
547. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being taken to increase the budget for early years and school age care, which currently stands at just 0.1% of expenditure, far below the OECD average of 0.9%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4531/25]
548. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children under the age of three are on childcare waiting lists in Kerry for the years 2021-2025, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4532/25]
549. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to increase the number of childcare facilitates in Dublin Bay north; the number of current childcare facilities in Dublin Bay north and the number of childcare facilities in Dublin Bay north in 2015. [4557/25]
550. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently under the care of Tusla who have been identified as at risk of sexual exploitation; what specific measures are in place to protect these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4567/25]