156. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address the chronic under-funding of a centre (details supplied) which has seen its service users rise from 80 in 2018 to 492 in 2024, but its funding has not increased at all in this same period. [5760/25]
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157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no family resource centre; her views on whether it is appropriate that a large town such as Dungarvan would be without important community infrastructure of this type; and if she will commit to working across party lines and across Government to…
158. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Kilkenny waiting for a first speech and language therapy assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7548/25]
159. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered the need for a dedicated children’s respite centre in Donegal to address the growing need for respite hours in the county and the current lack of available respite for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7873/25]
160. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what review or analysis has been undertaken of the decision to exclude those who spent less than 180 days in a relevant institution from the mother and baby and other institutions redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7545/25]
161. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department intends to implement the 'earn and learn' apprenticeship model outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7635/25]
162. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the gradual reduction of childcare costs as committed to in the Programme for Government; the steps she has taken to progress this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7381/25]
163. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the findings of the recent review into child sexual abuse within an organisation (details supplied), there are plans to establish a statutory inquiry into the handling of abuse allegations and the organisation’s response over the years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7741/25]
164. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for services for each of the nine CDNTs in CHO2; the length of time children are waiting for initial contact from a CDNT; the waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need after they receive an initial contact from each CDNT, by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months, 12-…
165. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of grant aid that will be available in 2025 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for community providers and private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7774/25]
166. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on her plans for section 39 workers; if she will commit to the WRC ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5063/25]
167. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process being undertaken to facilitate clinical supervision for the Coolock, Clontarf and Kilbarrack CDNT teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7634/25]
168. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders meeting in February. [5759/25]
169. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7558/25]
170. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on the status of the development of a national security strategy. [7363/25]
171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [7557/25]
172. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if when he was Tánaiste between 29 November 2024 and 22 January 2024, any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government to include projects in their constituencies in the future National Development plan and or the HSE Capital plan; and if so, if there any documents, notes and messages of any kind that relate to this betw…
173. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7443/25]
174. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form. [7514/25]
175. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7532/25]
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [7578/25]
177. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7579/25]
178. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach the progress made by the Central Statistics Office in developing an indicator of vacant properties in the country; if the ESB has provided them with consumption data; the reason the number of vacant properties are not being accurately centrally tracked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7652/25]
179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of his Department; and to outline the duties he intends to delegate by statutory instrument to his Minister of State. [7758/25]
180. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7170/25]