251. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres currently licensed by his Department, disaggregated by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15900/25]
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252. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum amount of parental leave days that can be transferred between parents under current legislation within An Garda Síochána; if there are any specific circumstances under which this limit can be increased, and if so, what those circumstances are. [15904/25]
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, the cooperation that exists between her Department and HSE-funded genetic services, including data sharing arrangements, genetic and genomic clinical services and genetic counselling services; and if she will make…
254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth recognising her Department’s commitment to early intervention to maximise disabled citizens’ capacity and recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, to outline her views on how genetic counselling could support disability services; and if she will make a statement on …
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any cooperation between her Department and the Department of Health National Genetics and Genomics Strategy Steering Group in the development of policy and strategy in either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15930/25]
256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the cut to the accommodation recognition payment; the research carried out by her Department prior to making this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15931/25]
257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to several complaints regarding employee behaviour and the nutrition provided (details supplied); if her Department will examine these matters and ensure that people in their facilities receive an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15970/25]
258. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what internal work her Department has carried out in relation to public childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15996/25]
259. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many parents in the Tallaght area are facing difficulties with securing creche spaces (details supplied); will the Minister instruct her Department to ensure that creche places become available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16002/25]
260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the tailored mental health supports available to people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16003/25]
261. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the number of people who are using disability day services in Louth; specifically, the number of days of service provided during the 2023-2024 period, in tabular form; additionally, the average level of funding allocated per individual over this period; and whether the Department conducted an …
262. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office. [16196/25]
263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide adequate staffing levels and funding for the urgently required expansion of the summer programme in special schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16229/25]
264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to deal the lack of childcare spaces in Dublin Bay north; to provide the number of childcare facilities in Dublin Bay north; the projected need for childcare spaces from 2025 to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16264/25]
265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the exclusion of capital expenditure when assessing the profitability of childcare service providers; if this practice will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16267/25]
266. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has, since taking office, examined the current overall funding model for formal childcare services in Ireland; if she believes that the model requires reform; if it will be formally reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16268/25]
267. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the overall breakdown of State, parent and other expenditure in the childcare sector in Ireland, each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including total overall expenditure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16269/25]
268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, as a matter of extreme urgency, a full respite service in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); if she accepts that respite for these clients once every six months is not acceptable and the fact that many clients have not received any respite in three to four years is not acceptable; if she will…
269. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department's actions in response to (details supplied); the reason her Department will not hold a public inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16321/25]
270. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the schedule of fees for all childcare providers operating ten or more childcare facilities and availing of Core Funding in the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16322/25]
271. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new national disability strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16326/25]
272. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for CAMHS for the months of January, February and March 2025, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15859/25]
273. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the National Ambulance Service’s existing capacity to provide emergency cover to all of County Clare; provide an overview of any plans she and her Department has to improve the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; provide details of National Ambulance Service call-outs in County Clare from 1 January 2024 to 27 March 2025 …
274. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether she has spoken to the Health Service Executive on the topic of waiting lists for MRI scans under sedation for children; if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); if she considers the delay and expense incurred to be acceptable; if she will raise this case specifically with the Health Service Executive; if she wil…
275. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [15863/25]