329. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of his Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if he will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18387/25]
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330. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if he will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18405/25]
331. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18422/25]
332. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18447/25]
333. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18464/25]
334. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/25]
335. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to increase the allocation of therapy services to a school (details supplied). [18224/25]
336. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an immediate assessment has been made of the therapy needs of children attending a school (details supplied). [18225/25]
337. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the innovative immediate, short-term solutions being taken or considered to address the shortage of therapist services to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18226/25]
338. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government intends to purchase the site of the Bessboro mother and baby home and establish a memorialisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18095/25]
339. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Wexford in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [18118/25]
340. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is considering using a hotel (details supplied) in County Wexford for the provision of accommodation to international protection applicants taking into account that this is the only hotel inside the town area and is surrounded by areas categorised by Pobal as disadvantaged and very disadvantaged ar…
341. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has received representations from Section 38 disability service providers about historic financial deficits for service providers; the scale of any historic deficits in the sector made known to her department; her plans for dealing with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18158/25]
342. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to bring forward statutory parental bereavement leave; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18172/25]
343. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 20 March 2025, in which she stated that her Department had not sought or received reports or analysis on impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may be having on the private rental sector, if her Department was aware of any other Department or agency carrying out…
344. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 20 March 2025, if her Department has since carried out, sought or received reports or analysis on impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may be having on the private rental sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18176/25]
345. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to collect data on the number of people waiting for disability home support and personal assistance services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18200/25]
346. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the current availability and capacity of childcare services in the East Wall and Sheriff Street areas of Dublin, in light of the imminent completion of approximately 600 new residential units; whether there are plans to establish new childcare facilities or expand existing ones to accomm…
347. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to deal with the critical shortage of affordable childcare services in Carlow and Kilkenny which is placing a huge financial pressure on working families; her further plans to develop a publicly-funded, community-based early years education and childcare model; the number of childcare places available in…
348. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided with respect to a specific site (details supplied); whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18289/25…
349. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has received correspondence from a party regarding a specific site (details supplied); if they have determined to use it; if so, specifically what group will be resident there; whether additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided; whet…
350. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address the reported shortage of social workers within Tusla’s aftercare services, which may impact young care leavers' ability to meet the new housing priority criteria put forward by Dublin City Council. [18297/25]
351. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to ensure that all young people leaving State care are adequately supported in their transition to independent living, particularly in light of the current housing emergency. [18298/25]
352. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the steps her Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if she will outline the logic behind their approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
353. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18371/25]