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Claire Kerrane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1830. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise what will happen to residents (details supplied) once their time is up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19208/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1831. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by former Minister of State at a visit to a disability services provider (details supplied) in June 2023 to fund €200,000 for adult day care services and €150,000 to fund respite services, if there is any plan to fulfil this promise; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1832. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the 291 services that had a 80% staff turnover rate in 2023/24 (details supplied), the profile of these services in terms of size (small medium, large), ownership type (private or community) and service type (sessional, part-time, full-time), in tabular form. [19266/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1833. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of need for a person (details supplied). [19269/25]
Liam Quaide Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1834. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will lead on transposing the directive establishing the European disability card given that the cards also affect public transport, culture and other services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19273/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1835. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to childcare providers to help with compliance with the financial reporting requirement; and the case management support that is available to providers in difficulty. [19288/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1836. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reduce overcrowding in young offender detention facilities such as Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19295/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1837. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will examine issues related to the lack of flexibility in the national childcare scheme, particularly in cases where parents such as teachers are charged additional fees for childcare services they do not use or require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19319/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1838. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the six-month threshold for individuals who spent time in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19334/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1839. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19339/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1840. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of naionraí outside the Gaeltacht areas. [19356/25]
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1841. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to eradicate the gender pay gap in pharmaceutical sector. [19361/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1842. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the €1 million fund announced in 2021 for the development of sensory gardens is still available; if schools or other organisations can still apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19383/25]
Brendan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1843. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by a national organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19430/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1844. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has commissioned any research on the efficacy of public assessments of need for children who are being educated through Irish, or whose first language is Irish; and if she will make a statement on children whose diagnosis and interventions are being delayed due to the nonprovision of assessments in …
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1845. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 2 April 2025, to provide specific clarification as to the reason capital equipment is included on financial reporting for years one and two but is excluded in the process of calculating the unit cost per child in the context of fee increase calculation; and if she will mak…
Niamh Smyth Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1846. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied) and give advice on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19463/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1847. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19480/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1848. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if reports that a company that had applied for a contract to manage an IPAS facility at a site in Coolock (details supplied) has decided not to proceed with its application are accurate; if the State will now withdraw from the ongoing High Court case brought by persons seeking an injunction against the use of the sit…
Jen Cummins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1849. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how often naíonraí are inspected by TUSLA and her Department. [19501/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1850. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence regarding HSE changes that are causing concerns to parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19538/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1851. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently engage with St. John of Gods in Kerry to progress the development of a super respite centre on the grounds of St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19596/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1852. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a recent reply (details supplied) the length of waiting list; the number of people in Kerry currently awaiting hours; the estimated wait time for this service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19606/25]
Alan Kelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1853. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs more than 3,6,9,12,15,18,21 and 24 months, by county, in tabular form. [19625/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1854. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for when she expects the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to be presented for debate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19704/25]