1199. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the CDNT 8–east Galway and south Roscommon service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; the roles within the east Galway and south Roscommon CDNT that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29971/25]
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1200. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) was not included as one of the priority areas of research recently published by her Department; her plans to include FASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30044/25]
1201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the 14,000 additional places that are required in total up to 2030 or whether 14,000 additional places each year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30053/25]
1202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which successful applicants of the children’s disability services grant were provided funding under the grant,; the amount that was provided to them (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30116/25]
1203. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case where parents are receiving assessment of need reports stating that autism is not a disability, despite it being classified as such under the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30142/25]
1204. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality following the recent visit to a school (details supplied) by the Minister for Special Education, if she will respond to the urgent issue of a 7 year old child in that school’s autism class who is pre-speaking and has had no access to speech and language therapy, or any other form of therapy to date; and if she will make a statement…
1205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30158/25]
1207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will supply further detail on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a dedicated funding stream for assistive and digital technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30204/25]
1208. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she and her Departmental officials are aware of the shortage of creche and child-minding facilities in County Clare that cater for babies under 12 months-of-age; the measures her Department is taking to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30241/25]
1209. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, to provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer for each €1 reduction in average weekly costs of full-day childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30259/25]
1210. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in Budget 2026 to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands and north east in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country. [30307/25]
1211. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications submitted for the building blocks extension scheme by organisations in Counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications in each county; if the scheme will open again in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30325/25]
1212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2023 and 2024, by Year, by HSE CHO, number of assessments conducted, number of hours assessments took in the following time lengths, 0-30 hours, 30-60 hours, 60-90 hours, 90+ hours, in tabular form. [30346/25]
1213. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of applications received under the recent building block grant scheme; if all eligible applications were funded under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30357/25]
1214. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of unsuccessful applications under the building block grant scheme, by county; the reason each application was unsuccessful; if there is an appeal mechanism for unsuccessful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30358/25]
1215. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications under the building block grant scheme which were unsuccessful due to the fact that the applicant did not own the land; if the Minister will examine a remedy for these providers for future rounds of the programme in order to provide much needed additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1216. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the work carried out to date to develop an action plan to build an affordable, high-quality, accessible early education and care system with State-led facilities adding capacity as committed in the Programme for Government; when she expects to publish this action plan; if she will consult with key stakeh…
1217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the roadmap to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child; if she will provide an estimated timeframe to meet this key Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30361/25]
1218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities; if this will be a priority for the Minister as part of the current review of the National Development Plan; the engagement she has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure to date on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
1219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education and Youth regarding the construction of childcare facilities at schools which can then be contracted out to providers; her views on how this model will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30363/25]
1220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is carrying out a mapping exercise to identify the parts of the country where State intervention in the provision of childcare is most acutely required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30364/25]
1221. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of the number of new childcare providers who have entered the sector in each of the past five years, by county; the number of childcare providers who have left the sector in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30365/25]
1222. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the National Childcare Scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30366/25]
1223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the annual budget for the national childcare scheme in each year since it was introduced, in tabular form; the number of childcare providers in receipt of NCS funding in each of these years; the number of children being supported in each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30367/25]
1224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of eligible children not availing of the ECCE programme, by county; her views on the reasons some families are not taking up ECCE; the steps her Department is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30368/25]