1905. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to publish modelling by decile of household income and typical hours of parents net costs in September 2025 combining the new caps with NCS universal that is €2.14/hour up to 45 hours; and income-assessed subsidies up to €5.10/hour (details supplied). [45125/25]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
2,772 questions match, newest first.
1906. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional core funding provision being made to offset the sectoral pay floor increase to €15 an hour and related grade uplifts; and to provide her Department’s estimate of the marginal cost per full-time place. [45126/25]
1907. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of the quarterly dashboards showing average gross fees by county and care type; the average net fees after subsidy and participation rates in core funding, drawing on the Pobal Early Years Data Warehouse. [45127/25]
1908. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Health Service Executive disability services in the Dublin north city & west (IHA DNCW) area can receive an additional allocation of multi disciplinary staff for CDNTs in 2025, in view of the increase of 12 students at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45137/25]
1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the reported 16,593 children awaiting completion of disability assessments, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an initial assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, and the subsequent follow-up assessments, by CHO area, at the end of quarter 2 2025; the average and longest waiting times …
1910. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments or guarantees that will be put in place for community or voluntary providers of new residential care beds that the HSE will take up those beds thus allowing the community or voluntary provider make the necessary upfront investment in providing new beds. [45166/25]
1911. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the funding pressure point that a disability organisation (details supplied) is facing in September 2025; the measures being taken to address this deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45167/25]
1912. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to increase capacity for residential care outlined in the NASS database for 2000 individuals with immediate need and for 1200 individuals misplaced in nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45168/25]
1913. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of her Department within County Kerry; the length of time they have been idle; the plans in place, if any, for future use; if these unused properties, lands and buildings can be used for affordable and social housing and low cost sites; an…
1914. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to award optimum core funding of €240,000 for all 121 family resource centres, to enable each centre to have three core staff on public sector aligned scales plus operating costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45196/25]
1915. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to award funding to family resource centres to allow them to expand their counselling and wraparound supports, through shared funding and implementation of the Roadmap for Therapeutic Governance. [45197/25]
1916. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to develop and introduce a dedicated capital funding stream for family resource centres. [45198/25]
1917. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a person (details supplied) can access psychological services to get an essential psychological report for entry into post primary education in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45297/25]
1918. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of the obligations under Article 8 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which require the verification of age and legal guardianship for children accessing certain digital services and financial platforms, the role the Department is playing to ensure that age and guardians…
1919. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review correspondence (details supplied), the timeframe for the delivery of this day service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45364/25]
1920. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will reverse the new ECCE compliance requirement, introduced on 10 June 2025, obliging providers to store children’s PPSN details for one year considering the PPSN's are not required once a child is registered in The Hive, and the requirement increases the risk of unnecessary data breaches; and if she will make a statement …
1921. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the terms of the Statement of Purpose for counties Cavan and Monaghan currently excludes adults with mild intellectual disabilities, including autism, from respite supports and services; and if Cavan and Monaghan is the only area where this exclusion currently exists. [45389/25]
1922. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify if respite supports and services in counties Cavan and Monaghan are reserved for adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities only, thereby excluding adults with mild intellectual disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45390/25]
1923. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will meet with a cohort of parents with adult children with disabilities in County Kerry regarding the urgent need for respite for these young adults and to discuss the opening of Cunamh in Caherciveen on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45391/25]
1924. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to make respite services available to families in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45392/25]
1925. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline whether any additional supports are currently available to parents who give birth to twins, or other multiple births; if there are any plans to expand these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45403/25]
1926. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering expanding parental and maternity leave for parents who give birth to twins or other multiple births; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45406/25]
1927. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will seek a suitable time for a person (details supplied) to use the hydrotherapy pool in Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45415/25]
1928. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to facilitate the opening of a care centre (details supplied) on a full time basis, seven days and nights per week; her views on whether one night of respite care in a five-year period is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45431/25]
1929. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the HSE has considered subsidising private assessments or interventions when public waiting lists exceed 12-months for children with developmental needs. [45450/25]