528. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding status for SOS Kilkenny’s respite services; to outline when the funding that has been promised will be released; the way in which his Department will ensure sustainable, multi-annual funding for specialist respite provision for people with intellectual disabilities in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
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529. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on integration, mental health support and community development; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49705/25]
530. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the opposite trends in the direction of preschool (decreasing) and school age (increasing) services over the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49783/25]
531. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of ECCE-only services, by county, in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of ECCE-only services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49789/25]
532. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of part-time only services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of part-time services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49790/25]
533. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of sessional services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of sessional only services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49791/25]
534. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by income-assessed childcare subsidies, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49792/25]
535. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children supported by universal childcare subsidies, by county in 2020 to 2024, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49793/25]
536. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of income-assessed childcare subsidies, in 2020 to 2024, by year. [49794/25]
537. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average payment under income-assessed childcare, for 2020 to 2024, by year. [49795/25]
538. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of applications granted under the recent €25 million building blocks grant scheme, including appeals; if the appeal process has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49796/25]
539. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a review has taken place on the application process for the building block scheme considering the high number of unsuccessful or ineligible applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49797/25]
540. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla registered childminders, by county, in 2020 to 2024, by year. [49798/25]
541. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider adjusting core funding allocations for services caring for children aged zero to one years of age in recognition of the higher staffing ratio of 1:3 and to incentivise the creation of additional baby room places to meet growing demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49813/25]
542. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the policy measures her Department is considering to address the high demand for baby room places including in Dublin mid-west where shortages have been documented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49814/25]
543. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the development of a forward planning model to identify and compare areas in terms of childcare need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49815/25]
544. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on progress being made to reduce the administrative burden on childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49816/25]
545. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is considering policies to incentivise early learning and childcare providers to operate an extended timetable to accommodate parents requiring earlier drop-off or later collection times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49817/25]
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of applications for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 that were completed within the statutory six-month timeframe in each of the past three years, broken down by HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49837/25]
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected number of children who will be waiting longer than six months for an assessment of need by the end of 2025; the steps she is taking to ensure compliance with the statutory timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49838/25]
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected date by which the proposed private panel for autism and disability assessments will be operational; the criteria that will be applied in selecting providers; and the measures in place to ensure assessments meet the same standards as those carried out by the HSE. [49839/25]
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding allocated in 2025 to address the waiting list for assessments of need; if this funding is being provided from new resources or by reallocation from existing services; and the estimated number of additional assessments that will be delivered by the private panel in its first year of operation. [49840/25]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being put in place to ensure equitable access to autism and disability assessments under the private panel across all HSE regions, including rural and disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49841/25]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reporting requirements that will apply to providers under the new private panel for assessments; if she will publish quarterly data on the number of assessments completed, average waiting times, and regional breakdowns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49842/25]
552. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of sufficient childcare services, particularly after school programmes in Cork (details supplied); the progress that her Department has made to date in expanding access to after-school childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49855/25]