772. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51476/25]
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773. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support in Budget 2026 the raising of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, and carer’s allowance by at least €50 per week and introduce a permanent cost of disability payment; fund key priorities in the action plan for disability services 2024 to 2026, with a focus on personal assistance, independent living, and …
774. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the immediate actions being taken to address the understaffing and funding issues within Tusla; the means by which she plans to address the understaffing in the north west, specifically regarding caseloads of children in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51503/25]
775. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding in the upcoming Budget for a team for the southeast, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the nationwide roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51576/25]
776. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the waiting times of two to three years for shared care placements, similar to the case of a child (details supplied) in acute crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51586/25]
777. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of duty social workers provided by Tusla, divided by area, in tabular form. [51590/25]
778. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of service for duty social workers in Tusla. [51591/25]
779. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence regarding foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51597/25]
780. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a regional breakdown of the childcare providers who have withdrawn from core funding, including both the number and proportion of providers in Dublin; and the steps she plans to take to encourage these providers to return, so that parents are not left paying the equivalent of a mortgage for their childcare. [51601/25]
781. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an application under the family resource centre programme (details supplied); if she will outline the reasons this application was unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51617/25]
782. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the granting of an extension for a childcare service (details supplied) under the building blocks improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51625/25]
783. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of recipients of the national childcare scheme, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51727/25]
784. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of recipients of the national childcare scheme universal subsidy, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51728/25]
785. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of recipients of the national childcare income-assessed subsidy, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51729/25]
786. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of the national childcare scheme, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51730/25]
787. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of the national childcare scheme income-assessed subsidy, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51731/25]
788. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of the national childcare scheme universal subsidy, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51732/25]
789. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of granting every recipient the maximum rate of subsidy available under the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51733/25]
790. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children at early intervention stage who started in a primary school ASD class in the Mid-West in September 2025; if this number can be classified by each of the Mid-West Children's Disability Network Teams (CDNT) or area; the number of the children in each CDNT or area who require speech and language support; the number o…
791. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1857 of 8 September 2025, if she will clarify information provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51845/25]
792. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the role, work programme, KPIs and reporting schedule of the Special Advocate for Survivors; the funding provided to survivor-facing advocacy bodies since 2023, broken down by organisation, posts funded, and outputs delivered; the number and qualifications of advocates specifically recruited to support survivors of Industria…
793. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the core funding levels of support per hour to childcare providers; the payments for specific additional elements delivered, which will apply for the coming school year; the level of increase in each case compared to last year; and the estimated number of providers and children served by those who have continued operating under the sc…
794. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum level of hourly support paid under the NCS in different age categories for those on lowest incomes, allowing the highest rate of payment; the rate for those at the highest level of income who still qualify for some premium over the universal rate; and the way in which the intermediate rate payable to a particular family is…
795. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the eligibility criteria for a child to participate in the free early childhood care and education scheme; and the hourly or weekly rate payable to providers that deliver service under the scheme. [51900/25]
796. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Access and Inclusion Mode (AIM) has been extended beyond ECCE years; the range of services which are available within ECCE under AIM; the range of services that are now on offer for other childcare settings; and the way in which the number of children served under each element of the programme has grown as a result of the chang…