Questions

126. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in ensuring that adequate funding is provided for CAP in the next Multiannual Financial Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57543/25]

127. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted, or plans to conduct, an assessment of the impact of avian influenza on non-avian species, including domestic animals; if there has been any evidence of transmission between species in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57548/25]

128. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the existential warnings from the Irish fishing sector, if he will publish the Government’s sectoral impact assessments of the 2026 quota cuts; outline the legal and trade measures being pursued at EU and bilateral levels to counter unfair overfishing by third-party fleets; and outline a transitional support scheme (income, retraini…

129. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57617/25]

130. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of service contracts awarded to private consultancy firms, broken down by projects in IT, management, accounting and auditing, Department and cost, each year to date since 2000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57650/25]

131. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to Cavan CDNT each year from 2020 to 2025; the funding to be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57462/25]

132. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the CDNTs that are operated by a provider (details supplied) or other non-HSE entity; the CDNTs that are operated directly by the HSE, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57463/25]

133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of days this year that the hydrotherapy pool at Cavan CDNT has been used by the CDNT for children on its list; the number of children accommodated therein; the number of days that the pool has been provided to other bodies for use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57464/25]

134. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding that has been allocated to Monaghan CDNT each year from 2020 to 2025; the funding to be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57465/25]

135. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the entity that owns the building from which Cavan CDNT operates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57466/25]

136. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of grant aid that will be available in 2026 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for community providers and private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57483/25]

137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efforts being made to reunite minors who come to Ireland seeking asylum without their parents; the name of the company procured to look after those children; and the number of times law enforcement have been called to their premises in the past three years. [57498/25]

138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57503/25]

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children's disability network team, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [57504/25]

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting times for assessments of need completed by each children's disability network team, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [57505/25]

141. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider proposing that HSE organisations pilot artificial intelligence tools for the administrative work within children’s disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57532/25]

142. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether data protection concerns pose significant barriers to the use of artificial intelligence tools for the administrative work within children’s disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57533/25]

143. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a review of existing practices, related to the provision of additional needs supports for children, with a view to removing potential work programme silos will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57534/25]

144. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has been in receipt of funding from the HSE since 2008, with the first allocation amounting to €32,068, and the same allocation of funding from the HSE has been ongoing for the past 17 years; the additional steps which are required to secure enhanced support for their vital wo…

145. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify the elements of the recently announced core funding changes & employment regulation order in relation to the childcare sector; and the percentage of core funding announced which will be ringfenced for wage increases focusing on the level of training and experience. [57546/25]

146. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify whether holes in funding have been identified in the community childcare sector as a result of the recently announced employment regulation order and the new round of core funding; if she will confirm if core funding will cover the entirety of the enforced wage increases across all community childcare settings; and, i…

147. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks scheme will re-open for applications; and if funding will be available for the construction of new premises under the scheme. [57555/25]

148. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that received one-on-one occupational therapy appointments with Cavan CDNT for each month from January 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57584/25]

149. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that received one-on-one speech and language appointments with Cavan CDNT for each month from January 2024 to date in 2025, tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57585/25]

150. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that received one-on-one physiotherapy appointments with Cavan CDNT for each month from January 2024 to date in 2025, tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57586/25]