1527. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team will begin operating in Clondalkin; the location they will be operating from; the composition of the team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58893/25]
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1528. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of all contracts that companies (details supplied) have or have had with her Department, or with Tusla, since 2022, including when each contract commenced, the number of beds being provided, when each contract is due to expire, the amount paid on each contract to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statemen…
1529. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether Cork north central will benefit from the roll out of additional community neuro-rehabilitation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58993/25]
1530. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s strategy to reduce waiting lists for children’s disability services nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58994/25]
1531. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a family resource centre is being considered for a centre (details supplied) in the recent funding announcement of 10 new Family Resource Centres in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58999/25]
1532. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on childcare service capacity in Cork North Central; if additional funding will be provided to support community childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59000/25]
1533. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for full implementation of the universal childcare subsidy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59003/25]
1534. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department will ensure equitable funding between community and private childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59004/25]
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the new gender pay gap reporting portal for public and private organisations will be fully launched as promised on International Women’s Day 2025, under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. [59047/25]
1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the additional planned legislation for gender pay gap reporting will be brought to the Dáil. [59048/25]
1537. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider launching a nationwide text alert system for disabled parking to allow individuals to report illegally parked vehicles by sending a text message with the bay number to an enforcement team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59107/25]
1538. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on required staffing levels for education centres such as play schools and creches; and to outline any plans to attract additional qualified staff to County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59115/25]
1539. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional capital funding will be made available to early years providers in County Meath to expand or upgrade facilities participating in the ECCE program; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59117/25]
1540. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she plans to increase the capitation rate for ECCE providers to reflect on the rising operational and staff costs in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59118/25]
1541. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on staffing shortages within the early years and ECCE sector in County Meath; the supports being provided to recruit and retain qualified staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59119/25]
1542. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details of properties acquired by purchase, rental or transfer from another State agency or organisation for use by TUSLA in the Fingal west area in the past two years; the location and size of the properties; what they will be used for; the duration of any leases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
1543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59189/25]
1544. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rising cost of childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59236/25]
1545. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe mandated for responding to child protection notices; the number of child protection notices received in the first six months of 2025; and the number of those child protection notices responded to within the mandated timeframe. [59269/25]
1546. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to Kildare children's disability network teams from 2022 to 2025, year; and the funding that will be allocated in 2026, in tabular form. [59311/25]
1547. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding streams available in her Department to family resource centres for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59325/25]
1548. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering an increase in the capitation grant for ECCE services given the grant has not been increased since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59330/25]
1549. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of the children who do not take up the second year of free ECCE, by birth month, which could constitute approximately 17% of children who avail of the first year available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59331/25]
1550. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider an amendment to the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 in relation to parents leave, to ensure parents who have sole custody, can avail of additional leave, further to a court ruling in Spain in January 2025 that families should be treated equally regardless of family structure; and if she will make a stateme…
1551. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing parents leave available to parents of twins and triplets to reflect the same uplift in child benefit available to those parents, which is currently 1.5 times the standard child benefit payment for twins and twice for triplets and multiple births. [59333/25]