Questions

313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting determination by his Department; the efforts being made to address delays in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64334/25]

314. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant eligibility for the sustainable aquaculture scheme will be revised given the unreasonable delays in the aquaculture licensing system which is impacting aquaculture producers awaiting licensing renewals and wish to make improvements in their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64335/25]

315. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a funding mechanism to assist aquaculture producers when difficulties arise that is, storm damage, stock losses and biological challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64336/25]

316. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efforts her Department is making to address the fact that childcare is a barrier for women taking up apprenticeships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64042/25]

317. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the latest assessment of needs waiting list figures, by region and nationally. [64025/25]

318. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in CDNT 11 (south Kildare and west Wicklow) waiting over one year for engagement with children's disability network team, CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64026/25]

319. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staff vacancy rate for the west Wicklow and Kildare south children's disability network teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64078/25]

320. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding or supports available to enable a resource centre (details supplied) to secure a permanent building; if she will consider prioritising funding for centres that currently operate in temporary or rented premises to improve stability and service delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64111/25]

321. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current locations under consideration for a pilot public childcare scheme to begin in 2026; the number of childcare places that may become available at these locations; an exact timeframe when these pilot schemes will be up and running; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64129/25]

322. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria for selecting locations for the forthcoming public childcare pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64130/25]

323. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of money allocated to the building blocks childcare scheme; the locations and amount allocated to each location over the past two years; the number of childcare places provided by this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64131/25]

324. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if daycare and pre-school service providers who give notices of closure to Tusla and Pobal could still be registered and still receive their AIMS support payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64140/25]

325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the scope of the new round of the building blocks grant 2026 fund; if the funding will include new builds; if the funding will allow for the purchase and renovation of an existing property for conversion into a preschool and-or childcare facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64168/25]

326. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours available to adults in County Mayo; the type of respite provided; the number who have availed of this service in 2023 and to-date in 2025; and the number on the waiting list to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64204/25]

327. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade, based at South Mayo Children's Disability Network Team in 2023 to-date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64205/25]

328. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that the two SLT posts which will become vacant in Clonmel CDNT due to maternity leaves which will be filled as a matter of urgency as the vacancy rate for posts in this CDNT Team will fall to over 70% vacancy; if she is aware that there are already 11 vacancies within this CDNT team out of 18 WTE; the specific act…

329. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of an ongoing industrial relations dispute in a State agency (details supplied); if she is aware that while this dispute remains unresolved, the State agency in question has put out tender for a contract to commission a report into said industrial dispute; if she has any plans to intervene; and if she will make a stat…

330. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the draft strategy for early years Irish-medium education is to be published. [64284/25]

331. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade, which have been filled in each children's disability network team within CHO5 in the years 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [64299/25]

332. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the €3 million announced in Budget 2026 compares to the level of investment needed for the national neurorehabilitation strategy for full implementation of community-based neurorehabilitation teams nationwide. [64300/25]

333. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the assessment process for fee increase requests on behalf of childcare facilities participating in core funding will be announced; her views on whether it may have been premature to put in place a wage increase for practitioners without providing for an avenue where services can apply for fee increases simultaneously; and if she ca…

334. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an urgent update on the case of a vulnerable young woman with complex mental health needs (details supplied), whose clinical team recently advised that she requires 24-hour care and is not capable of living independently, but who is now being considered for discharge to temporary independent accommodation with limited home-support hours; the clinical basis …

335. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the procedure mid-urethral mesh sling will be available in Ireland for patients who currently have to travel abroad for the procedure. [64071/25]

336. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if there has been any change to the dermatology services in Monaghan Hospital; if the service has ceased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64073/25]

337. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are any measures planned to combat the long waiting lists for physiotherapy services in the Market Street Wellness Centre, Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64074/25]