501. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to opening applications for Core Funding early, as some childcare providers who have not increased their fees for a number of years are struggling to remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67978/25]
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502. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that Pobal is withholding the 3% pay increase as agreed in Building Momentum; if this is acceptable to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67979/25]
503. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of Pobal's failure to pay a 2% wage increase due in March 2025 to grade 2 early years specialist; if she has engaged with Pobal to resolve this given it is an important Department initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67980/25]
504. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks extension scheme will open again for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68007/25]
505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a copy of the independent external review of the draft Childminding Regulations which was carried out by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68018/25]
506. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected publication date for the annual mother and baby institutions payment scheme report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68019/25]
507. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that a childcare provider in Louth (details supplied) has left the Core Funding system; if additional support can be provided to the operator to ensure they remain within the system and continue to provide early years care to the cohort of families that currently use the service; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
508. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans for any reforms to ensure that rural based early years services remain within the Core Funding system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68105/25]
509. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years services in Louth that are currently supported through the core funding model; the number of services in the county that left the core funding system in the years 2022 to 2024, and to date in 2025, respectively; if she will provide the names of the services that have left the system in each of the years in question…
510. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of residential disability services provided by for-profit companies; and for a breakdown of costs for child and adult services separately, for each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [68110/25]
511. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of contracts signed in 2024 and 2025 with for-profit companies providing residential placements for adults and young people with disabilities; the duration of contracts agreed; the cost per placement and the names of the private companies providing these services. [68111/25]
512. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the comparative cost per placement of residential services commissioned through private outsourcing and by Section 38, Section 39 and direct HSE services for the years 2024 and to date in 2025. [68112/25]
513. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a report by the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection will be published; if she Minister has received the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68113/25]
514. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the financial cost to the state of legal defences taken on cases where families have taken the State to court for failing to provide their child with an assessment of need, for the years 2021 to 2024, and to date in 2025. [68114/25]
515. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request the Disability Unit in her Department to evaluate a situation (details supplied). [68527/25]
516. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on diagnostic scan waiting lists at the end of Quarter 3 2025. [67268/25]
517. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the addition of spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test for newborn babies; the actions she is taking to ensure no further delays to its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67289/25]
518. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the health service under employment visas or permits; and the percentage that this represents of overall staff. [67302/25]
519. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the results/rollout of ongoing the PRAISE-U (PRostate Cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union) study; if there will be any efforts to bring in a free prostate cancer screening service similar to the existing BreastCheck and CervicalCheck programmes for breast and cervical cancers following the results of thi…
520. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health when spinal muscular atrophy will be fully implemented as part of the newborn screening heel-prick programme; the timeline for the introduction of these screenings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67322/25]
521. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a medical card can be urgently provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67327/25]
522. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the services and organisations that will be supported by a project (details supplied); the amount each service or organisation will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67335/25]
523. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the circumstances under which the National Gender Services requires parents to attend assessments of adult patients. [67336/25]
524. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the National Gender Service's initial assessments for which the attendance of parents is requested. [67337/25]
525. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the National Gender Service's current advice for GPs whose patients are being prescribed HRT by EU telehealth services. [67338/25]