1878. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding an assessment of need appointment for a person (details supplied). [73922/25]
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1879. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on her engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for childcare facilities; if she has met with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to this matter; the outcome of the meeting; her views on …
1880. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has identified suitable properties for purchase in order to progress the commitment to State-led childcare facilities; the engagement her Department has had with local authorities and the Land Development Agency in relation to this matter; her views on whether properties built under the 2001 planning guidelines for chi…
1881. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for assessment of needs, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74021/25]
1882. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress on the recommendations from reports or reviews into Tusla’s handling of child cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74023/25]
1883. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement there has been with Tusla to staff unfilled positions in the agency; the work being done to recruit for these positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74024/25]
1884. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement there has been with the community and voluntary sector, which deals with referrals from Tusla, to expand capacity in that sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74025/25]
1885. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the new model of care for complex family cases referred to Tusla; the timeline for the implementation of the new model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74026/25]
1886. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the interactions her Department has had with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding the creation of an inter-agency response to complex family cases and complex behavioural issues with children in community and residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74027/25]
1887. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the direct engagement, which has taken place between her Department and survivors affected by the safeguarding failures identified in a report (details supplied) including when such engagement occurred; and the way in which survivors’ views were reflected in the State’s response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7406…
1888. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she accepts that survivors are central stakeholders in safeguarding and accountability processes, rather than peripheral to governance, audit, or compliance structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74062/25]
1889. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason Departmental funding for the National Safeguarding Officer role recommended by a person (details supplied) to be independent has ended; and the way in which genuine independence is being safeguarded where that role is now retained directly by a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7…
1890. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will commit to establishing a formal, survivor-centred engagement and accountability framework to apply where serious safeguarding failures occur in independent, voluntary, or charitable organisations involving children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74064/25]
1891. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is concerned that emphasising the organisational independence of a service (details supplied) in the context of serious safeguarding failures involving children, risks signalling to survivors of child sexual abuse that the State does not stand with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74065/25]
1892. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past 12 months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [74127/25]
1893. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the allocation of funding to support a pay deal for early years educators and managers will be announced; when representative bodies for this sector will receive notification of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74233/25]
1894. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider bringing the early years sector under the remit of the Ombudsman for Children's Office [74234/25]
1895. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number on assessment of needs waiting lists by county in tabular form including how many are waiting more than 6 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74243/25]
1896. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether standards or service-level targets exist for her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department, in responding to correspondence from members of local authorities; if compliance with such standards is monitored; the reasons for delays or failures to respond to correspondence from elected members; and the measures being …
1897. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reform the national childcare scheme to cover children with complex medical needs who are deemed unsuitable for group childcare settings due to their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74272/25]
1898. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national policy of the rights of children living in informal kinship care will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74295/25]
1899. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all informal kinship care arrangements will be recognised in Ireland as they are internationally as a form of alternative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74296/25]
1900. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all formal kinship carers are paid the same allowances as foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74315/25]
1901. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the proposal to enshrine discrimination on the basis of socio-economic status as a non-discrimination ground, as outlined in the general scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024; the next steps her Department is taking on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74366/25]
1902. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she has assessed the risk of serious unintended consequences arising from her reform proposals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74367/25]