1627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mandatory frequency of physical welfare checks conducted by TUSLA in SEAs to determine if a child is present or missing; and if these protocols differ from regulated residential care. [20554/26]
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1628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla maintains a record of children who have reached the age of 18 years-of-age while still listed as 'missing' from State care; and to provide these figures for the past ten years. [20555/26]
1629. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review a matter regarding pension entitlement for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20573/26]
1630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St. Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20601/26]
1631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St. Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20619/26]
1632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20638/26]
1633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20656/26]
1634. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 731, 732 and 733 of 3 March 2026, if she is satisfied that cases will be allocated to non-social workers; who the professionals are she cites, as to who's cases will be allocated to; the level of oversight by social workers; the way in which that oversight will be conducted and the frequency giv…
1635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to ensure that adequate space is available for the second year of ECCE; if she has heard reports of parents finding that schools do not want to take children until they are five years of age but creches do not have the space for older children and do not feel that preschool is fit for children over five years; her …
1636. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the refusal of an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); the reason incomplete or deficient historical records are being relied upon as grounds for exclusion despite acknowledged issues with the accuracy of such records; to set out the review or independent appeal mechanism tha…
1637. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of overall funding for the Rehab Group that was provided through State funding from 2016 to 2025, per year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20795/26]
1638. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered foster carers for each of the years 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. [20801/26]
1639. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children placed in foster care for each of the years 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. [20802/26]
1640. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her understanding as to the reasons for the fall off in the number of fosters carers over recent years. [20803/26]
1641. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date when the fosters carers allowance was last raised; and the considerations that are underway for an improvement to this rate. [20804/26]
1642. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to releasing the records of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, with proper redactions of personal information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20855/26]
1643. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the actions outlined for the childminding sector (details supplied), broken down per each action, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20869/26]
1645. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that funding is available for the implementation of options B and C outlined in the HIQA report into health services in the Mid-West region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19621/26]
1646. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if there are any discussions or plans to move the HSE Environmental Health Inspectors under the remit of the Food Safety Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20059/26]
1647. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out to improve labelling of origin on imported food products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20461/26]
1648. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE employed podiatrist by grade working within Limerick Older Persons Services as of 2 March 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18232/26]
1649. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the capacity which currently exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; if additional capacity has been sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18233/26]
1650. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year current costs if the HSE pathfinder services was extended to 12 midnight, seven days a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18234/26]
1651. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE reproductive medical consultants based at Limerick Regional Fertility Hub as of 2 March 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18235/26]
1652. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026-2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE Health Regions; whether Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and …