620. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rising cost of childcare. [71588/26]
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621. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of individuals in the HSE north west region currently classified as requiring emergency, crisis or priority residential disability placements over the last five years; the duration for which such persons have been awaiting placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71556/26]
622. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons assessed as requiring full-time residential disability care who are currently awaiting placement in the HSE north west region, broken down by county, age category and length of time waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71554/26]
623. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of individuals currently in receipt of full-time residential disability services in the HSE north west region, broken down by service provider, including but not limited to an organisation (details supplied) and all other HSE-funded providers over the last five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …
624. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual budget allocated to residential disability services in the HSE north west region in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date; and if she will provide a breakdown by service provider. [71557/26]
625. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new full-time residential disability places created in the HSE north west region in each of the past five years, broken down by provider and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71558/26]
626. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons awaiting full-time residential disability placements in the HSE north west region at year-end in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71555/26]
627. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons supported in full-time residential disability placements in the HSE north west region in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71553/26]
628. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated annual cost of providing full-time residential disability placements to all persons assessed as requiring such placements and awaiting services in the HSE north west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71560/26]
629. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons in the HSE north west region identified through service planning processes as requiring full-time residential disability placements within the next one, three and five years; and the measures being taken to ensure sufficient capacity is available to meet that demand. [71559/26]
630. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing complement, by grade and discipline, within the South Kildare West Wicklow children's disability network team; the number of sanctioned posts and vacant posts within the team; the measures being taken to fill vacancies; the number of children awaiting occupational therapy and speech and language therapy interven…
631. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific therapy, intervention and support programmes currently available through the South Kildare West Wicklow Children's Disability Network Team for autistic children aged eight years and older; and the number of children currently receiving direct occupational therapy and speech and language therapy interventions. [71541/26]
632. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the statutory two week paternity leave. [71562/26]
633. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the recourse an adopted person has when their adoption file reveals serious concerns about the circumstances in which their adoption took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71736/26]
634. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she expects to publish the findings of her Departments review of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71765/26]
635. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [71708/26]
636. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians posts filled at south Kildare children's disability network team as of 2 October 2026, in tabular form. [71776/26]
637. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe that a facility (details supplied) will be ready to take children for preschool care, being rolled out as part of the early learning and childcare capital projects. [71784/26]
638. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the publication of the national childcare scheme review; the reason the publication of the review has been delayed from the original scheduled time of Q3 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71805/26]
639. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who availed of the early childhood care and education programme and the National Childcare Scheme in 2025 and in 2026 to date; the reason the Budget 2027 expenditure report projects almost 100,000 ECCE children compared with over 105,000 in Budget 2026; and how the projection of 293,000 NCS children, describ…
640. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of the funding being made available in 2027 for the assessment of need targeted waiting list initiative, commonly referred to as Cara’s Fund; the total allocation in 2027 and how this compares with the allocation in 2026; the number of children whose assessments are expected to be completed through the initiative in…
641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla records referrals concerning children where the reported concern includes a parent or guardian’s refusal to affirm, recognise or support a child’s stated gender identity; and if so, the number of such referrals received in each year since 2017. [71867/26]
642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla records the source of referrals concerning parental disagreement with or refusal to affirm a child’s stated gender identity; and if so, the number referred by teachers, counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, healthcare professionals and other mandated persons in each year since 2017. [71868/26]
643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla referrals in each year since 2017 in which parental disagreement with or refusal to affirm a child’s stated gender identity was identified as a concern; the number that proceeded to preliminary enquiry or assessment; the number that resulted in further intervention; and the number that were closed without further inte…
644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has issued guidance to teachers, counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers or other mandated persons concerning circumstances in which parental disagreement with or refusal to affirm a child’s stated gender identity may constitute a child protection or welfare concern requiring referral; and if she will p…