156. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration is being given to extending the revised childcare fee cap, or introducing alternative cost-reduction measures, for families using childcare services operating within Band F (50+ hours per week); if she is aware of concerns that many childcare providers in areas such as Lucan operate exclusively within Band F an…
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157. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify whether the €550 monthly childcare fee cap announced in Budget 2027 applies solely to childcare services operating within Band E (40-49.9 hours per week) under the core funding scheme; and if she will provide details of the number of childcare providers operating within Bands E and F, respectively. [74685/26…
158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the hourly rate paid under HSE direct payment, individualised funding, personal assistant direct employment, or similar schemes that allow a person with a disability to directly employ their own care worker or personal assistant; the annual rate applicable in each year from 2016 to 2026; and the date on which the rate was last increase…
159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child in County Mayo (details supplied) is facing an estimated four-year wait for an assessment of need (AON); the measures being taken to address the excessive delays in accessing statutory assessments; and the current waiting times for AON assessments in County Mayo. [74556/26]
160. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the OT position in the adult disability service in St. Joseph's care centre in Longford. [74515/26]
161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list for a crèche place in north Kildare; and the plans in place to address this issue. [74712/26]
162. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to address crèche facility deficits in Kill and in north Kildare more broadly. [74711/26]
163. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of providers who have left core funding since the scheme began; if any attempt has been made by her Department to incentivise providers who have left the scheme to rejoin; and the measures in place to prevent further providers from leaving the scheme. [74710/26]
164. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the statutory measures in place to enforce third-party compliance under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and whether binding guidelines will be issued to financial institutions, healthcare providers and State bodies regarding their legal duty to recognise tier 1 and tier 2 agreements. [74698/26]
165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to commit to rescheduling the meeting with an organisation (details supplied) at her earliest opportunity. [74693/26]
166. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the transposition on the standards for equality bodies directives, the pay transparency directive and the gender balance on corporate boards directive. [74741/26]
167. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessments that were undertaken to deduce that the €550 a month band would have the greatest impact overall on childcare costs for families. [74863/26]
168. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the implementation of €200 a month childcare costs that were promised as part of the Programme for Government. [74859/26]
169. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the protections that will be put in place for parents who have no choice but to pay for longer contracted hours than the €550 a month childcare cap. [74856/26]
170. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families who will actually pay €550 per month as part of the cap on childcare fees from 2027; and the percentage of families currently using full-time childcare this would represent. [74855/26]
171. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of providers participating in the core funding scheme in Dublin. [74716/26]
172. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of currently unoccupied residential places in HSE-funded disability services that became vacant following the death of a resident, in tabular form, by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry; and the average time taken to fill such places. [74769/26]
173. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places in HSE-funded disability services that are currently unoccupied, in tabular form, by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry. [74768/26]
174. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential funding packages approved for disability service providers in 2025 that had been delivered as new residential places by year end, in tabular form by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry; and the reasons any approved packages were not delivered. [74767/26]
175. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential funding packages approved by the HSE for disability service providers in 2025, in tabular form by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry. [74766/26]
176. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to increase funding and staff assessment of need teams and children’s disability network teams to eliminate the backlogs that delay formal diagnosis (details supplied). [74854/26]
177. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time Alexander Manor in Clane, County Kildare will remain closed. [74757/26]
178. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is working towards a resolution to re-open Alexander Manor in Clane, Co. Kildare; and if she is aware of the number of families this closure has affected. [74758/26]
179. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times over the past five years that Alexander Manor, Clane, County Kildare has closed down. [74759/26]
180. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason an invitation was sent to service users in Alexander Manor, Clane, County Kildare when the premises was closed. [74760/26]