763. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of new general foster carers approved in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51274/25]
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764. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of general foster carers who left fostering in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51275/25]
765. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new relative foster carers in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51276/25]
766. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of relative foster carers who left fostering in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51277/25]
767. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of foster carers that have moved from Tusla, to a private agency in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51278/25]
768. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of approved general foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51279/25]
769. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of approved relative foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51280/25]
800. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of money spent by Tusla on private residential settings for children in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, with the corresponding entity receiving that money, in tabular form. [51950/25]
801. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers employed by Tusla in 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [51951/25]
802. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care currently without an assigned social worker. [51952/25]
814. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding streams available for a childcare facility for works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52069/25]
815. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will expand AIMS to support school age care in afterschool, as recommended by the recent evaluation, in Budget 2026 to ensure a level of support for children with additional needs is retained post-ECCE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52076/25]
816. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide urgent funding for a case (details supplied) to ensure a child with additional needs can access afterschool and have their needs met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52077/25]
1. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her engagement with Tusla following the report of a missing child in Donabate, Dublin, to date in 2025; the steps Tusla is now taking, and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49873/25]
3. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on key commitments made in the programme for Government on early years and, specifically, the commitment to undertake a broad consultation and publish a detailed action plan to build an affordable, high-quality, accessible early childhood education and care system with State-led facilities adding capacity, as well as a rev…
9. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of issues childminders are experiencing with the new regulations; if she is concerned that childminders are leaving the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49910/25]
59. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the report by the special advocate for survivors’ in relation to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49908/25]
66. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Transport on issues being faced by disabled persons driving or as passengers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49907/25]
79. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need; the number of those waiting over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49906/25]
86. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of family resource centres that applied to come in under the national forum that were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49909/25]
327. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason children with additional needs are only sponsored with the national childcare scheme until children turn four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49406/25]
1872. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on plans to introduce the new European disability card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44621/25]
202. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will include additional ring-fenced funding to an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39877/25]
141. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol will be ratified before the summer recess (details supplied); and if he will provide an assurance that Ireland will finally ratify this world-renowned child protection convention before the end of 2025. [38102/25]
747. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the amount of money allocated for pay for early years educators as part of core funding annually since its inception, and the corresponding amount used per pay agreement, in tabular form. [37731/25]