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Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care or known to child protection services who died as a result of suspected foul play, homicide, murder and manslaughter in each of the past 15 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71660/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care who have died in the past fifteen years, by the breakdown of the cause of death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71661/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
62. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have reported they were victims of human trafficking while in State care in each of the past five years. [71659/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently missing from Tusla’s care; and the longest length of time any one child has been missing. [71657/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children who have been reported missing from Tusla’s care since the agency was founded; the number located; and the number whose whereabouts remains unknown. [71658/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children in State care; and the steps her Department is taking to protect them from harm. [71835/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Children
462. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be included in the mother and baby redress scheme. [66803/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Children
935. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a response will issue to important correspondence issued to Tusla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63633/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times she has met with the CEO of Tusla since she took office. [61892/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
139. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children’s disability network teams which are fully staffed in the State; and the number which are not fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61896/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare in the State. [61894/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to reduce the rate of child trafficking in the State. [61893/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
856. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a press release issued by an organisation (details supplied) articulating a crisis in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61313/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
900. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the current means tests for the national childcare scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62095/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1517. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration given to extending residential and foster care up to the age of 21; and for aftercare support to be available up to the age of 26, regardless of progression onto further or higher education. [58646/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to allowing parents to transfer their parental leave between employers. [58647/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so, the reason they were located in a Tusla run residence; and the reason child protect guidelines were not in place.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58883/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Oct 2025 · to Children
137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efforts being made to reunite minors who come to Ireland seeking asylum without their parents; the name of the company procured to look after those children; and the number of times law enforcement have been called to their premises in the past three years. [57498/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Children
786. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to b…
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
19. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates upon which she spoke to the CEO of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49647/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
25. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department holds any statistics on the average cost of childcare in each of the past ten years; and the steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare. [49649/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will detail the function and purpose of the National Review Panel, which conducts reviews into the deaths of children in State care. [49648/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
55. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of community disability network teams not fully staffed in the State; the number which are fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49650/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
72. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports offered to birth mothers of children in State care; the ways through which they are supported through the process of taking their children into care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49651/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Children
1015. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when Tusla closed the case with the young boy from north Dublin who is currently believed to be dead; and the other State agencies, they ensured would remain in contact with the boy and his family to ensure that they boy was safe. [47900/25]