122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have died while either under the care of Tusla, or while known to child protection services since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32444/25]
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724. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if she would be open to meeting with the family in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/25]
1172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a residential settings and attend a day service; the plan for the places that would be vacated by these people being forced to stay in residential settings; and if jobs will be lost in this reorganisation. [29381/25]
373. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an independent review has commenced on the children’s disability network team service model; the nature of the review; who commissioned the review; the terms of reference for the review; the reason for the review; the date upon which the review commenced and is projected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who have reported being sexually abused in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [20961/25]
95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of community disability network teams across the country which are fully staffed and the number which are not. [20957/25]
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported missing from State care in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, and the total number of those who have never been located. [20958/25]
121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care currently in special emergency arrangements in the State. [20959/25]
154. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money paid by the State to the providers of special emergency arrangements for accommodating children in State care, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [20960/25]
1826. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail, on a monthly basis, the number of incidents that have been recorded at all IPAS centres in Ireland in 2024 and 2025 under the following headings: violence towards staff, violence towards residents, physical altercations, threats to kill or threats of violence towards staff, threats to kill or threats of …
1835. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to childcare providers to help with compliance with the financial reporting requirement; and the case management support that is available to providers in difficulty. [19288/25]
823. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to exercise powers under section 47(1) Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to give additional direction to Tusla regarding the proposal for approved in principle by Tusla's National Policy Oversight Committee in Tusla's draft review 'Personal Data Breach Management Policy Procedure' to discontinue notifyin…
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17049/25]
827. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unborn children placed on Tusla’s child protection notification list in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17199/25]
832. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care; the age range of these children; the length of time they have been in Ireland; and the nationality. [17261/25]
666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres approved in each Gaeltacht, by year for past five years, and by Gaeltacht area; the number of applicants who have resided, or are residing there; and if the Department has done an assessment on the impact on the unique linguistic and cultural identity of those areas. [15636/25]
667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth pursuant to statements by the current Tánaiste that the last hotel in a town or village will not be used to accommodate asylum seekers or refugees, the number of these currently being used for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15637/25]
668. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline Tusla’s separation policy in instances where multiple siblings from a family are in State care in separate foster or residential placements; and specifically, if she will detail what steps it takes to ensure that biological siblings in different placements have access to one another, or access to…
176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing while under the care of Tusla, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [14266/25]
177. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have died while either in the care of the State or while known to child protection services, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form, including cause of death. [14267/25]
178. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount paid by Tusla to the providers of special emergency accommodation, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [14268/25]
179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list companies currently providing special emergency arrangements to Tusla; and if confirmation can be provided that all the staff employed by these companies to care for children have been Garda vetted. [14269/25]
180. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the companies who were previously providing special emergency arrangements to Tusla, but with whom Tusla has since ceased contracting; and if a breakdown can be provided on the reasons why. [14270/25]
181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Child Law Project; if her Department is currently funding the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14271/25]
1400. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to provide a €100 a week cap for childcare costs; and if she will consider the introduction of such a support for families. [11889/25]