523. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to reduce the qualifying age for the AIM programme run by her Department from two years and nine months to the age of two, given the importance of early intervention for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53308/25]
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799. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider removing the means test as a qualifying criteria for blind welfare allowance, in recognition of the additional financial burden experienced by persons who are blind or vision impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51931/25]
2. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a right to respite for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50022/25]
13. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for introducing a reimbursement scheme for families who have had to pay for private therapies for their child due to long waiting lists for public services. [50027/25]
48. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans for the development of a childcare action plan to address the current childcare crisis in the country. [50026/25]
62. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of a family resource centre in north west Kildare, in particular the Allenwood area; and if she would consider funding the development of a resource centre in the area. [50025/25]
77. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any funding schemes in her Department to support organisations in developing changing places toilet facilities. [50028/25]
523. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work her Department has undertaken for the development of a cost of disability payment alongside the Department of Social Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/25]
524. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the planned playground for Newbridge, County Kildare. [49579/25]
1999. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average capital cost and current expenditure operating cost respectively, of providing each new publicly provided residential care place for children in the care of Tusla; for a breakdown of staffing costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46884/25]
2503. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of increasing foster care allowance rates by €15 or €25, or alternatively index linking it to inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44052/25]
2504. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the aftercare allowance to the same rate as foster care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44053/25]
2505. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the current funding streams for childcare; the breakdown of the additional funding provided in Budget 2025, in tabular form; the expected funding required in 2026 to maintain existing levels of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44054/25]
2506. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to reduce the costs of childcare for parents to respectively €50 per week or €200 per month; to provide a breakdown of the additional allocations required, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44055/25]
2507. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to increase funding for the ECCE scheme by 10%; if she will provide a breakdown of those proposed new funding levels, in tabular form; when funding for ECCE was last increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44056/25]
823. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of increasing the aftercare allowance to the rate of the foster care allowance and extending it to the age of 23. [39261/25]
300. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla publicly-provided residential care places for children, available in each year from 2020 to 2024; the number available in 2025; the additional number of regulated places added in each year, either public or private; the plans for adding new public places in 2025; the additional funding in place for 2025 to provide new p…
363. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider a request for home care respite hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33247/25]
127. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when his Department plans on publishing its jointly commissioned research into gender recognition for young people aged under 16 years of age; and his views on the rationale behind the several-year-long delay in publication. [32862/25]
358. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a procurement process was carried out by her Department for awarding a contract to a company carrying out research on the development of a national childcare agency; if so, the details of this procurement process and the details of the contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27937/25]
550. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a draft will be published of the National Plan for Irish Provision in the EY and SAC sector; if this draft will undergo a public/stakeholder consultation before it is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27366/25]
551. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will honour the State’s commitment to promote the Irish language by implementing a rights-based approach to Irish-medium immersion early childhood education and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27367/25]
552. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an official definition of Naíonra; if she will clarify if this is an Irish immersion education setting that operates through the Irish language only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27368/25]
553. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will explore the possibility of developing a public directory for Irish-medium preschool services, Naíonraí, in order that parents can access their local setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27369/25]
556. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/25]