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Barry Ward Written 13 May 2026 · to Children
188. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the funding and delivery of residential places for adults with intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35454/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
960. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any mechanism in place within her Department that allows for civil servants to transfer on secondment to an equivalent role within the European Union, without negatively impacting their pension and other employment rights; her views on the merits of such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [344…
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
973. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any support mechanisms in place to support families whose childcare facilities have withdrawn from the core funding model, specifically in relation to the knock-on price increase for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34679/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
974. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of a childcare facility from the core funding model (details supplied); the actions she will take to support parents with the knock-on price increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34680/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
975. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any engagement that her Department has had with the management of a childcare facility (details supplied) prior to their withdrawal from the core funding model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34681/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
976. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any engagement that her Department has had with the management of a childcare facility (details supplied) since their withdrawal from the core funding model with a view to continuing their participation in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34682/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
977. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the number of childcare centres that have withdrawn from the core-funding model for each year since it was initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34683/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
978. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mediation mechanisms in place for childcare providers that are considering withdrawing from the core funding model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34684/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
979. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the core funding model for childcare is under review to reflect the number of childcare centres withdrawing from the model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34685/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
980. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any mechanism in place that seeks to bring childcare facilities that have left the core funding model back into this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34686/26]
Barry Ward Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
981. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any mechanism in place that seeks to bring childcare facilities that have never signed up to the core funding model into this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 May 2026 · to Children
424. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied); if she has engaged with same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33811/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 May 2026 · to Children
425. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the survey carried out by a campaign (details supplied) regarding the delivery of residential places for adults with intellectual disability; the actions she will take to ensure that these issues are addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33814/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 May 2026 · to Children
458. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Dublin in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statemen…
Barry Ward Written 6 May 2026 · to Children
738. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Government intends to designate the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive as a priority file during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32007/26]
Barry Ward Written 6 May 2026 · to Children
739. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider facilitating a meeting with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32008/26]
Barry Ward Written 6 May 2026 · to Children
740. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has raised the effect on the basic European principle on the freedom of movement due to the lack of consistency of rights of members of the LGBTQ+ community across the European Union; her plans to ensure these rights for Irish and other European citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32009/26]
Barry Ward Written 6 May 2026 · to Children
741. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the Horizontal Equal Treatment European Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32010/26]
Barry Ward Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Children
397. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the Horizontal Equal Treatment European Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31495/26]
Barry Ward Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Children
398. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the structures in place to allow people to enforce their rights under the equal status Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31496/26]
Barry Ward Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Children
399. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of bodies that have been regulated in relation to breaches of the equal status Acts, the agency that is tasked with enforcing these acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31497/26]
Barry Ward Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Children
245. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31354/26]
Barry Ward Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Children
246. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31372/26]
Barry Ward Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Children
247. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31390/26]
Barry Ward Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Children
912. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding payments under the national childcare scheme; if there is any flexibility in terms of back payments for parents that missed a registration deadline or registered late for any reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29582/26]