Questions

1537. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19130/26]

1538. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Gender Flagship Technical Support Instrument toolkit developed to support gender responsive policy and budget planning is being incorporated into the implementation of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030; the extent to which it has been disseminated across Government Departments; the status of associated civil se…

1539. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dedicated budget allocation for the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030 for the years 2025 to 2027; the staffing resources assigned to support implementation; the level of additional funding provided to other Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19132/26]

1540. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030 is being coordinated with related national gender equality frameworks including EU supported gender mainstreaming measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19133/26]

1545. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to publishing aggregated childcare demand and capacity data, similar to the way information in education, housing and health planning is publicly shared, to support evidence-based planning and policy development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19295/26]

1546. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a ranking of local electoral areas showing where childcare unmet demand is highest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19296/26]

1547. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of work by her Department to develop projected childcare demand modelling based on population growth and housing development; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19297/26]

149. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific steps she is taking to deliver additional not for profit childcare places in the Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk area; the capital and current funding streams available for this purpose in 2026; the projects currently approved or under assessment in these areas; the expected timelines for delivery; and if she will make …

172. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of Ireland’s implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; the specific measures that have been implemented to date; the measures that remain outstanding; the timelines for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12384/26]

509. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the role her Department plays in public awareness campaigns for paternity leave and parent’s leave, including targeted outreach to employers and employees; the plans in place to increase awareness and take-up by men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1859/26]

872. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for their AON appointment in the HSE Dublin and North East health region (formally known as CH09), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4343/26]

873. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for their initial CDNT appointment in the HSE Dublin and North East health region (formally known as CH09), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4344/26]

874. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for their AON appointment in all CHO regions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4345/26]

875. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for their initial CDNT appointment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4346/26]

876. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department provides transportation funding for children with special education needs who have to travel to attend an early years education setting appropriate for their needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4347/26]

1876. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the role her Department plays in public awareness campaigns for paternity leave and parent's leave, including targeted outreach to employers and employees; the plans in place to increase awareness and take-up by men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1909/26]

1877. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will commission a review of barriers to fathers and other parents taking up paternity and parent's leave, including workplace practices and cultural norms, and publish options to increase take-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1910/26]

1917. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the office rental costs per annum for staff in her Department and for each agency or organisation under her remit, in each of the years between 2015 and 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74442/25]

2008. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past five years; if so, to …

2009. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the basis on which her Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2032/26]

2010. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against her Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2050/26]

2011. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the guidance, codes, circulars or directions that govern the payment of legal costs by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in employment-related disputes, including any requirements under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or Departmental sanction arrangements; and if she will make a statement on…

2012. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the funding of employee legal costs in litigation against the employing body could give rise to governance, accountability, or value for money concerns; whether her Department has issued any guidance in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2086/26]

2013. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has reviewed, or intends to review, the practice of Departments, and bodies under their aegis, funding legal costs in employment disputes involving those same bodies; and if so, the outcome or timeline for such a review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2104/26]

2014. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether arrangements to fund legal costs in employment disputes involving her Department, or bodies under its aegis, require the prior approval of her Department or the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2122/26]