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Réada Cronin Written 13 May 2026 · to Children
199. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of moneys spent on child and adult residential services over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35751/26]
Réada Cronin Written 13 May 2026 · to Children
200. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of private companies who have provided residential placements in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35752/26]
Réada Cronin Written 13 May 2026 · to Children
201. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is aware of a potential available community space at a location (details supplied) for after school childcare; whether her Department has investigated its potential use as a space to help with the lack of after school services in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35761/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
428. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised Framework for the Assessment Of Children In Need and their Families limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23489/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
429. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be “twice exceptional” will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23490/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
430. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; what safeguards are in place to prevent under-identification of such children…
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
431. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23492/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
432. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment and the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23493/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
433. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23494/26]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Children
434. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23495/26]
Réada Cronin Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
495. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has identified any buildings for the purpose of developing after school childcare in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18209/26]
Réada Cronin Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
496. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's efforts to improve accessibility in towns in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/26]
Réada Cronin Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Children
279. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list in County Kildare for early learning and childcare places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11031/26]
Réada Cronin Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Children
280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need in County Kildare; the number waiting more than three, six and 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/26]
Réada Cronin Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Children
281. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Kildare, by team, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11033/26]
Réada Cronin Written 14 Jan 2026 · to Children
133. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether plans are in place to increase the number of after-school care places in north Kildare by September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2693/26]
Réada Cronin Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Children
367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department will take to address the shortage of creche places in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73058/25]
Réada Cronin Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
337. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to increase capacity for childcare services in north Kildare; the number of families currently on a waiting list for childcare services in north Kildare; the average waiting times on those lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36809/25]
Réada Cronin Written 27 May 2025 · to Children
559. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there has been engagement with her Department on building a childcare facility in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27661/25]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
217. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) for a temporary accommodation centre; the initial length of the contract provided for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14595/25]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made to re-accommodate Ukrainian families following the closure of the temporary accommodation centre at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14596/25]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
219. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason given by a company (details supplied) for not extending its contract with her Department for a temporary accommodation centre at a location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14597/25]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
220. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the establishment of a temporary accommodation centre in any given area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14598/25]
Réada Cronin Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
221. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for the site at a location (details supplied) after the termination of a temporary accommodation centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14604/25]
Réada Cronin Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1302. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the instructions given to parents by the children’s disability network team in relation to updated psychological assessments for children diagnosed with autism in search of a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12766/25]