1240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of services providing a baby room for babies aged 0-1, by county; the number of baby rooms available in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30384/25]
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1241. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of community childcare facilities who have entered the sector in each of the past five years, by county; and the number of community childcare providers who have left the sector in each of the past five years, by Local Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the National Development Plan can be improved to ensure additional funding is allocated to childcare development, owing to the lack of spaces, unmanageable costs and inadequate salary levels facing the sector and parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28092/25]
165. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider providing a transport allowance for members of an organisation (details supplied) to access sport and physical activity opportunities in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24519/25]
138. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on progress to date on the provision of capital investment for the construction or purchase of State-owned childcare facilities; whether strategic investment in childcare facilities will be sufficiently expanded under the revised National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
150. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure Programme for Government commitments to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities and create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exist, are delivered; if this will be a priority as part of the forthcoming NDP review; and if she will mak…
1842. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the €1 million fund announced in 2021 for the development of sensory gardens is still available; if schools or other organisations can still apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19383/25]
1845. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 2 April 2025, to provide specific clarification as to the reason capital equipment is included on financial reporting for years one and two but is excluded in the process of calculating the unit cost per child in the context of fee increase calculation; and if she will mak…
1923. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time between initial assessment and the commencement of therapy intervention within speech and language therapy services in the CHO9 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20546/25]
1953. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on Programme for Government commitments since taking office to review and increase core funding for childcare providers;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16252/25]
265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the exclusion of capital expenditure when assessing the profitability of childcare service providers; if this practice will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16267/25]
266. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has, since taking office, examined the current overall funding model for formal childcare services in Ireland; if she believes that the model requires reform; if it will be formally reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16268/25]
267. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the overall breakdown of State, parent and other expenditure in the childcare sector in Ireland, each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including total overall expenditure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16269/25]
411. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the age of eligibility for children starting the ECCE scheme can be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13026/25]
412. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider a second lower age eligibility criteria for children starting the ECCE scheme to prevent families from missing out on a full-year of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13027/25]
413. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she intends to evaluate the eligibility of the ECCE programme, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13028/25]
414. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she intends to explore making available an extra hour of ECCE each day to families in the second year of preschool, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13029/25]
595. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to protect funding for disability services in the event of a fiscal downturn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9364/25]
320. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin that are eligible for core funding; the number that signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of crèches that have appealed the …
642. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a child (details supplied) in need of a residential care place. [5734/25]
249. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin west that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of crèches that have appealed the …
988. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the special schools pilot providing delivery of in-school therapy supports to children in selected special schools, in addition to existing services being provided through children’s disability network teams (CDNTs); if there are plans to extend this scheme to other special schools such as a school in…
989. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarity on the accommodation recognition payment available to those providing accommodation to people who arrived in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive since March 2022; if the scheme is ending on 31 March 2025; and the communication that has been sent to tenants of those properties and the proper…
1201. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin West that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of creches that have appealed the…