1997. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times the national childcare scheme subsidies for families on incomes of €26,000 or less have been increased since it launched in 2019. [1695/26]
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67. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on engagement with providers in relation to concerns around core funding. [73263/25]
85. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to increase public funding for early learning and care and school-age care to bring it up to the same level as other countries in the EU. [73264/25]
628. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a county-by-county breakdown of vacant childcare places for those aged under one, under four, and school age care. [73841/25]
538. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any funding streams are available to upgrade accessibility access in an arts centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71229/25]
472. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by her Department and its agencies; the expected launch and closing dates for applications for each scheme in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66923/25]
761. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of sponsored CHICK's across community creche setting versus private operators.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65378/25]
762. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding allocated to early learning and school age care from 2011 to 2025, by year; and the percentage of that yearly funding by modified GNI. [65379/25]
936. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made over the past 12 months on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63656/25]
937. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Action Plan on Childcare, which is a key priority in the Programme for Government, will be published; if she will outline in detail the work that has been undertaken by her Department since the Government was formed in developing this plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63657/25]
108. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on tackling the issues of non-refundable deposits in childcare services. [61906/25]
158. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the action plan for childcare and a date for the launch. [61907/25]
884. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department officials will complete their examination of the study, 'PLACES | Pregnancy Loss (under 24 weeks) in Workplaces: Informing Policymakers on Support Mechanisms'; the timeline for when a decision will be made on whether policy interventions are required at a national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
885. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the launch date for the next National Strategy for Women and Girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61574/25]
365. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being considered to ensure that children in single-parent families have access to the same amount of parental leave as those in two-parent families. [60807/25]
366. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the system to track hours of attendance through the National Childcare Scheme will be revised, to give more flexibility to parents to be able to collect children early without being penalised by having their subsidies cut. [60808/25]
367. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of community childcare services compared to overall childcare services in every county; and the reasons for variance. [60810/25]
368. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement or opportunity for feedback that takes place with services who leave Core Funding; to gather valuable learnings which could prevent other services from leaving, could encourage services to rejoin Core Funding, and could ultimately protect parents from fee hikes. [60811/25]
369. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for the average weekly fee for childcare services in and out of core funding. [60812/25]
370. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which she intends to support parents who have been subjected to fee increases, whose provider has left core funding. [60813/25]
371. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the 2025 mid-term review report of nurturing skills, if the Monitoring Committee and the Advisory Group has met to examine nurturing skills and its progress in 2025; when the 2025 mid-term review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60815/25]
372. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full-year cost of increasing the spending on childcare to 1% of GDP. [60816/25]
373. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work carried out under the previous Government to support community childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60844/25]
374. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that community childcare in the Fingal County Council area has fallen to just 5%, while Dublin City Council stands at 33% and Leitrim at 64% and that given the benefits of the community childcare model for disadvantaged areas, whether she could conduct an analysis on the reason some county councils are more effective than…
1465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a building blocks extension grant application for a creche (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57741/25]