632. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the statutory two week paternity leave. [71562/26]
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26. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update in relation to the State led provision of childcare scheme. [47573/26]
33. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update in relation to reducing the cost of childcare to €200 per month. [47574/26]
768. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will impose restrictions under core funding on the maximum deposit amount a childcare provider can charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44939/26]
769. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will amend the core funding rule to only allow childcare providers without waiting lists retain the deposits of families who choose not to take the place provided for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44940/26]
238. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the staffing of Trim CDNT; the number of positions; the number that are filled; and the number that are being actively recruited. [38135/26]
124. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the building blocks grant. [29531/26]
140. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if amendments to the national childcare scheme subsidy are being considered to allow parents flexibility in collecting children from childcare settings. [29152/26]
661. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Meath west where elderly parents are providing care for their adult children with learning difficulties without the prospect of planned, supported residential care when the parents are no longer able to provide this care. [28708/26]
2404. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to increase paid paternity leave from two to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24229/26]
808. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action her Department is taking to increase the number of staff working in the childcare sector. [21589/26]
809. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding childcare staff to the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21590/26]
919. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to amend the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to allow families remain as decision makers for children who mature physically and in age, but not in mental capacity, without the need to apply to the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9276/26]
257. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of new family resource centres delivered in 2025. [4775/26]
258. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if new providers entered core funding in 2025; and details of same. [4776/26]
259. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any providers returned to core funding, having previously left, in 2025; and the details of same. [4777/26]
1898. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national policy of the rights of children living in informal kinship care will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74295/25]
1899. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all informal kinship care arrangements will be recognised in Ireland as they are internationally as a form of alternative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74296/25]
1900. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all formal kinship carers are paid the same allowances as foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74315/25]
939. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider excluding domiciliary care allowance from reckonable income for the national childcare scheme subsidy; and the immediate steps his Department will take to support affected families in the meantime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63736/25]
84. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the Government’s commitment to family resource centres; for an update on the work done by family resource centres across the country; and the potential for establishing more family resource centres. [61878/25]
1511. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child’s parent from a one-parent household can avail of 52 weeks of parental leave, as opposed to 26 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58525/25]
1512. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a disparity with parental leave (details supplied). [58526/25]
39. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child. [50127/25]
73. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action she is taking to ensure that childcare facilities are delivered where needed. [50128/25]