796. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide information on the funding being provided for child and youth participation during Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2026; the initiatives being planned by her Department; the collaboration planned with other departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55465/25]
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771. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51357/25]
576. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in her Department on annual basis. [50484/25]
1964. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an estimate of the average annual cost of moving individuals from institutional, or congregated, settings to their own homes in the community with the support they need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46009/25]
1984. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare settings that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme and the number that have signed up to core funding scheme, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/25]
1994. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which she will publish an action plan for the reform of the early education and childcare sector; and if she has been provided with an update on the consultation and-or a draft of the plan to date. [46657/25]
2322. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 3 July 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the €42 million allocated in 2025, explaining how much was spent on each of the spending lines noted. [41393/25]
140. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the expected timeline for the transposition for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, indicating in any assistance that will be given to employers to ensure they can properly prepare for the implementation of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38093/25]
328. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 personal assistance service hours in 2026. [36729/25]
329. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated revised cost of meeting service provision and supports identified under the disability capacity review, published in July 2021, given rising costs in the past four years. [36730/25]
164. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the planned timeline for the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; the measures being taken to ensure employers will have adequate time and sufficient information to properly prepare for the changes; the supports that will be available to employers for carrying out job evaluation projects linked to the Directive; and if …
730. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title, at each CDNT within CHO9 and CHO7, in tabular form. [34264/25]
738. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of complaints received by HIQA relating to residential public and private childcare settings in 2020 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [34447/25]
472. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indi…
284. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. […
1171. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children with disabilities on waiting list for overnight respite care in County Kildare; and the number of those who currently receiving respite care but who require more nights, in tabular form. [29376/25]
1200. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) was not included as one of the priority areas of research recently published by her Department; her plans to include FASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30044/25]
1201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the 14,000 additional places that are required in total up to 2030 or whether 14,000 additional places each year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30053/25]
1209. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, to provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer for each €1 reduction in average weekly costs of full-day childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30259/25]
1253. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals or disclosures received by Tusla concerning sexual abuse, where the person subject of abuse allegations was a minor, in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30652/25]
1254. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of allegations of sexual abuse made to Tusla where the person subject of abuse allegations was a minor, in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [30653/25]
1255. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number allegations of sexual abuse, where the person subject of abuse allegations was a minor, that were concluded by Tusla to be founded, in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [30654/25]
1256. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of allegations of sexual abuse, where the person subject of abuse allegations was a minor, that were concluded by Tusla to be unfounded, in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [30655/25]
555. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average cost, per month, of full-day childcare, broken down by county, and the average cost nationally, for the most recently available time period, in tabular form. [27549/25]
958. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will provide a schedule of waiting lists, to include banded waiting times, in the CDNT in north Kildare for occupational therapy, psychology, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics. [23498/25]