Questions

249. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the measures in place to ensure that private operators or NGOs running reception centres are not incentivised to quietly withdraw from contentious locations, thereby undermining the State’s legal obli…

250. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the long-term impact of recent media reports that the Government has reversed the decisions to locate emergency accommodation in areas that have been subject to intimidation, local protest and/or arson on the integrity of Ireland’s international protection system; the assurances that can…

632. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any survivors of mother and baby homes represented on any of the committees overseeing the Centre for Research and Remembrance, given the centre's purpose to serve survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13615/25]

633. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the processes in place to ensure that survivors of mother and baby homes are included in decision-making processes, particularly in light of the criticism of legislation and policies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13616/25]

667. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translat…

1300. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the procedures surrounding emergency custody transfers, including whether adequate safeguards exist to ensure that children’s welfare, their expressed wishes, and any allegations of domestic abuse are fully considered before such transfers are enforced. [11600/25]

1313. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth based on the information provided by my constituent the support services available for individuals with acquired brain injuries who are residing in nursing homes (details supplied); and how individuals like those can access these services in a timely and effective manner, given that barriers have been reported to exi…

1318. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider the urgent need for a family resource centre in the Cabra area, particularly in light of the significant socio-economic disparities outlined in the 2022 Census and recent qualitative research conducted by the Dublin Northwest Partnership (details supplied). [10837/25]

1443. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given the recent case where a care home for vulnerable children falsified Garda vetting and background checks, what steps the Government is taking to enhance oversight and accountability in the recruitment process within child care facilities to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future; and if she will make a…

1444. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the Childcare (Standards in Children's Residential Centres) Regulations; if additional legislation or amendments are being considered to prevent fraudulent practices like those seen in the ideal care services case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12628/25]

1445. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department is taking to ensure that care homes are properly vetted and are there additional safeguards in place to protect vulnerable populations from the risks posed by staff members who may not have undergone thorough background checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12629/25]

1446. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Department’s remit has been brought to her attention (details supplied); the steps taken by this agency and her Department to ensure that the GDPR is correctly enforced and that no conflict of interest issues arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [127…

1447. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to media reports (details supplied), to outline the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests, SARs, to Tusla are not abused by alleged perpetrators of violence; if Tusla can confirm, in line with GDPR requirements, the procedures in place to ensure the rights and freedoms of others are not a…

150. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10027/25]

735. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to give effect to the ban on the practice of conversion therapy at national level (details supplied). [7168/25]

811. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residents in IPAS accommodation with an active deportation order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8094/25]

650. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all properties that have housed international protection applicants in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5934/25]

651. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who have been accommodated in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5935/25]

286. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child needing full-time residential care (details supplied); the specific actions that will be taken to rectify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5395/25]

216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm when the review of the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will commence, as it is due this year. [3847/25]

926. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department can provide an update on an assessment of need for a child (details supplied). [2495/25]

1002. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that will be taken to replace a cut in service hours in a childcare facility (details supplied) particularly in a community where there is already a shortage of affordable childcare. [3338/25]

1003. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of any ongoing challenges faced by early years educators and childcare providers regarding funding or operational support; and the way she plans to address these issues moving forward. [3339/25]