Parliamentary questions

1614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether guidance exists to support Tusla staff when assessing families where a child or parent has autism or another neurodevelopmental condition. [20356/26]

1615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to introduce national standards for neurodiversity awareness training across Tusla services. [20357/26]

1616. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the review of the national personalised budgets will be completed by the NDA; when her Department will give further direction regarding the future development, scale, and implementation model of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20473/26]

1617. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure provision is made for inflationary funding for section 39 disability residential services on an annual basis from Budget 2027 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20497/26]

1618. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional provision has been made in Budget 2026 for section 39 services currently carrying historical deficits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20498/26]

1619. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has not provided funding for the additional public holiday introduced on 1 February since its introduction in 2022; and if she will ensure that Section 39 organisations are refunded for statutory bank holidays in the future (details supplied); and if she …

1620. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will develop proposals to address the lack of funding for transport and replacement of vehicles for disability day services in section 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20500/26]

1621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children or vulnerable persons which were identified as having been present or exploited at a facility (details supplied). [20548/26]

1622. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on a matter (details supplied). [20549/26]

1623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the timeline for when a child (details supplied) was reported missing. [20550/26]

1624. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on a matter (details supplied). [20551/26]

1625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children currently listed as missing or unaccounted for from Special Emergency Arrangements (SEAs) as of March 2026. [20552/26]

1626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mandatory frequency of physical welfare checks conducted by staff in SEAs to determine if a child is present or missing; and if these protocols differ from regulated residential care. [20553/26]

1627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mandatory frequency of physical welfare checks conducted by TUSLA in SEAs to determine if a child is present or missing; and if these protocols differ from regulated residential care. [20554/26]

1628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla maintains a record of children who have reached the age of 18 years-of-age while still listed as 'missing' from State care; and to provide these figures for the past ten years. [20555/26]

1629. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review a matter regarding pension entitlement for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20573/26]

1630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St. Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20601/26]

1631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St. Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20619/26]

1632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20638/26]

1633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20656/26]

1634. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No's 731, 732 and 733 of 3 March 2026, if she is satisfied that cases will be allocated to non-social workers; who the professionals are she cites, as to who's cases will be allocated to; the level of oversight by social workers; the way in which that oversight will be conducted a…

1635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to ensure that adequate space is available for the second year of ECCE; if she has heard reports of parents finding that schools do not want to take children until they are five years of age but creches do not have the space for older children and do not feel that preschool is fit for children o…

1636. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the refusal of an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); the reason incomplete or deficient historical records are being relied upon as grounds for exclusion despite acknowledged issues with the accuracy of such records; to set out the review or independent …

1637. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of overall funding for the Rehab Group that was provided through State funding from 2016 to 2025, per year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20795/26]

1638. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered foster carers for each of the years 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. [20801/26]