Parliamentary questions

242. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the published rate card or methodology used by Tusla to set standard and indicative rates for private residential childcare placements, in tabular form. [49958/26]

243. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria, threshold, and documentation required before the national director of services and integration approves a placement cost above the standard rate; and whether such approval is subject to independent review or audit. [49959/26]

244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the absence of a published threshold or audit trail for above-rate approvals has been identified on a Tusla risk register or internal audit plan; and if not, to confirm this. [49960/26]

245. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average and maximum length of time taken to approve an above-rate placement cost in 2025; and whether any child's placement was delayed pending this approval. [49961/26]

246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give a more detailed response in regard to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 28 April 2026 (details supplied); if the costing per child is in table one; and if the average costing per SEA is in table 2 or the overall amount spent for each of those years. [50074/26]

247. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which an organisation (details supplied) can engage in activities of the EU presidency; how they can contribute their knowledge for this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50076/26]

248. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the Autism Assessment and Intervention Pathway Protocol; the type of adult self-referral that is envisaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50085/26]

249. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will liaise with the forward planning and delivery unit and provide an update on this submission and make a statement on same. [50091/26]

250. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with an intellectual disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50105/26]

251. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with a physical disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50106/26]

252. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1694 and 1695 of 9 June 2026, the “exceptional circumstances” referred to where an employer may consider it appropriate to request supporting documentation; if guidance is or will be provided; and her plans to ensure that the spirit of the Act underpins employers’ dealings with …

253. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with an intellectual disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, nationally and in the Health Service Executive South West region, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will …

254. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with a physical disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, nationally and in the Health Service Executive South West region, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make …

255. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to revisit the decision to move away from congregated settings for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50185/26]

256. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the shortage of childcare places, address pay and conditions of childcare employees, provide additional staff and childcare centres across County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50281/26]

257. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide an enhanced package of health and social care supports for thalidomide survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50283/26]

688. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to correspondence received (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48800/26]

689. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider reducing the minimum entry age for children attending naíonraí, without altering eligibility for the ECCE scheme, in order to support enrolment and the sustainability of rural early years settings such as (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48847/26]

690. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether increasing the current entitlement to paid paternity leave from two weeks is under consideration by her Department; whether any review of paternity leave arrangements is underway; the measures being examined to strengthen supports for fathers and families in the early months following the birth or adoption …

691. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been diagnosed on the autism spectrum in 2022 and who has yet to be provided with services, including psychology and occupational therapy, will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48906/26]

692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a national dataset recording the length of time individual children spend in temporary care arrangements prior to achieving a permanency outcome; if such a dataset exists, to provide the average and median length of time spent in temporary care prior to permanency for each year from 2020 to 202…

693. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of “huge concern” reported by the Gardaí in relation to Tusla’s handling of a case (details supplied) in County Meath; if the handling of this case has been reviewed by Tusla and independently; the findings of the review; the actions that have been taken arising from it; and if she will make a stat…

694. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 904 residential placements for adults in Cork that are currently unoccupied. [49075/26]

695. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports that have been given to staff in Oberstown Children Detention Campus to prevent industrial action; the steps her Department is taking to increase safe levels of staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49081/26]

696. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assaults on staff in Oberstown Children Detention Campus in each of the years from 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/26]