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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Darren O'Rourke Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Children
675. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments outsourced and the cost of same, by CHO, for 2023, 2024 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15781/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
183. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14281/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1390. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a course of action is currently being considered on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11699/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1405. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide information on research commissioned previously to inform plans to modernise youth information services; if this research has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11927/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Children
597. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the early years inspectorate has issued a direction to end, with immediate effect, access by school aged children to school aged care but are not yet enrolled in primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9044/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Children
600. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building in Cork (details supplied) is currently in use as IPAS accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9056/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Children
614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in 2024; the professions of those making the referrals; and the types of referral, in tabular form. [9340/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Children
352. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of providers currently accessing the Core funding steam for early childhood and education services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8731/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Children
319. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. …
Paul McAuliffe Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Children
627. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of needs for a child (details supplied). [5573/25]
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
890. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests to her Department that have granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that have been refused; and the grounds on which they have been refused. [2499/25]
Emer Currie Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1201. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin West that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of creches that have appealed the…
Carol Nolan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the Children's Disability Network Teams, CDNTs, in County Offaly in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1085/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1210. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support staff and personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for people with disabilities that have exited the service in each CHO and compos…
Eoghan Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1211. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support staff and personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for people with disabilities that have joined the service in each CHO and compos…
Carol Nolan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1218. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times gardaí have been called to the City West accommodation facility in 2023 and 2024 in response to threatening or abusive behaviour from international protection applicants towards staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1191/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1241. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting a fist appointment in the CDNTs across County Galway; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1266. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster parents and the number of children in foster care in the State in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1599/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1267. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla foster link workers employed in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the average number of foster families and children assigned to each foster link worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/25]