Parliamentary questions

90. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030; the measures still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72965/25]

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children who have been reported missing from Tusla’s care since the agency was founded; the number located; and the number whose whereabouts remains unknown. [71658/25]

92. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities, to create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72947/25]

93. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department is ensuring that multi-annual capital funding for disability services in Dublin Bay North is aligned with rising local demand, particularly in relation to respite provision, therapy spaces, and residential supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70844/25]

94. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the current and future funding allocations for an organisation (details supplied), including any planned increases to support service delivery and disability provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64600/25]

95. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for early intervention autism assessments across the Cork region; the actions being taken by her Department to reduce delays for families seeking urgent supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73259/25]

96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement there has been with the Department of Education and Youth on the autism protocol to ensure that assessments of need are not required for school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72980/25]

97. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to address the shortage of creche and preschool places in south Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to significant waiting lists in many areas including Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire and Shankill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71465/25]

98. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports her Department has in place to expand resources at locations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73236/25]

99. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional staff for Longford for the assessment of need system as part of the Progressing Disability Services Roadmap and Disability Workforce Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72831/25]

595. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline progress on the programme for Government commitment to expand arts programming in early childhood education. [73332/25]

596. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the plans in place to increase capacity at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, including any timelines for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73747/25]

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children in State care; and the steps her Department is taking to protect them from harm. [71835/25]

598. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the current support provided for personalised budgets; her plans to expand this scheme to better support people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62155/25]

599. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the lack of access to children for therapeutic interventions in Blakestown CDNT. [72878/25]

600. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the waiting list for assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72809/25]

601. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address child poverty before the Christmas period and further through the winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72950/25]

602. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential respite beds required in Dublin South-Central for adults with disabilities, over 18 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72951/25]

603. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the significant staffing shortages across the children's disability network teams (CDNTs) in Dublin South-Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72961/25]

604. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality and Equality if she will review the decision not to provide a Christmas bonus to foster carers in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72963/25]

605. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure more childcare providers join and-or remain in core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72962/25]

606. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing funding to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73299/25]

607. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers based at Kilkenny Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73322/25]

608. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE physiotherapists based at Thomastown children's disability network team in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73323/25]

609. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE occupational therapists based at Carlow children's disability network team in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73324/25]