2388. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made to ensure the Review of Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare operating system in Ireland will be ready for publication in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42168/25]
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2412. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the establishment of the National Agency for Early Learning and Childcare; the interim measures being taken to address the affordability crisis in childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42546/25]
2451. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given the Government’s commitment to expanding affordable and accessible early education and school age childcare, if she will outline the role her Department is playing in coordinating with the National Development Plan to ensure the delivery of public childcare facilities as part of strategic housing developments on publicly own…
2452. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update of any planned or ongoing review of core funding for the early childhood education and care sector; whether the review will address concerns regarding sustainability, staffing costs and capacity pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43116/25]
2488. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on ensuring that enough early years educators are trained and qualified to meet the need for early years education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/25]
2489. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department keeps statistics on the opening and closure of early years education and childcare settings; and if she will provide these figures broken down monthly, by local authority, and by capacity, for the past three years, in tabular form. [43609/25]
2490. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Irish-medium early years services in operation, by local authority and capacity, in tabular form. [43610/25]
2507. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to increase funding for the ECCE scheme by 10%; if she will provide a breakdown of those proposed new funding levels, in tabular form; when funding for ECCE was last increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44056/25]
2533. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to allocating funding for after-school facilities as part of the National Development Plan Review 2025; for a breakdown of figures regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44359/25]
482. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports, including capital or operational funding, planned for voluntary early-years providers in Dublin south central, particularly those facing rising costs. [40310/25]
484. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of changes in the number of preschools every year for the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40344/25]
816. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason an early learning centre in Tullow County Carlow (details supplied) was declined for a fee increase. [39073/25]
844. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timelines for AIM funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39646/25]
139. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions being put in place for a child (details supplied) and other children with special needs who have lost access to after-school care due to the closure of a nearby facility and who are now being refused access to the privately-run after-school service at another location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
734. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to expand the access and inclusion model to include children attending afterschool provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37463/25]
747. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the amount of money allocated for pay for early years educators as part of core funding annually since its inception, and the corresponding amount used per pay agreement, in tabular form. [37731/25]
749. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for processing applications for AIM Level 7; if this has been reviewed recently; if not, whether timelines will be reviewed with input from providers on their experience of the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37763/25]
750. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any measures are in place for reimbursement of childcare providers that cover the cost of AIM support staff from private funding before applications are approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37764/25]
751. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that a naíonra (details supplied) in County Waterford is currently accommodated in an old and deteriorating prefabricated building; and if her Department has a plan in place to fund new and appropriate accommodation for this naíonra. [37821/25]
324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for access to the ECCE scheme places per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36704/25]
632. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the significant shortfall in early years childcare provision in Boyle, County Roscommon (details supplied); if funding or support will be made available to develop suitable premises for additional childcare services in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35308/25]
312. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason there is only one speech and language therapist (SLT) working in the early intervention services team in Nenagh, County Tipperary and if there are any plans to increase that number as that SLT has to cover all of the north Tipperary area. [35162/25]
71. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to retain early years educators in the sector, and therefore retain capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32746/25]
282. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her assessment of the Early Learning and Childcare Survey of Parents 2025 results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31173/25]
1239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of Early Learning and Childcare and School Age Childcare closures, by county in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30383/25]