Parliamentary questions

320. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding or supports available to enable a resource centre (details supplied) to secure a permanent building; if she will consider prioritising funding for centres that currently operate in temporary or rented premises to improve stability and service delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

321. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current locations under consideration for a pilot public childcare scheme to begin in 2026; the number of childcare places that may become available at these locations; an exact timeframe when these pilot schemes will be up and running; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64129/25]

322. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria for selecting locations for the forthcoming public childcare pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64130/25]

323. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of money allocated to the building blocks childcare scheme; the locations and amount allocated to each location over the past two years; the number of childcare places provided by this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64131/25]

324. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if daycare and pre-school service providers who give notices of closure to Tusla and Pobal could still be registered and still receive their AIMS support payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64140/25]

325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the scope of the new round of the building blocks grant 2026 fund; if the funding will include new builds; if the funding will allow for the purchase and renovation of an existing property for conversion into a preschool and-or childcare facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64168/25]

326. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours available to adults in County Mayo; the type of respite provided; the number who have availed of this service in 2023 and to-date in 2025; and the number on the waiting list to access such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64204/25]

327. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade, based at South Mayo Children's Disability Network Team in 2023 to-date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64205/25]

328. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that the two SLT posts which will become vacant in Clonmel CDNT due to maternity leaves which will be filled as a matter of urgency as the vacancy rate for posts in this CDNT Team will fall to over 70% vacancy; if she is aware that there are already 11 vacancies within this CDNT team out of 18 W…

329. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of an ongoing industrial relations dispute in a State agency (details supplied); if she is aware that while this dispute remains unresolved, the State agency in question has put out tender for a contract to commission a report into said industrial dispute; if she has any plans to intervene; and if …

330. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the draft strategy for early years Irish-medium education is to be published. [64284/25]

331. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade, which have been filled in each children's disability network team within CHO5 in the years 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [64299/25]

332. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the €3 million announced in Budget 2026 compares to the level of investment needed for the national neurorehabilitation strategy for full implementation of community-based neurorehabilitation teams nationwide. [64300/25]

333. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the assessment process for fee increase requests on behalf of childcare facilities participating in core funding will be announced; her views on whether it may have been premature to put in place a wage increase for practitioners without providing for an avenue where services can apply for fee increases simultane…

881. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is currently on schedule to meet its obligations under the first Programme Plan of Action of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People; and to outline any risks to delivery that have already been identified. [62897/25]

882. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in 2023 by their GP, for an assessment of needs, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62717/25]

883. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the proposals to protect and grow the home-based childcare sector, as many in the sector believe that the one-size-fits-all approach is driving childminders out, creating anxiety across the sector and reducing childcare capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62724/25]

884. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the HSE’s published annual targets and actual performance rates for the completion of assessments of need for children, for each of the past five years; and the percentage achievement rate in each year, in tabular form. [62786/25]

885. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the methodology used by the HSE when setting annual performance targets in its National Service Plan, in particular for disability and children’s services; if those targets are based on available staffing and capacity data; and if not, to explain the rationale for maintaining aspirational 100% targets despite sustain…

886. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that were filled at Springfield children's disability network team in each of the years 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62811/25]

887. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapist posts that were filled at Longford Children's Disability Network Team in each of the years 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62812/25]

888. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts that were filled at Clonbrusk children's disability network team in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62813/25]

889. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently availing of the national childcare scheme in County Louth; if she will provide a breakdown by full-time, part-time and sessional hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62862/25]

890. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare providers in County Louth that are in receipt of Core Funding; the proportion of total providers this represents in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62863/25]

891. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional childcare places created in County Louth since the introduction of Core Funding in year one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62864/25]