415. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to investigate the matter and ensure the programme has sufficient resources to ensure children with additional needs are able to fully benefit from creche services. [68858/25]
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416. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to appoint a person with suitable archival qualifications to the National Centre for Research and Remembrance Steering Committee. [68882/25]
417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of inspection reports, compliance notifications, and regulatory breach findings relating to private subcontracted disability service providers that her Department has received from HIQA in each of the past five years; and the categories of breaches notified to the Department during that period. [68897/25]
418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of cases in the past five years where her Department directed remedial actions, imposed additional conditions, or required enhanced governance measures in relation to private subcontracted disability service providers following HIQA inspections, and to specify the type of remedial actions directed. [68898/25]
419. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s internal process for reviewing HIQA inspection reports relating to private subcontracted disability service providers, including the tracking of compliance deadlines, escalation procedures for repeated breaches, and the number of cases escalated to senior management or to the Minister in each of the past five years. [688…
220. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the case of an afterschool service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68182/25]
221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68251/25]
222. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children/parents who attended an individual or group intervention in Clonmel CDNT5 to date in 2025, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68257/25]
223. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of persons who did not attend an individual or group appointment in Clonmel CDNT5, by month in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68258/25]
224. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary will receive Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68296/25]
225. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under her Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68376/25]
226. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for assessment of needs through the primary care service in County Wexford; the steps being taken to reduce waiting times in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68423/25]
227. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 4 November 2025 to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in which he confirmed that, although not required by statute, her Department voluntarily publishes its annual consultancy spending online in the interest of transparency and accessibility, if h…
228. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the availability of childcare places in Kilcock, County Kildare, where families are facing waiting lists extending into late 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68509/25]
229. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that the shortage of childcare places in Kilcock is forcing some parents out of the workforce; the supports or interventions which are planned to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68510/25]
230. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if population growth projections for Kilcock have been factored into childcare service planning; whether additional funding or capacity-building measures will be introduced to reduce waiting lists and support families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68511/25]
231. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the decision not to provide a Christmas bonus to foster carers in 2025; if consideration will be given to reinstating the payment in future years given the extra costs at Christmas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68512/25]
232. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the financial impact on foster carers of the decision not to provide a Christmas bonus in 2025; the supports being considered to assist foster carers during periods of increased costs such as Christmas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68513/25]
467. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on a complaint regarding the breach of core funding rules by a service provider (details supplied); the length of time this complaint took to be concluded at Stage 1 and Stage 2; the length of time the complaint has been at Stage 3; the timeline for the full resolution of the complaint; the precise steps that will b…
468. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of funded speech and language therapist and occupational therapist posts that are currently in place in the Irish health and disability systems; the number of posts that are currently vacant; and the measures to ensure those posts are filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67293/25]
469. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to a family resource centre desperately in need of more space, which owns its own site and is seeking funds to build on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67317/25]
470. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on an assessment for autism for a person (detail supplied); if the full range of services required arising from the assessment are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67319/25]
471. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide the Clonmel Children's Disability Network Team with its own dedicated space as the service currently shares a building with CAMHS and primary care with insufficient therapy room space; if the lack of therapy space is contributing to the difficulties recruiting therapists; if a request for additional space has been…
472. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the children on the open case load of the Clonmel CDNT team with an age breakdown; the number of children on the open case load who have not received any therapies; the breakdown of children waiting for therapies by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67362/25]
473. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who had been referred to the Clonmel CDNT team by the primary care team and subsequently referred back to the primary care team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67363/25]