95. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times she has met with the CEO of Tusla since she took office. [61892/25]
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96. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications received in 2025 for Cork county under the building blocks extension grant scheme; the number of these applications approved under this scheme for Cork county; if there will be an increase in the funding allocation for the building blocks extension grant scheme in 2026; and if she will make a statement on …
97. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update regarding her Department’s review of core funding. [61423/25]
98. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the action plan on childcare, early years; the stage that it is at; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61491/25]
99. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address the continued shortage of therapists across children’s disability network teams, particularly in North Dublin where many families have now waited years without access to occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, or psychology supports for their children; and if she will make a statement on t…
100. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding provided to childcare service providers under the Core Funding model each year since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61580/25]
101. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61512/25]
102. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been temporarily missing, or as stated by Tusla, “absconded”, from Tusla, or Tusla-funded, care in the past 12 months; the number of these based in Cork; and the process undertaken when a child goes missing from State care. [61722/25]
103. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to provide urgently needed respite for families of children/adults with profound disabilities in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61583/25]
104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reforms she will make to the child protection system to make it fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59241/25]
105. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how Ireland’s obligations under the UNCRC are currently being met; the steps her Department is taking to incorporate the UNCRC into domestic legislation, in full or in part, in view of the fact that incorporation will strengthen compliance with international human rights standards; the timeline she envisages for this process; and if she …
106. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting time for assessments of need for children in County Offaly; the measures being taken by her Department to address delays in these assessments and ensure timely access to early intervention services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61544/25]
107. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been temporarily missing (absconded) from Tusla, or Tusla-funded, care in the past 12 month; the number of these based in Fingal West; the process undertaken when a child goes missing from State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61882/25]
108. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on tackling the issues of non-refundable deposits in childcare services. [61906/25]
109. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which she intends to tackle the severe shortage of childcare places across the State; the means by which she intends to quickly build capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61493/25]
110. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Minister for Children, Disability and Equality cén cur chuige atá maidir le naíonraí agus naíscoileanna Gaeilge a bhunú, agus ansin tacaíocht fanacht ar an bhfód. [61328/25]
111. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the development of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61579/25]
112. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason she accounts for the trend of more naíonraí outside the Gaeltacht closing than opening in recent years; the steps she is taking to counter that trend; if she will intervene with emergency funding to save those at risk of closing in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61619/25]
113. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to increase supply and affordability of childcare in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61620/25]
114. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of disabled adults currently residing in privately outsourced residential facilities; and the number of people residing in facilities located more than one hundred kilometres from their community of origin. [61575/25]
115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that Budget 2026 will increase child poverty; the measures she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59244/25]
116. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the scheme or schemes of grant aid that will be available in 2026 for the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for community providers and private providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61588/25]
117. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time in Laois for an assessment of need (AON); and the longest time any child is waiting for an AON in County Laois. [60015/25]
118. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the roadmap to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child through the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61511/25]
119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on CDNT waiting lists for assessments and therapies in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61033/25]