1512. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a disparity with parental leave (details supplied). [58526/25]
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1513. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58541/25]
1514. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for an individual to receive reimbursement for the cost of an assessment of need when the individual had to go private, due to the State not meeting its statutory requirement for a timely assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58568/25]
1515. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the need for a family resource centre in north Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58611/25]
1516. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the financial supports that are available for community-based childcare services operating in school settings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58639/25]
1517. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration given to extending residential and foster care up to the age of 21; and for aftercare support to be available up to the age of 26, regardless of progression onto further or higher education. [58646/25]
1518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to allowing parents to transfer their parental leave between employers. [58647/25]
1519. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review existing paternity leave policies with a view to expanding supports for new fathers, as part of broader measures to promote men’s health and family wellbeing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58663/25]
1520. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which additional funding to clear the backlog of assessment of need applications, allocated under Cara’s Fund, will be detailed in the National Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58670/25]
1521. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider granting inclusion for a centre (details supplied) in the Family Resource Centre Programme funding which was announced in Budget 2026 for ten additional family resource centres, in view of the fact there is no family resource centre in the northern side of Cork City; if she is aware that no centre in Cork was include…
1522. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the pathways and timeframes for accessing a section 16(a) S.I. No. 704/2021 - Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements and Redress) (Amendment) Regulations 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58850/25]
1523. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected timeframes for a section 16 (a) S.I (a). No.704/2021 whereby a section 16A has been granted to an individual or family member; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58851/25]
1524. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review an application (details supplied) with the HSE; if she will provide a timeframe for a decision on the applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58856/25]
1525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the person that has been arrested for a murder (details supplied), was an adult at the time of the alleged killing; if so, the reason they were located in a Tusla run residence; and the reason child protect guidelines were not in place.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58883/25]
1526. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the working group established to look at institutional and organisational abuse, including its examination of the UCD SERP report; if any recommendations have been made by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58884/25]
1527. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team will begin operating in Clondalkin; the location they will be operating from; the composition of the team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58893/25]
1528. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of all contracts that companies (details supplied) have or have had with her Department, or with Tusla, since 2022, including when each contract commenced, the number of beds being provided, when each contract is due to expire, the amount paid on each contract to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statemen…
1529. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether Cork north central will benefit from the roll out of additional community neuro-rehabilitation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58993/25]
1530. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s strategy to reduce waiting lists for children’s disability services nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58994/25]
1531. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a family resource centre is being considered for a centre (details supplied) in the recent funding announcement of 10 new Family Resource Centres in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58999/25]
1532. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on childcare service capacity in Cork North Central; if additional funding will be provided to support community childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59000/25]
1533. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for full implementation of the universal childcare subsidy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59003/25]
1534. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department will ensure equitable funding between community and private childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59004/25]
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the new gender pay gap reporting portal for public and private organisations will be fully launched as promised on International Women’s Day 2025, under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. [59047/25]
1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the additional planned legislation for gender pay gap reporting will be brought to the Dáil. [59048/25]