161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list for a crèche place in north Kildare; and the plans in place to address this issue. [74712/26]
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162. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to address crèche facility deficits in Kill and in north Kildare more broadly. [74711/26]
163. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of providers who have left core funding since the scheme began; if any attempt has been made by her Department to incentivise providers who have left the scheme to rejoin; and the measures in place to prevent further providers from leaving the scheme. [74710/26]
164. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the statutory measures in place to enforce third-party compliance under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and whether binding guidelines will be issued to financial institutions, healthcare providers and State bodies regarding their legal duty to recognise tier 1 and tier 2 agreements. [74698/26]
165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to commit to rescheduling the meeting with an organisation (details supplied) at her earliest opportunity. [74693/26]
166. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the transposition on the standards for equality bodies directives, the pay transparency directive and the gender balance on corporate boards directive. [74741/26]
167. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessments that were undertaken to deduce that the €550 a month band would have the greatest impact overall on childcare costs for families. [74863/26]
168. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the implementation of €200 a month childcare costs that were promised as part of the Programme for Government. [74859/26]
169. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the protections that will be put in place for parents who have no choice but to pay for longer contracted hours than the €550 a month childcare cap. [74856/26]
170. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families who will actually pay €550 per month as part of the cap on childcare fees from 2027; and the percentage of families currently using full-time childcare this would represent. [74855/26]
171. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of providers participating in the core funding scheme in Dublin. [74716/26]
172. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of currently unoccupied residential places in HSE-funded disability services that became vacant following the death of a resident, in tabular form, by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry; and the average time taken to fill such places. [74769/26]
173. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places in HSE-funded disability services that are currently unoccupied, in tabular form, by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry. [74768/26]
174. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential funding packages approved for disability service providers in 2025 that had been delivered as new residential places by year end, in tabular form by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry; and the reasons any approved packages were not delivered. [74767/26]
175. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential funding packages approved by the HSE for disability service providers in 2025, in tabular form by HSE health region, with separate figures for Cork and Kerry. [74766/26]
176. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to increase funding and staff assessment of need teams and children’s disability network teams to eliminate the backlogs that delay formal diagnosis (details supplied). [74854/26]
177. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time Alexander Manor in Clane, County Kildare will remain closed. [74757/26]
178. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is working towards a resolution to re-open Alexander Manor in Clane, Co. Kildare; and if she is aware of the number of families this closure has affected. [74758/26]
179. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times over the past five years that Alexander Manor, Clane, County Kildare has closed down. [74759/26]
180. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason an invitation was sent to service users in Alexander Manor, Clane, County Kildare when the premises was closed. [74760/26]
181. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapists and psychologists currently employed by the HSE in the Clontarf, Kilbarrack, Coolock and Coastal Children's Disability Network Teams. [75512/26]
182. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the AsIAm AAC support programme, which is now at full capacity and closed to new applications, will receive funding in 2027 to reopen; the amount allocated; and whether the programme will be extended beyond autistic children to others who need high-tech AAC devices. [74774/26]
805. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which she intends to deliver €200 per month childcare via core funding when this excludes parents whose provider are not in core funding; and if Government commitment to €200 per month is only for some parents. [73229/26]
806. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who will benefit from the reduction of childcare fees from €735 to €550 per month. [73228/26]
807. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the announced funding in Budget 2027 for 212 residential places in 2027, the number that are new beds; and the number that are reserved for emergencies only. [73227/26]