2014. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a provider withdraws from CORE funding, can parents access the national childcare scheme and if so, the way in which they can this; the rate the NCS reimbursed them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47091/25]
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2456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children, by county, who benefitted from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43206/25]
664. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications received; the number of appeals submitted; and the number of those appeals that have been overturned. [31856/25]
665. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding that has been drawn down under the redress component of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. [31857/25]
666. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a review of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme is expected to take place; if her Department is considering extending redress to all children who spent less than six months in mother and baby homes as part of that review. [31858/25]
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications for HSE home support (disability) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32118/25]
694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of refusals for HSE home support (disability) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32119/25]
695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of hours granted to HSE home support (disability) clients in CHO4, broken down by LHO, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32120/25]
1180. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29658/25]
1181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of approvals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29659/25]
1182. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of refusals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29660/25]
1183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the budget for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/25]
1211. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications submitted for the building blocks extension scheme by organisations in Counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications in each county; if the scheme will open again in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30325/25]
1213. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of applications received under the recent building block grant scheme; if all eligible applications were funded under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30357/25]
1214. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of unsuccessful applications under the building block grant scheme, by county; the reason each application was unsuccessful; if there is an appeal mechanism for unsuccessful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30358/25]
1215. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications under the building block grant scheme which were unsuccessful due to the fact that the applicant did not own the land; if the Minister will examine a remedy for these providers for future rounds of the programme in order to provide much needed additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1222. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the National Childcare Scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30366/25]
1223. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the annual budget for the national childcare scheme in each year since it was introduced, in tabular form; the number of childcare providers in receipt of NCS funding in each of these years; the number of children being supported in each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30367/25]
1246. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of the €25 million funding allocated through the building blocks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30493/25]
330. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks extension grant scheme will be announced. [26443/25]
400. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Naturing Skills Learner Fund; the number of participants that have availed of the scheme since its inception; the qualifications attained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22450/25]
323. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider a scheme to financially support early years childcare workers (details supplied) that do not get paid for their holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21747/25]
144. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcome of the personalised budget demonstrator pilot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20432/25]
158. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding envisaged to support the expansion of personalised budgets following the pilot being run by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20439/25]
1946. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the allocations for the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20932/25]