Parliamentary questions

2263. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by her Department and agencies under its aegis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40873/25]

2264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to increase investment in childcare infrastructure and expand creche and after-school service capacity in the Raheny, Kilbarrack area, in light of the growing shortage of childcare places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40897/25]

2265. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the actions being taken to improve pay and conditions for childcare workers and to support working families in the Raheny, Kilbarrack area, struggling to access affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40898/25]

2266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to providing ring-fenced funding to address the current and historic financial deficits experienced by voluntary disability service providers such as an organisation (details supplied). [40908/25]

2267. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when funding from TUSLA of €28,000 will be provided to an organisation (details supplied). [40977/25]

2268. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to promote flexible working arrangements that benefit both workers and employers, ensuring a balanced approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41007/25]

2269. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality with regard to the Programme for Government commitment to promote flexible working arrangements that benefit both workers and employers, the engagements she has had with industry and stakeholders, with a specific focus on multinational companies based in county Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

2270. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the procedure for establishing an aftercare, over 18, package for a young person in the care of Tusla; the circumstances in which an aftercare package must comply with SEA compliance procedures for under 18s; and if being a director of a not-for-profit organisation is a disqualifying conflict of interest to meeting T…

2271. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring funding-support for daily transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/25]

2272. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average hours of home support delivered to disabled people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41031/25]

2273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will make childcare affordable by increasing the subsidy and threshold for the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41047/25]

2274. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department…

2275. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a case will be examined (details supplied) where a childcare provider who withdrew from core funding last year and increased its fees by 22% has notified parents of another 3% fee increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41073/25]

2276. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal cases taken against Tusla, in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41122/25]

2277. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children or young people either in State care, or previously known to child protection services, who have died in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by cause of death, in tabular form. [41123/25]

2278. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unborn children placed on the child protection notification system in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41124/25]

2279. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of reports of child sexual abuse made to Tusla, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; the number made by children themselves; the number by medical professionals, parents, managers of direct provision centres and teachers, in tabular form. [41125/25]

2280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care. [41126/25]

2281. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding a long-term residential place for a person in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41140/25]

2282. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the planned investment in sustainable childcare infrastructure in Budget 2025, both at national and local level. [41159/25]

2283. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of funding allocated for new or expanded early years services in the Dublin 3, 5, 9, 13 and 17 areas. [41160/25]

2284. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to support the financial viability of community-based childcare providers facing rising operational costs. [41161/25]

2285. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking to improve pay and working conditions in the childcare sector to address recruitment and retention issues. [41162/25]

2286. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to expand access to crèche and after-school services in the Dublin 3, 5, 9, 13 and 17 areas. [41163/25]

2287. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the new supports being considered to help working families access affordable childcare while balancing employment responsibilities. [41164/25]