Parliamentary questions

2363. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted the assessment of access referenced in the Programme for Government to finance and financial services for women from minority groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41952/25]

2364. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 10 July 2025, the reply from the HSE furnished to me on 5 July 2025, if he will direct the HSE to furnish the data (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42026/25]

2365. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the establishment of maternity, paternity and adoptive leave policies for all elected representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42041/25]

2366. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department have had with childcare providers to determine how to reduce the administrative burden on providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42042/25]

2367. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress her Department has made in trying to reduce the administrative burden on providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42043/25]

2368. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on planned changes to the planning guidelines for childcare facilities to facilitate more applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42044/25]

2369. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the transformation of the supply management unit into a forward planning and delivery unit to determine the supply of childcare needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42045/25]

2370. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made to purchase or build state owned childcare facilities to create additional needs in areas who have the most unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42046/25]

2371. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made by her Department to develop State-led childcare facilities in tandem with the school building programme in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42047/25]

2372. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made by her Department to host state led after school care and support start up supports for groups involved in after-school activities in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42048/25]

2373. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question number 313 of 10 July 2025, if the Minister seek further clarification to matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42049/25]

2374. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of State funding that was provided to private operators of disability services in Wicklow in 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42058/25]

2375. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing the core funding of a service (details supplied) to meet the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42059/25]

2376. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on an adult disability service in Wicklow (details supplied); when it will be open for service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42060/25]

2377. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 22 May 2025, to provide details of each employer of the 93 CDNTs (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42092/25]

2378. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she will be undertaking to assist for childcare costs for working families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42121/25]

2379. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reduction in childcare fees there has been nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42122/25]

2380. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes she will make to the National Childcare Scheme; to detail these changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42123/25]

2381. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she will take to reduce increasing insurance costs for childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42124/25]

2382. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a crèche place for a child (details supplied) will be made available; to outline any interventions that can be made for the family; the steps being taken to address crèche place shortages in North Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42143/25]

2383. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments in the Programme for Government that have been commenced in relation to making childcare more affordable for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42146/25]

2384. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made on the review of the 2001 Childcare Facilities Guidelines for Planning Authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42162/25]

2385. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline of implementation of the centralised portal on pay transparency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42165/25]

2386. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department encourages the take-up of statutory leave for fathers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42166/25]

2387. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department are working on to tackle the falling birth rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42167/25]