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]
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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 or through its agen…
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]
2288. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the national childcare scheme is being reviewed to better support lower and middle income families who struggle with the cost of childcare. [41165/25]
2289. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the interdepartmental work being done with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to support flexible childcare arrangements for working parents. [41166/25]
2290. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Equality and Family Leave (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be presented for debate in the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41173/25]
2291. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of an application (details supplied) for a community centre to join the family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41181/25]
2292. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will increase funding for the waiting list initiative to clear the waiting list and backlog for the assessment of need process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41188/25]
2293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the 96,666 child protection and welfare referrals received by Tusla in 2024, the number that were subsequently assessed as unfounded or not requiring further action; and the number of these that were repeat or multiple referrals relating to the same child. [41197/25]
2294. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide, for each calendar year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, and for the period January to June 2025, the number of children who were returned by Tusla to the care of their birth parents after spending time in State care. [41198/25]
2295. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter raised by this Deputy during Topical Issues in the Dáil chamber on Thursday 10 July 2025, and if she will commit to establishing an independent review of the case in question. [41200/25]