Parliamentary questions

656. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to provide extra resources and support to creches in Dunshaughlin (details supplied) in order to cater for the growing demand of creche and afterschool places.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35988/25]

657. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the number of therapeutic hubs providing support to children in care across the country; whether more funding will be provided to Tusla to grow the number of therapeutic hubs and to resource them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35999/25]

658. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare places currently available in the constituency of east Cork [36033/25]

659. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new childcare places that have been opened in the constituency of east Cork for the years 2020 to 2025 respectively. [36034/25]

660. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have closed; the childcare places that have been lost as a result of these closures in the constituency of east Cork in each of the years 2020 to 2025, respectively.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36035/25]

661. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the shortage of childcare places in the Citywest and Saggart area; and to set out what action her Department is taking to address it. [36088/25]

662. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current capacity of Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36120/25]

663. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current open staff vacancies of Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36123/25]

664. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports in place in Oberstown Children Detention Campus to alleviate pressure and support those working on the campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36124/25]

665. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are financial supports available from the HSE, or other sources, for people who want to return to education to undertake a postgraduate conversion course as a therapist including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, which would deliver additional therapists into our services more quickl…

298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the southeast in Budget 2026, in line with the commitment in the current Programme for Government to complete the nationwide rollout of community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied). [35047/25]

299. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress regarding discussions between the HSE and St. John of Gods in regard to providing respite at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35049/25]

300. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Tusla publicly-provided residential care places for children, available in each year from 2020 to 2024; the number available in 2025; the additional number of regulated places added in each year, either public or private; the plans for adding new public places in 2025; the additional funding in place for 2…

301. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations around the country where community health organisations are providing specific services for adults with an autistic diagnosis; the staffing cohort at each location; the number of patients benefitting from the services at each location, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35…

302. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene in a pay dispute between a trade union and an organisation majority funded by her Department (details supplied), to encourage the organisation to implement its pay agreements and engage with the WRC. [35088/25]

303. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) with severe and complex needs will receive the occupational therapy and speech and language therapy interventions they urgently require; the reason for the ongoing delay in service provision despite repeated contact from the child’s school to the relevant CDNT since November 202…

304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey; and fully investigate the burial grounds. [35143/25]

305. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will visit Sean Ross Abbey as a matter of urgency; if she will provide an update on her engagements with survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35144/25]

306. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department's engagement with the planning and building unit of the Department of Education and Youth, regarding the development of State-led childcare facilities in tandem with the school building programme; the number of meetings that have taken place; the dates when these meetings took place; the ma…

307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the inception meeting held on 9 June 2025 concerning the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for local authorities on early learning and childcare settings; to summarise the key findings discussed; to outline when the next meeting is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35147…

308. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the number of times the working group between her Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Education and Youth has met from 2024 to date in 2025; the dates when these meetings took place; when the next meeting will take place; to outline the number of times …

309. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, when in July the individual data per 93 CDNTs will be made available; the reason it will take a further month to furnish this information; and if she will make a …

310. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if the Minister will direct the HSE to explain how it can possibly be the case that, for example, the HSE itself or Enable Ireland have no record of the average t…

311. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 371 and 372 of 19 June 2025 and correspondence (details supplied) from the HSE to this deputy dated 17 June 2025, if she will direct the HSE referable to Table 4 provided in the letter to answer the specificity of the original parliamentary question which sought for the HSE t…

312. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason there is only one speech and language therapist (SLT) working in the early intervention services team in Nenagh, County Tipperary and if there are any plans to increase that number as that SLT has to cover all of the north Tipperary area. [35162/25]