Parliamentary questions

736. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national plan for the Irish language in ELC / SAC will be complete. [34388/25]

737. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children in care' team in County Clare; the numbers of children placed with each of those social workers; if any of the three current social worker vacancies, details from Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 17 June 2025, are from within the children-in-care…

738. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of complaints received by HIQA relating to residential public and private childcare settings in 2020 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [34447/25]

739. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the shortage of childcare facilities available in Carrigaline in Cork; to provide an update on the predicated opening of a new childcare service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34486/25]

740. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation, particularly in light of a report (details supplied) which showed that one of the highest categories of discrimination was on the basis of socio-economic background; and if she will make a s…

359. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of under-65s residing in nursing-homes; to provide any additional information regarding these cohorts, such as the number with an intellectual disability and the number with an acquired brain-injury; and their reasons for being in nursing-home care. [33454/25]

360. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions taken by her or by the Decision Support Service to implement the commitment contained in the Programme for Government to create a solicitors’ portal to simplify enduring power of attorney applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33223/25]

361. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps a person must take in order to create an enduring power of attorney in an emergency situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33224/25]

362. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neuro-rehabilitation team that has been promised since 2019 for the midlands northeast will be funded and put in place. [33243/25]

363. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider a request for home care respite hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33247/25]

364. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families on enhanced childcare subsidies that were negatively affected by the fee adjustment process in 2024 and are now paying higher fees than they were in August 2024. [33277/25]

365. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will urgently review the case of a 14-year-old girl (details supplied) who has been waiting over 15 months to be seen by a psychologist under the CDNT team following a referral to CAMHS; if she will ensure that the patient is prioritised for psychiatric assessment before the new school year begin…

366. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting time for children referred to CAMHS and community disability network teams to be seen by a psychologist or psychiatrist; the number of children currently on waiting lists for these services, broken down by CHO area; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting times; and if she will ma…

367. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a retrospective ill health retirement package from Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33340/25]

368. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if his Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33354/25]

369. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the building block extension grant application for a school (details supplied) was not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33403/25]

370. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the building block extension grant application for a school (details supplied) was not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33404/25]

371. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 11 June 2025 which referred to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of the 22 May 2025, the reason the HSE still has not responded to this Deputy directly notwithstanding the fact they are well in excess of the ten days as required under Standing Order 52; and if she will mak…

372. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 11 June 2025 which referred to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 22 May 2025, the reason the HSE has not responded to this Deputy directly notwithstanding the fact they are well in excess of the ten days as required under Standing Order 52; and if she will make a statem…

373. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason there are no survivors of institutional abuse representatives on the decision-making bodies, including legal and archival committees associated with the Centre for Research and Remembrance. [33430/25]

374. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic. [33479/25]

375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [33480/25]

376. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on an audit on the number of childcare facilities per local authority that have undergone a change of use from childcare to housing, retail, community infrastructure or any other purpose; if she will share that data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33487/25]

377. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on an audit that then Taoiseach Simon Harris requested in 2024 in relation to the number of childcare facilities in each local authority that have not been put to use, are lying empty, have had applications for a change of use, or have undergone a change of use; to share that data; and if she will make a…

378. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for any data she has on childcare facilities where there has been a planning application for a change of use, whether that application has been successful or not, and for what new use was requested, in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33489/25]