Parliamentary questions

736. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of judicial review cases her Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if she will ma…

737. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal cases defended by her Department and or the HSE in each of the past ten years in respect of an alleged failure to provide an assessment of need; of those cases, the number in which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; …

462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing enough staff to reduce assessment of need waiting times to six months. [31575/25]

463. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/25]

464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31610/25]

465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the detailed breakdown of the number of early learning and childcare providers that have received financial support under the Sustainability Funding strand of the Core Funding programme from 2023 to date; the individual amounts allocated to each provider, broken down by local authority area, in tabular form; and if sh…

466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to app…

467. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes and provide opportunities, which are not currently available to all children under the remit of disability within the Department, as outlined in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disabili…

468. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the childcare fee cap will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31381/25]

469. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and details of applicants who were unsuccessful in the applications for funding under the building blocks extension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31483/25]

470. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the children’s disability network teams in County Galway, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31484/25]

471. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and details of childcare facilities in County Galway providing the access and inclusion model support to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31485/25]

472. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of ser…

473. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are being taken to address the issue of missing children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31510/25]

474. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new service providers that are private companies that were contracted by the State in the disability sector during 2024; the monetary value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31623/25]

475. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the work of her Department in addressing the acknowledged acute shortage of childcare places for under fives in Dublin Rathdown along with to provide additional after school care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31662/25]

476. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31663/25]

477. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department’s statement of strategy is expected to be published. [31664/25]

478. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will release the National Disability Strategy. [31665/25]

479. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress in developing a new national policy for personal assistance services. [31666/25]

480. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work in the development of a personalised budget demonstrator pilot. [31667/25]

481. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the targeted incentives that will be employed to improve recruitment and retention for children’s disability network teams. [31669/25]

482. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress on the development of targeted legislation to bring the AON in line with the UNCRPD. [31670/25]

483. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work on a Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy for specialist community-based services. [31671/25]

484. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality on her Department’s work to increase the provision of respite services. [31672/25]