Parliamentary questions

534. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each CDNT, based within CHO5 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26947/25]

535. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his views on the use of a residential property (details supplied) by Tusla to accommodate minors; and to detail the engagement with residents that took place prior to this facility opening. [26971/25]

536. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by her …

537. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all framework agreements used by her Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by her Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; an…

538. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all drawdowns from frameworks by her Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occu…

539. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to record data on payroll as a percentage of the overall income of each early years and SAC service participating in her Department’s funding streams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27106/25]

540. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to record data on the overall percentage of deficit and up to surplus each early years and SAC service participating in her Department’s funding streams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27107/25]

541. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the metric which determined in September 2024 that ECCE only services needed to move from a minimum of €5,000 in core funding up to €14,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27108/25]

542. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage portion of childcare costs that is made up by private fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27109/25]

543. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected 2024/2025 costs of all the funding streams that are available to early years and SAC services, ECCE, NCS, core funding, AIM, LINC, graduate uplift and early start in a list form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27110/25]

544. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of graduate uplift funding that goes to graduate lead educators and graduate managers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27111/25]

545. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child with AIMS requirements presents to pre-school, whether extra places at a school (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27157/25]

546. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE assessment officers based in CHO1 in t 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [27163/25]

547. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of many children waiting for an assessment of needs in Roscommon as of 20th of May 2025. [27164/25]

548. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any proposals to review or potentially eliminate the six month residency timeframe with respect to persons seeking to access the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27175/25]

549. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for information regarding the little baby bundle pilot scheme, as it has evolved since 2023, both in terms of feedback from the 2023 initiative and in terms of whether iterations of the scheme have been carried out since 2023 or will be carried out in a planned year again, e.g., in 2025 or 2026; and if she will make …

550. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a draft will be published of the National Plan for Irish Provision in the EY and SAC sector; if this draft will undergo a public/stakeholder consultation before it is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27366/25]

551. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will honour the State’s commitment to promote the Irish language by implementing a rights-based approach to Irish-medium immersion early childhood education and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27367/25]

552. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an official definition of Naíonra; if she will clarify if this is an Irish immersion education setting that operates through the Irish language only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27368/25]

553. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will explore the possibility of developing a public directory for Irish-medium preschool services, Naíonraí, in order that parents can access their local setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27369/25]

554. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child will have an assessment of need carried out (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27537/25]

555. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average cost, per month, of full-day childcare, broken down by county, and the average cost nationally, for the most recently available time period, in tabular form. [27549/25]

556. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/25]

557. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27567/25]

558. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27568/25]