118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the public consultation on a National Plan for Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. [32443/25]
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119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to address waiting lists to access CDNT services in County Monaghan. [32458/25]
120. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32105/25]
121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will list the occasions on which she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took office. [32441/25]
122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have died while either under the care of Tusla, or while known to child protection services since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32444/25]
123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to provide overnight respite care for children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [32457/25]
124. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to advise when the promised review of core funding will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32390/25]
125. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the lengthy Children’s Disability Network Team waitlists arising from increased caseloads; the steps being taken to shorten these caseloads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31957/25]
126. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure pay increases for childcare workers and an increase in core funding to match this. [32393/25]
127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the number of childcare providers leaving the core funding model; the means by which she plans to protect parents and children affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32281/25]
128. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the recent refusal of a block extension grant for a school (details supplied), if she has plans to review the qualifying criteria when it comes to the issue of lands being held in trust; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31961/25]
129. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which she intends to cap childcare costs at €200 per month. [32459/25]
130. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role of her Department in monitoring and supporting the implementation of the national disability strategy across Government; and how progress is being tracked to ensure real outcomes for people with disabilities. [30320/25]
131. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will introduce and fund a community neurorehabilitation team for Dublin Central and Dublin North City and East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24018/25]
132. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children anticipated to benefit from the expansion of the maximum fee cap for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32106/25]
133. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address the shortage of childcare places for the mid-Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/25]
134. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline her Department’s efforts to improve accessibility in rural towns and villages. [32258/25]
135. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans to expand the access and inclusion model to support children below the current age of eligibility, which is two years and 8 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/25]
662. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 523 and 724 of 27 May 2025, to identify the lead Department responsible for the National Child Death Review. [31854/25]
663. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the new rules around maximum fee caps will apply to childcare providers who are re-entering core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31855/25]
664. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications received; the number of appeals submitted; and the number of those appeals that have been overturned. [31856/25]
665. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding that has been drawn down under the redress component of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. [31857/25]
666. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a review of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme is expected to take place; if her Department is considering extending redress to all children who spent less than six months in mother and baby homes as part of that review. [31858/25]
667. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department plans for the National Centre for Research and Remembrance; actions are being taken in relation to its commemoration; and the amount funding has been allocated for this purpose. [31859/25]
668. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions have been taken under the Institutional Burials Act 2022 to protect the sites associated with mother and baby homes; the engagement her Department has had with relevant county councils regarding the memorialisation and protection of these sites; and the steps being taken to preserve the dignity of these burial locations an…