719. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have access to an appropriate preschool education in their locality. [32438/25]
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720. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that the number of preschool places available in Dungarvan and west County Waterford meets the needs of the growing population in the region. [32439/25]
721. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such visits, if recorded, fo…
722. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she can outline the plans being developed by the disability unit within her Department to increase the recruitment of speech and language therapists from abroad. [20997/25]
723. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the ten years since the Marriage Equality Referendum; and if the Government intends to mark the anniversary. [21854/25]
724. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if she would be open to meeting with the family in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/25]
725. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to deal with the significant increase in the number of children living in poverty, as outlined in the findings of the Child Poverty Monitor Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32552/25]
726. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the forthcoming national disability strategy will include specific actions and measurable targets to address the extra living costs faced by disabled individuals, as identified in the Cost of Disability in Ireland report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32553/25]
727. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the strategies being progressed within her Department to expand the provision of after-school and childcare in school buildings and campuses, in order to provide better access for parents and communities as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32571/25]
728. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the HSE on its proposed audit of capacity and provision of respite services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/25]
729. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the costs incurred by her Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32633/25]
730. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the new services for children with special needs in County Monaghan for which funding was sought for delivery in 2025; the funding sought for each initiative or project; the funding allocated to each to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32677/25]
731. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the new services for children with special needs in County Cavan for which funding was sought for delivery in 2025, the funding sought for each initiative or project and the funding allocated to each to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32678/25]
732. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when Acorn, the new managed child savings account, will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32766/25]
733. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff employed in her Department's equality division and at which grades. [32769/25]
734. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will prepare a dedicated nursing home care policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32772/25]
735. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the nursing home sector regarding their potential role in providing ‘rehabilitation services’, for example to support people transition from an acute hospital to their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32773/25]
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 make a statement on th…
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; the number of cases …
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 she will make a statem…
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 approving these changes…
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 Disability Services for Chil…