Parliamentary questions

1816. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current rate of retention of healthcare workers on CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19046/25]

1817. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE early intervention team and the school-age team (details supplied) still exists; the way in which it engages with the wider disability sector; if it has expanded or will expand coverage outside of Ballymun, Larkhill, Santry, Whitehall, Clontarf, Killester, Marino, Drumcondra, p…

1818. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the portion of the recently announced €27 million in disability capital funding for disability projects in 2025 that will be made available for projects in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19062/25]

1819. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when UBU projects announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in which these projects are allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19063/25]

1820. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the additional family resource centres announced in Budget 2025 will be allocated to counties; the way in which these centres are allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19064/25]

1821. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a Ukrainian family (details supplied) in desperate need of accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19076/25]

1822. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19091/25]

1823. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19116/25]

1824. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in CHO 8; the average wait time per case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19117/25]

1825. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer than six months, and longer than twelve months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19118/25]

1826. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail, on a monthly basis, the number of incidents that have been recorded at all IPAS centres in Ireland in 2024 and 2025 under the following headings: violence towards staff, violence towards residents, physical altercations, threats to kill or threats of violence towards staff, threats to…

1827. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC); the services provided by the CRC which are funded by this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19144/25]

1828. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary …

1829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19187/25]

1830. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise what will happen to residents (details supplied) once their time is up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19208/25]

1831. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by former Minister of State at a visit to a disability services provider (details supplied) in June 2023 to fund €200,000 for adult day care services and €150,000 to fund respite services, if there is any plan to fulfil this promise; and if she will make a stat…

1832. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the 291 services that had a 80% staff turnover rate in 2023/24 (details supplied), the profile of these services in terms of size (small medium, large), ownership type (private or community) and service type (sessional, part-time, full-time), in tabular form. [19266/25]

1833. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the assessment of need for a person (details supplied). [19269/25]

1834. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will lead on transposing the directive establishing the European disability card given that the cards also affect public transport, culture and other services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19273/25]

1835. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to childcare providers to help with compliance with the financial reporting requirement; and the case management support that is available to providers in difficulty. [19288/25]

1836. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reduce overcrowding in young offender detention facilities such as Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19295/25]

1837. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will examine issues related to the lack of flexibility in the national childcare scheme, particularly in cases where parents such as teachers are charged additional fees for childcare services they do not use or require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19319/2…

1838. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning behind the six-month threshold for individuals who spent time in mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19334/25]

1839. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracts currently held by her Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19339/25]

1840. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of naionraí outside the Gaeltacht areas. [19356/25]