Parliamentary questions

1866. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any other grant funding outside of Building Blocks provided via Pobal or any other agency for new builds for childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19804/25]

1867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide funding for the development of a major trauma recovery centre in Cork (details supplied); the work her Department has carried out in respect of this proposal; the engagements she or her Department’s officials have had with the organisation regarding this project; and…

1868. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the collaborative work being undertaken by her Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the youth homeless strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19873/25]

1869. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the proposed changes to Tusla's aftercare services for young people leaving State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19874/25]

1870. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to remarks made by An Taoiseach while in Washington DC regarding the Government's approach to IPAS centres (details supplied) that "we didn't want hotels, particularly the last hotel in a given town, to be used for housing asylum seekers,"; and how she intends to implement this in comi…

1871. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the outcomes that Tusla is hoping to achieve from changes occurring regarding the Integrated Reform Programme; the underlying evidence or rationale for the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19877/25]

1872. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the new National Disability Strategy; a timeline on when it is expected to be finalised and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19926/25]

1873. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a new National Disability Strategy will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19927/25]

1874. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide some funding to an organisation (details supplied) providing essential services for those with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/25]

1875. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she believes that the treatment of this person is in line with the obligations of government under the UNCRPD, which provides for the right of disabled persons to live independently; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

1876. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of the scheme, particularly in relation to the hours children are required to stay at a facility (details supplied). [20070/25]

1877. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will make a commitment to providing multi-annual funding for residential placements for people with disabilities for the Cork and Kerry region, as there are currently 600 people on a waiting list and no placements available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20121/25]

1878. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the investment by the Government into the early years sector in recent years; the plans for investment in 2025 and beyond; if additional core funding is being considered for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20168/25]

1879. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20205/25]

1880. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/25]

1881. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies on CDNTs in the CHO7 area and the total number of assigned posts to CDNTs in the CHO7 area, by position and team, in tabular form. [20215/25]

1882. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO7 area, categorised by team and number of weeks waiting, in tabular form. [20216/25]

1883. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department plans to prevent service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme for childcare from introducing fee increases on service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20219/25]

1884. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the weekly and monthly IPAS statistic reports include homeless international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20224/25]

1885. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the precise criteria that must be fulfilled by a company or an organisation before it is awarded a contract to provide international protection accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20239/25]

1886. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that it is possible for a company or an organisation with no prior experience in providing accommodation services to apply for and receive a departmental contract for the provision of international protection accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20240/25]

1887. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of companies or organisations with no prior experience in providing accommodation services that have been awarded a departmental contract for the provision of international protection accommodation; the total value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the m…

1888. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20256/25]

1889. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form. [20257/25]

1890. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the work being undertaken in her Department to increase access to employment for disabled people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20281/25]