Parliamentary questions

1916. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to ensure allocated social workers or regulated placements to all children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20483/25]

1917. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department’s plans to increase creche places in Fingal, specifically in Portmarnock, Donabate and Swords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20495/25]

1918. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the Farrelly Report when the promised robust adult safeguarding legislation will be introduced to ensure social workers can adequately protect and support adults at risk of abuse with mandatory reporting to ensure safeguarding concerns are recognised and reported, and that the sy…

1919. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the actions outlined in the Programme for Government regarding the establishment of a National Safeguarding Body to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of vulnerable adults. [20530/25]

1920. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the list of institutions covered by the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023; and to include a home (details supplied). [20536/25]

1921. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the rationale for the omission of institutions that cared for babies born in mother and baby homes from the payment scheme under the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. [20537/25]

1922. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question 674 of 1 April 2025, and with regards the 30.3% of AONs completed in 2024 that indicated ‘No Disability’ in accordance with the Disability Act, 2005, the percentage of those that were subsequently diagnosed with autism; and if she will make a statement on the …

1923. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time between initial assessment and the commencement of therapy intervention within speech and language therapy services in the CHO9 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20546/25]

1924. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a data protection issue at an agency under her Departmental remit has been brought to her attention (details supplied); the steps that have been taken by this agency and her Department to ensure that the GDPR is correctly enforced and that no conflict of interest issues arise; and if she will m…

1925. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding media reports (details supplied), the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests (SARs) to Tusla are not abused by alleged perpetrators of violence; if Tusla will confirm, in line with GDPR requirements, the procedures in place to ensure that the rights and freedoms of ot…

1926. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to endorse and fully support the work of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20558/25]

1927. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the practical application is envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism [20561/25]

1928. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to amend the mother and baby homes redress scheme to include more institutions and Linden Convalescent Home, Blackrock, in particular. [20567/25]

1929. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the motorised transport grant will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/25]

1930. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what annual funding is being provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20659/25]

1931. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she would consider annual funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20660/25]

1932. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the growing frustration among a union (details supplied) and early years educators due to the lack of progress on the new employment regulation order; if she has engaged with the employer representatives on the Joint Labour Committee to stress the urgency of concluding thi…

1933. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Kilkenny for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20724/25]

1934. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Carlow for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20725/25]

1935. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is still facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and language assessment; the immediate steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting times for children requiring essential developmental support; if the child will be giv…

1936. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to consider reintroducing the mobility allowance grant which was closed in 2013; the efforts undertaken so far in the life of this Government; the further intentions her Department have to investigate the viability of alternative schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20764/25]

1937. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will carry out an investigation into the procurement process involved within his Departments decision to enter into a contract for IPAS accommodation with a hotel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20777/25]

1938. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will carry out an investigation into the procurement process involved within his Departments decision to enter into a contract for IPAS accommodation with a hotel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20778/25]

1939. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to create an adult disability service in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20799/25]

1940. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system (details supplied). [20861/25]