156. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when her Department will publish the new LGBTIQ+ inclusion strategy, as this received Government approval in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21357/25]
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157. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on proposals for legislation to ban conversion practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21358/25]
158. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans in place to introduce Traveller-specific UBU funded youth projects in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21374/25]
159. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the application process will open, via TUSLA, for the provision of the previously announced five new family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21387/25]
160. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite hours provided to disabled adults within Tipperary in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21440/25]
161. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychiatrists based in north Tipperary children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21441/25]
162. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists and early intervention specialists employed in North Kildare Children's Disability Network Teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21498/25]
163. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21546/25]
164. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children's disability network teams, at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21547/25]
165. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disa…
166. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of March each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21549/25]
167. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of March each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disability …
168. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to ensure that everyone requiring an assessment of needs receives one within an adequate timeframe; the timeframe in which such will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21589/25]
169. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting respite with Enable Ireland in Kilkenny and Carlow at present. [21609/25]
170. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for children awaiting respite with Enable Ireland in Kilkenny and Carlow at present. [21611/25]
171. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to reduce the waiting time families are experiencing for respite services with Enable Ireland in Kilkenny and Carlow at present. [21612/25]
172. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the role of institutions run by Protestant denominations run institutions here; and her plans to examine legacy issues and issues of redress relating to same. [21624/25]
173. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the service pathway for children referred to speech and language therapy in in HSE Dublin north west: the waiting time for children in this area to access speech and language therapy; if there is prioritization system for children on the waiting list; if children who are non-verbal given prioritisation; the pathw…
83. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to the finding of the final substantive report of the commission of investigation into certain matters relative to a disability service in the south east and related matters, also known as the Farrelly commission, volumes 1 and 2; and the planned next steps in response. [21193/25]
84. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the national childcare website does not list fees for childcare providers for the year 2021; if her Department will rectify this as matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21091/25]
85. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant-unfilled positions across each CDNT in the State; if she will provide the figures from the CDNT workforce report, carried out in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21200/25]
86. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding the way in which she has initiated the lowering of the cost of childcare in the State since she took office as Minister; and the steps she has taken for broader reform of the childcare model. [21093/25]
87. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on ongoing pay talks for early years educators. [21194/25]
88. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the €45 million allocated under budget 2025 to support further increases to the minimum rates of pay in the childcare sector. [20553/25]
89. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she expects the planned review of core funding to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20772/25]