Parliamentary questions

1304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government commitment concerned childminders working in the child’s family home whom the national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that …

1305. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children placed in special emergency arrangements in the past four years; the number of whom are Irish citizens; and the number which are unaccompanied minors, by country, in tabular form. [10574/25]

1306. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of providers of special emergency arrangements for children in the past four years; and the funding provided to each provider in each year, in tabular form. [10575/25]

1307. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of safeguarding and child protection complaints made against providers of special emergency arrangements in the past four years, by provider, in tabular form. [10576/25]

1308. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the body responsible for the regulation, monitoring and inspection of providers of special emergency arrangements for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10577/25]

1309. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the statutory financial supports that are available to young people leaving state care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10578/25]

1310. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young people exiting mainstream State residential care into homelessness; and the actions her Department is taking to reduce the number exiting care into homelessness. [10579/25]

1311. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amounts paid as additional top-up payments to date for the accommodation recognition payment in counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10700/25]

1312. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of early years education jobs being advertised with ‘no English/Irish required’; if she will review this from the point of view of the importance language plays in a child’s early development; the difficulty a lack of English could pose in such settings; how this will be support…

1313. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth based on the information provided by my constituent the support services available for individuals with acquired brain injuries who are residing in nursing homes (details supplied); and how individuals like those can access these services in a timely and effective manner, given that barriers have …

1314. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to Tusla in respect of breaching general data protection regulations, by year, from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by amount, year and breach criteria cited. [10810/25]

1315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who resided at a premises on a weekly basis in 2024 and to date in 2025 (details supplied). [10816/25]

1316. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address issues with the national childcare scheme, as raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10829/25]

1317. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an autism assessment to the HSE in Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10836/25]

1318. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider the urgent need for a family resource centre in the Cabra area, particularly in light of the significant socio-economic disparities outlined in the 2022 Census and recent qualitative research conducted by the Dublin Northwest Partnership (details supplied). [10837/25]

1319. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the disparity in quality to child welfare services between different regions of the country; if she will instruct her Department to provide a plan for solving this disparity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10839/25]

1320. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the work her Department is doing to develop policy interventions at a national level to better support parents who experience pregnancy loss, as per the Programme for Government commitment to “Publish and implement an updated National Strategy for Women and Girls"; and if she …

1321. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is considering the introduction of temporary bereavement leave for those who have experienced pregnancy loss that does not replace the sick leave the recipient might already be entitled to; if her Department has already examined the potential costs and benefits of such an entitlement; a…

1322. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that a preschool (details supplied) is being forced to vacate from its current location; if her Department can liaise to ensure that this important facility remains open at this location through whatever creative means necessary; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1323. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proactive steps being taken to provide additional ECCE places in the Lucan and Adamstown area given that four businesses have closed down in recent years and given that a preschool (details supplied) is under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10868/25]

1324. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to expedite community-based childcare in the Lucan and Adamstown and Clonburris areas, to supplement existing businesses, given the significant shortage of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10869/25]

1325. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports in place to aid the parents who have children in childcare, when their crèche has withdrawn from the core funding agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10909/25]

1326. 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 health area and wait timeband, in a direct tabular comparison for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, inclusive; the average length of wait; and if she will make a st…

1327. 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 for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete assessment of need, as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improveme…

1328. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a preschool service (details supplied) which has been advised it may have no premises for the 2025/2026 school year and beyond; if there is support and assistance available from her Department to ensure the preschool remains open, given the vital ser…