243. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, when her Department intends to publish the list of proposed or approved locations for the new State-run international protection reception centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [160…
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244. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline the factors being used to determine the suitability of these locations, including access to health, education and public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16055/25…
245. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if, in light of recent reports that the Government has shelved plans for emergency accommodation centres in areas where arson attacks or threats have occurred, she will clarify the criteria now being …
246. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is concerned that withdrawing from certain areas in response to intimidation risks setting a precedent where illegal activity can influence or veto State policy on the placement of accommodation for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16057/25]
247. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if it is the intention of her Department to introduce a formal community consultation protocol in advance of opening the new State-run reception and future emergency accommodation centres, in order to…
248. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline specific resources being allocated to local authorities and community safety partnerships to manage tensions and support integration where new reception centres are planned; and if she will…
249. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the measures in place to ensure that private operators or NGOs running reception centres are not incentivised to quietly withdraw from contentious locations, thereby undermining the State’s legal obli…
250. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the long-term impact of recent media reports that the Government has reversed the decisions to locate emergency accommodation in areas that have been subject to intimidation, local protest and/or arson on the integrity of Ireland’s international protection system; the assurances that can…
251. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres currently licensed by his Department, disaggregated by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15900/25]
252. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the maximum amount of parental leave days that can be transferred between parents under current legislation within An Garda Síochána; if there are any specific circumstances under which this limit can be increased, and if so, what those circumstances are. [15904/25]
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, the cooperation that exists between her Department and HSE-funded genetic services, including data sharing arrangements, genetic and genomic clinical services and genetic counselling services; and if she will make…
254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth recognising her Department’s commitment to early intervention to maximise disabled citizens’ capacity and recognising that some disabilities are associated with particular genetic diagnoses, to outline her views on how genetic counselling could support disability services; and if she will make a statement on …
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any cooperation between her Department and the Department of Health National Genetics and Genomics Strategy Steering Group in the development of policy and strategy in either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15930/25]
256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the cut to the accommodation recognition payment; the research carried out by her Department prior to making this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15931/25]
257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to several complaints regarding employee behaviour and the nutrition provided (details supplied); if her Department will examine these matters and ensure that people in their facilities receive an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15970/25]
258. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what internal work her Department has carried out in relation to public childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15996/25]
259. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many parents in the Tallaght area are facing difficulties with securing creche spaces (details supplied); will the Minister instruct her Department to ensure that creche places become available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16002/25]
260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the tailored mental health supports available to people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16003/25]
261. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the number of people who are using disability day services in Louth; specifically, the number of days of service provided during the 2023-2024 period, in tabular form; additionally, the average level of funding allocated per individual over this period; and whether the Department conducted an …
262. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office. [16196/25]
263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide adequate staffing levels and funding for the urgently required expansion of the summer programme in special schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16229/25]
264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to deal the lack of childcare spaces in Dublin Bay north; to provide the number of childcare facilities in Dublin Bay north; the projected need for childcare spaces from 2025 to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16264/25]
265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the exclusion of capital expenditure when assessing the profitability of childcare service providers; if this practice will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16267/25]
266. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has, since taking office, examined the current overall funding model for formal childcare services in Ireland; if she believes that the model requires reform; if it will be formally reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16268/25]
267. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the overall breakdown of State, parent and other expenditure in the childcare sector in Ireland, each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including total overall expenditure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16269/25]