354. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role her Department takes on the provision of early years education and care in rural communities; to outline their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14933/25]
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355. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his officials and or his predecessor received correspondence (details supplied); and if a response issued. [14639/25]
356. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of actual and attempted cyberattacks on her Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the countries of origin of those attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14685/25]
357. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 who are on a waiting list for assessment of needs for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the average number of years they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14735/25]
358. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether any direction, guidance or advice has been given to any Tusla staff or members of the national special care referrals committee in relation to reducing the number of applications for special care. [14711/25]
359. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total sum spent on cybersecurity measures within her Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14667/25]
360. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently examine and proposal in regard to a pilot summer programme in respect of a special school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14792/25]
361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be approved for residential care at a facility in Waterford for a person (details supplied); the date when the application for funding was first submitted; and the timeline for a decision. [14840/25]
362. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1424 of 19 March 2025, and the letter provided, if she will direct the HSE to actually provide the answer to the question asked in respect of each individual child disability network for the specific years identified and request that information from each of the individual spe…
363. 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. [14899/25]
364. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case for services at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14904/25]
365. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current uptake on the ECCE scheme; the number of childcare providers involved in the scheme; to provide a breakdown of these by location; what plans she has to reform or amend the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14940/25]
366. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what preparatory work is underway within her Department to contribute to the planned review of the National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14971/25]
174. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures proposed as part of the Programme for Government’s commitment to giving effect to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance ‘Working Definition of Antisemitism'. [14256/25]
175. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the Government's plan to introduce a maximum fee of €200 for early childhood and education places; how her Department intends to manage this fee reduction; and what measures will be in place to support providers to implement this while maintaining quality and ensuring affordability for parent…
176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing while under the care of Tusla, in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [14266/25]
177. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have died while either in the care of the State or while known to child protection services, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form, including cause of death. [14267/25]
178. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount paid by Tusla to the providers of special emergency accommodation, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [14268/25]
179. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list companies currently providing special emergency arrangements to Tusla; and if confirmation can be provided that all the staff employed by these companies to care for children have been Garda vetted. [14269/25]
180. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the companies who were previously providing special emergency arrangements to Tusla, but with whom Tusla has since ceased contracting; and if a breakdown can be provided on the reasons why. [14270/25]
181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Child Law Project; if her Department is currently funding the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14271/25]
182. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Tusla's waiting list for children awaiting a bed in special care; and the number of children on that list and the wait times expected for each number. [14280/25]
183. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14281/25]
184. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the disabled persons’ representative organisations’ (DPROs) specific consultations on the National Disability Strategy, the reason the Government is not closely working with two DPROs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14307/25]
185. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the State is providing contracts and funding to service providers for human rights-based needs without close consultation with disabled persons’ representative organisations, as per Articles 4(3) and 29 (b(ii)) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statem…