Parliamentary questions

628. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of a review (details supplied) and the related issues raised in correspondence to the Minister from a survivor of abuse. [5595/25]

629. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions being taken to hold individuals and organisations accountable for crimes committed in the mother and baby homes, including child trafficking, illegal adoptions, forced separations, and financial misconduct; if there has been any formal investigation into potential criminal activitie…

630. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what happened to the money from the sale of Sean Ross Abbey; the reason the Catholic Church is not funding the cost of addressing the injustices that took place there, rather than the taxpayer; if the money from the sale reinvested into religious orders or organisations; and if so, the reason t…

631. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who decided on the 180-day rule for eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme; the qualifications in child trauma or related fields that the individuals who set this rule had; to provide the credentials or records of the decision-makers who determined this timeframe; the measure…

632. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a copy of the survey report which found anomalies in the grounds at Sean Ross Abbey; who decided that these findings were not enough to warrant an excavation; the basis for that decision; the alternative action, if any, being taken to account for the over 1,000 missing children from …

633. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason certain children are excluded from the scheme (details supplied); who made the decision that a child who was in an institution before its classification changed would no longer qualify for redress; the justification the Government has for excluding children who suffered in these home…

634. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures the Government proposes to take to address all the children who were boarded out and are also excluded from the redress scheme; the steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Catholic Church is held financially and morally accountable for the suffering caused in these instit…

635. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Programme for Government commitment on page 65, “Recognizing and Learning from Our Past”, where the Government commits to continuing to deliver the action plan for mother and baby home survivors and building the National Centre for Research and Remembrance, if he will clarify wha…

636. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the Government’s specific plan going forward regarding justice for mother and baby home survivors; if there will be any change to the redress scheme; if there will be any action taken to hold individuals and institutions responsible for past abuse; and the steps that will be taken to…

637. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to ensure that employed or self-employed IPAS applicants, living in State-provided accommodation, will contribute to the costs incurred by the State, as set out in Article 5(2) of S.I. No. 230 of 2018 (Reception Conditions Regulations); and if she will make a statement on t…

638. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5643/25]

639. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department ever provided funding to a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5660/25]

640. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that under the new childminding regulations, a childminder is prevented from hiring a relief staff worker, or from accessing AIM level 7 support, or to hire a second person under any circumstances; if she will review this from the point of view of the child or children concerned;…

641. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5718/25]

642. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a child (details supplied) in need of a residential care place. [5734/25]

643. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will extend the accommodation recognition payment until at least March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5778/25]

644. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a timeline on the introduction of the European disability card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5802/25]

645. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address the lack of access to essential services for children diagnosed with autism, specifically in the case of a child (details supplied) diagnosed in May 2024 who was recommended psychology, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy in his assessment of need but has been …

646. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5847/25]

647. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total available budget for the building blocks–extension grant scheme-community–construction for early learning and childcare facilities; how many applications were received for this strand of the building blocks capital programme; and the number approved by Pobal as meeting the minimum crite…

648. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when endometriosis will be recognised as a disability for those sufferers unable to work and seeking disability allowance; if this is being considered as part of the development of the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5910/25]

649. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the lack of childcare places in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5921/25]

650. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all properties that have housed international protection applicants in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5934/25]

651. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who have been accommodated in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5935/25]

652. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all family resource centres in east Cork. [5954/25]