Parliamentary questions

653. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be made available in 2025 for family resource centres to cover their programme costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5955/25]

654. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged under 16 years on the disability data in CHO7. [5959/25]

655. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is intended to extend the accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6016/25]

656. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection are in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment, in tabular form through the Irish Red Cross Pledge Campaign, the offer-a-home scheme operated by local authorities, or by private arrangements; and if she will make a statement on…

657. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered how the decision of the British government to cut funding for its Homes for Ukraine scheme and other schemes aimed at Ukrainians in Britain will impact on correspondence schemes in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/25]

658. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding her Department has applied for and received through the asylum, migration and integration fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6029/25]

659. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to support the early childhood sector making childcare an attractive and sustainable career option; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6056/25]

660. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on emergency accommodation for IPAS applicants at Kilbride Army Camp, County Wicklow, in light of residents reporting overcrowding, a lack of hot water and very poor sanitary conditions; if she can report on who is responsible for the provision of services at the site; the oversight he…

661. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she can advise in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6126/25]

662. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address the shortage in childcare places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6130/25]

663. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide clarity on the length of time people are waiting for autism assessment in primary care, and with specific regard to a person (details supplied) waiting for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6140/25]

664. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS application has been submitted for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6169/25]

665. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the reduction of childcare costs to €200 per month, in line with the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6194/25]

666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6225/25]

667. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6243/25]

668. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that have been assessed through CDNTs in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6261/25]

669. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that have been assessed through CDNTs in County Meath but have yet to be seen by intervention therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6262/25]

670. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new measures her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare, including children who attend after school services; and when they are due to be implemented. [6297/25]

671. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of her Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated wi…

672. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she and officials from her Department will provide some funding to assist a family (details supplied) in their efforts to bring their child to pre-school each day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6368/25]

673. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the appeal mechanisms in place for a person (details supplied) who reported sexual abuse to TUSLA, but which TUSLA has deemed not to have been sexual abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6369/25]

674. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in 2024 (since March) and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the corresponding number of notices of determination issued; the number of payments made; the amount of money paid out from the scheme in both yea…

675. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review the institutions excluded from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6373/25]

676. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of money allocated to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme in 2024 and the corresponding amount paid out; and the same for 2025, in tabular form. [6374/25]

677. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will engage with survivors excluded from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6375/25]