Parliamentary questions

1211. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home support staff and personal assistants; the number of recipients of home support services and personal assistance services; the number of organisations that provide home support services or personal assistance services for people with disabilities that have joined the service in…

1212. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will act to excavate the site at Sean Ross Abbey and fully investigate the burial grounds. [1142/25]

1213. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 of 15 May 2024 and 372 and 374 of 24 September 2024, when the Pobal early learning and childcare data website will be updated to include data gathered in relation to the 2023-2024 programme year; if he will provide details of what fee levels were charged …

1214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when all available parent statements dating back to programme year 2022-2023 will be made available online, in respect of each service provider signed up to core funding. [1163/25]

1215. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of active fee reviews initiated by parents that are underway in each County Childcare Committee, in tabular form; and the number of fee reviews initiated by parents in respect of the 2024-2025 programme year which have concluded. [1164/25]

1216. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of any instances where home care agencies outsourced from the HSE are requesting that persons with a disability who have a live-in carer to provide food and cover other living expenses for their carer; if so, if any such policy is decided by the HSE or by the agency; and if he wil…

1217. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to ensure that people (including asylum seekers) are not forced out of temporary accommodation once periods of cold weather end; whether action is being taken to end the situation in which asylum seekers have to be rough sleeping in order to avail of or re-enter emergenc…

1218. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times gardaí have been called to the City West accommodation facility in 2023 and 2024 in response to threatening or abusive behaviour from international protection applicants towards staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1191/25]

1219. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently waiting for their initial appointment assigned to the Balbriggan Children's Disability Network Team, CDNT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1215/25]

1220. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families assigned to Balbriggan Children's Disability Network Team, CDNT, for their initial appointment that have been redirected to alternative teams in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1216/25]

1221. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rationale behind moving children originally assigned to Balbriggan CDNT to alternative teams in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1217/25]

1222. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the waiting lists for all CDNTs in CH09, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1218/25]

1223. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of all assigned personnel, by speciality, for all CDNTs in CH09, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1219/25]

1224. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of respite services previously provided at St Catherine’s, Newcastle, County Wicklow (details supplied) which was suspended by the HSE in October 2024 pending the securing of an alternative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1250/25]

1225. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being taken to ensure that people (including asylum seekers) are not forced out of temporary accommodation once periods of cold weather end; the measures being taken to end the system whereby asylum seekers have to be sleeping rough in order to avail of or re-enter emergency ac…

1226. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the age eligibility for children starting the ECCE scheme can be reviewed to prevent some families from being at a disadvantage where their child falls just short of being two years and eight months by 1 September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1268/25]

1227. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, taking into account the urgent medical need of the applicant for their enhanced medical card as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/25]

1228. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give attention to a serious issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/25]

1229. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to individuals in receipt of an invalidity pension who require wheelchair-modified vehicles for personal use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1289/25]

1230. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent action will be taken to ensure that a family (details supplied) is moved to appropriate accommodation. [1291/25]

1231. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans being made to ensure that people, including asylum seekers, are not forced out of temporary accommodation once periods of cold weather end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1293/25]

1232. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being put in place to end the situation in which asylum seekers must be rough sleeping in order to avail of or re-enter emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1295/25]

1233. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update and timeline on the progress being made for the provision of a system of permanent accommodation being provided for all asylum seekers while their asylum applications are being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1297/25]

1234. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that have been put in place to source alternative accommodation options and stop the housing of asylum seekers in tented accommodation without adequate heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1299/25]

1235. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide IPAS accommodation to a person (details supplied). [1311/25]