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]
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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 with same; if she has …
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 years; and the amount o…
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]
678. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether her Department are considering using a former residential convent (details supplied) for persons seeking international protection; if so, the breakdown of the number of persons who will occupy this building, families and so on; if local persons will be consulted given the location is situated close to a Poba…
679. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2024, up to 31 December 2024, broken down by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6414/25]
680. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE home support hours delivered in each month of 2024 compared to targeted delivery, broken down by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6415/25]
271. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she or her officials will meet with a delegation from an organisation (details supplied) to discuss a planning permission issue. [5276/25]
272. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the accommodation recognition payment for those individuals hosting Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5330/25]
273. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports her Department can provide to a group (details supplied) in County Galway to establish a new community creche in Caltra; if funding is available for construction and initial operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5379/25]
274. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige míniú a thabhairt ar ráiteas poiblí an Tánaiste ar Shráid Dawson, an 5 Feabhra 2025, go mbeidh cur chun cinn an luathoideachais lánGhaeilge lárnach i bplean an Rialtais chun an Scéim Náisiúnta um Chúram Leanaí a leathnú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh.; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5…
275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have been assessed through CDNT in Longford and Westmeath. [5242/25]