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Louis O'Hara Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1169. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what supports his Department can provide to a group (details supplied) in County Galway in its efforts to establish a new community creche in Caltra; if there is funding available from his Department for construction and initial operational costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46608/24]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1170. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has in place to address the shocking respite care services in County Kerry, especially for those individuals with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/24]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1171. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has undertaken a formal review of the operation of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if so, the outcome of the review; and the actions he has taken to address the low rate of compliance by public bodies with the requirements of the Public Sector Equalit…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1172. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approved the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Code of Practice on the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/24]
Pearse Doherty Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy and an appointment for awareness therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/24]
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if access to a dietitian will be provided for disability services users at a location (details supplied); and if he received a risk assessment or business case regarding same. [46661/24]
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1175. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on a waiting list for assessment of need in County Waterford; and the average length of time it takes a child in Waterford to receive an assessment. [46664/24]
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1176. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on a CDNT waiting list for therapy or assessment or any other appointment in County Waterford. [46665/24]
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1177. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant children’s disability network teams covering County Waterford. [46666/24]
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1178. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details and number of applications received, and awards made, under the children’s disability service grant fund in 2024, by county, in tabular form. [46676/24]
Niamh Smyth Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1179. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46683/24]
Niamh Smyth Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1180. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if speech therapy will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46700/24]
Niamh Smyth Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1181. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if occupational therapy and psychology appointments for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46715/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the targeted measures that are in place in Westmeath and Longford to support foreign nationals who are facing difficulties accessing local services due to lack of local resources. [46732/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1183. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to encourage social and cultural exchange between locals and foreign nationals in Longford and Westmeath to reduce any potential social tensions or isolation. [46733/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1184. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is taking to address the specific challenges foreign nationals face regarding language barriers in schools, workplaces and in the community as a whole in Longford and Westmeath. [46734/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being put in place to ensure that rural communities are supported and adaptable to demographic change, given the increasing diversity in rural areas. [46736/24]
Matt Carthy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1186. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy available in County Monaghan for, separately, adult and children disability services; the number of WTE occupational therapists (OTs) in employment; the current waiting list for OT appointments; the current vacancies in OT; the proposals to increase OT provision in this c…
Matt Carthy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1187. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current provision of occupational therapy (OT) available in County Cavan for, separately, adult and children disability services; the number of WTE occupational therapists in employment; the current waiting list for OT appointments; the current vacancies in OT; the proposals to increase OT provision in this count…
David Cullinane Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1188. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the organisation confirmed it has received funding for pay increases for workers under the public sector pay deal; if he can intervene to ensure that this is passed on to workers as intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4675…
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1189. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to hold a public inquiry into the circumstances of the tragic death of a 14-year-old girl on 6 December 2015; if he will provide confirmation that this inquiry will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46768/24]
Niamh Smyth Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1190. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review matters (details supplied) regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; to provide clarity on these three specific questions regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46778/24]
Thomas Gould Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1191. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite requests refused, by month and county, in adult disability, older persons’ and children’s disability services in 2024, in tabular form. [46819/24]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1192. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the funding provided for neuro-disability services in County Meath in 2022, 2023, 2024 and planned for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/24]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1193. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the rollout of the national neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO8 covering County Meath;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46823/24]