Questions

433. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Louth in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a state…

434. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department, and bodies under its aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Dublin West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a st…

439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the absence of a national dataset tracking reopened child protection cases; whether this gap has been identified as a governance or oversight risk; and if so, the actions that are being taken to address it. [33691/26]

440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she accepts that data on re-referrals is not equivalent to data on reopened social work cases; and whether her Department intends to require Tusla to maintain a distinct dataset on formally reopened cases. [33692/26]

448. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the median and average length of time from a child’s entry into State care to the achievement of a permanency outcome, including reunification, adoption, guardianship, or long-term foster care, in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33782/26]

812. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of recipients of the national childcare scheme and the Early Childhood Care and Education programme, broken down by electoral division of recipients, for the most recent year for which data is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33206/26]

813. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of NCS sponsor subsidy referrals received by her Department; the number accepted; the number rejected, per year from 2019 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33222/26]

814. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in receipt of the NCS sponsored subsidy, per local authority/city and county childcare committee in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33223/26]

815. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in receipt of the NCS sponsored subsidy, per local authority/city and county childcare committee in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33224/26]

816. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department of the HSE set the €100,000 funding limit for FASD Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33277/26]

817. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the revised business case submitted by FASD Ireland on 9 April 2026; the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33278/26]

819. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in accepting gifts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33374/26]

402. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior staff grade physiotherapists based in each CDNT within CHO3 as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31572/26]

326. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether all relevant service providers in Laois have submitted disability support management advisory team forms to the HSE in respect of unmet residential support needs; the steps being taken to move from crisis-based emergency placements towards planned, long-term supported housing in line with the objectives of a campaign …

329. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an increased allowance for special care has been rejected by the Department of Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, if so, the reason for this; the action she will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/26]

2506. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of a referral for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25461/26]

2510. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify an issue regarding a system for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25596/26]

2521. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department took over eighteen months to process a complaint, and subsequent appeal in relation to an organisation (details supplied); if her Department believes that this extended process has had any impact on the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25782/26]

307. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of employees in each of the agencies under her Department's remit at the end of December 2025, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22889/26]

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions, to outline any reason for gaps in the data provided (details supplied); and where possible, to provide all missing data or suitable estimates. [21474/26]

1522. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to accessing their personal records related to their time in care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18955/26]

1597. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 30 September 2025, the number of foster carers that ceased foster caring in 2025 and to-date in 2026. [20134/26]

476. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total number of individual service users who have been relocated from congregated settings to community settings for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabul…

480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of total service users which have been in place in congregated disability service settings, for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [18197/26]

482. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability residential services for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17975/26]