271. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide additional respite beds for adults with profound disabilities in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44636/26]
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272. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide additional respite beds for children with profound disabilities in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44637/26]
273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline plans for the St. Mary of the Angels Campus in Beaufort, County Kerry; to consider this location as a centre of excellence for respite in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44638/26]
274. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address delays in accessing Children’s Disability Network Team services, particularly occupational therapy supports; whether data is available on waiting times for occupational therapy assessments and interventions within Children’s Disability Network Teams; if so, to provide the latest available figures, in t…
275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Longford-Westmeath who are currently without an available childcare place; the number of children on waiting lists for crèche, preschool and early years services in each county; the number of childcare places currently available; the number of additional places projected to be delivered over the next five years…
276. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the alternative models of funding available for childcare providers/creches that have pulled out of core funding, resulting in significantly increased childcare fees for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44681/26]
277. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the alternative models of funding available for childcare providers/creches that have pulled out of core funding, resulting in significantly increased childcare fees for parents and whereby there are no other affordable providers available within a given locality. [44682/26]
278. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether an assessment has been carried out of childcare capacity in rapidly growing communities such as Donaghmede, Clongriffin and Belmayne; the current and projected demand for childcare places in these areas; the measures being taken to increase capacity where shortages have been identified; and if she will make a statement on the …
279. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed report on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44811/26]
280. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers, by those in and outside of core funding for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [44833/26]
281. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers, by those in and outside of core funding, by their service category such as ECCE-only, sessional, part-time and full-time, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [44834/26]
282. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of childcare providers, by those in and outside of core funding for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by local authority area, in tabular form. [44835/26]
283. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if after school supports for children with additional needs fall within the remit of her brief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44858/26]
200. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the HSE needs assessment application; if the assessment will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44499/26]
201. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average and median waiting times for initial contact, initial assessment and commencement of intervention for children referred to children’s disability network team, for those serving CDNT 11, in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44206/26]
202. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have closed in each of the past three years, by county; the reasons identified for such closures; and the measures being taken to ensure adequate childcare capacity is maintained. [44227/26]
203. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the number of residential places provided (details supplied) in each of the years 2023. 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44284/26]
204. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of private companies funded by her Department for the provision of residential care for individuals with intellectual disabilities or acquired brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44285/26]
205. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1951 of 19 December 2025, if it has been brought to her attention that a matter (details supplied) has not still not been resolved; the measures she will take to ensure they are receiving adequate care and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44315/26]
206. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will engage with the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs Migration on the way in which child safeguarding can be strengthened given the details of a case (details supplied) brought forward by a childcare provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44388/26]
207. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum childcare fee caps recently announced by her Department for parents with one child in full time five-day care, current monthly fee €1350 less NCS €385.20 applicable to parents from next September whose children attend a school (details supplied); the amount by which the fees will reduce; and if she will make a statement on t…
1527. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 21 October 2025, to review the case (details supplied) despite the reply it is not being offered to CDNT clients; if she will examine this further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43945/26]
1528. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail according to RHA, the number of full-time residential places currently for those with physical or mobility-related disabilities, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44027/26]
1529. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to review the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and its implementation; if so, the timeline for any such review; and the way in which the lived experience of individuals who have engaged with the assisted decision-making framework, their families and supporters, will be taken into account as part of this…
1530. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41426/26]