1581. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the merits of providing a dedicated fund for schools to seek funding for a large-scale communication board (details supplied) to support students, particularly those with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42365/26]
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1582. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the anticipated impact of Phase 2 of Shaping The Future's measure to remove access to ECCE and NCS schemes for parents of children in services who are no longer in core funding; the number of children projected to be affected in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42399/26]
1583. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff turnover rate in her Department in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42418/26]
1584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than five years who do not have an identified permanency plan, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42461/26]
1585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average duration in care for children currently in State care, broken down by placement type and age cohort. [42462/26]
1586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in long-term foster care where adoption, guardianship, reunification, or long-term supported independent living has been formally identified as the permanency objective. [42464/26]
1587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains national key performance indicators relating to permanency planning, care drift, placement stability, and duration in care; and if so, to provide details. [42465/26]
1588. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any internal audit, external review, HIQA inspection programme, or policy evaluation has examined long-term care drift or delays in permanency outcomes within Tusla since 2020.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42466/26]
1589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care for more than ten years. [42467/26]
1590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who exited State care in each year from 2020 to 2026 through reunification, adoption, guardianship, ageing out of care, or other pathways. [42468/26]
1591. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers operating under the core funding model in each of the bands A-F, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42498/26]
1592. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in relation to childcare providers categorised in Band F, the fees charged by each of the childcare providers, without identifying them, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42499/26]
1593. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the HSE decided not to proceed with the proposed outsourcing of occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services for the Children's Disability Network Team in North Kildare; to detail the criteria and assessment processes applied in reaching this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [425…
1594. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average response time for Garda vetting applications relating to employment in childcare settings; the number of applications currently awaiting processing; and the measures being taken to reduce delays, in view of reports from childcare providers that staff recruitment is being significantly impacted, including one provide…
1595. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of her last meeting with the Attorney General to progress legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42559/26]
1596. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child who misses the age deadline by one day could be considered for the ECCE programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/26]
1597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes in eligibility and points of entry since the ECCE commenced and the Programme for Government commitment to evaluate options to amend the ECCE eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42601/26]
1598. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider a second lower age eligibility criteria for children starting the ECCE scheme to prevent families from missing out on a full-year of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42602/26]
1599. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she intends to evaluate the eligibility of the ECCE programme, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42603/26]
1600. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the wellbeing review commissioned by her Department; a timeframe for completion; whether her Department intends to publish a final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42607/26]
1601. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is aware of children with disabilities or additional needs being refused access to, or being unable to participate in, school-age childcare or after-school services because providers cannot meet their support needs; if data is collected on such refusals or exclusions; whether her Department intends to develop a de…
1602. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families, per county, where elderly parents, particularly those over retirement age, are the primary carers for adult children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42676/26]
1603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a centrally extractable dataset recording the cumulative number of placement changes experienced by each child in State care; and if not, whether plans are in place to establish such a dataset. [42681/26]
1604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced more than five placement changes during their time in care, broken down by foster care, relative care, residential care and special care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42682/26]
1605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have experienced ten or more placement changes during their time in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42683/26]