1681. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1201 of 10 June 2025, if the shortfall of places expected by 2030 remains at 14,000 or has it has increased/decreased (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43505/26]
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1682. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to pausing the implementation of further restructuring measures of Special Care Services, pending meaningful review and engagement with staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43545/26]
1683. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to having immediate Departmental oversight of current staffing and operational safety within Special Care Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43546/26]
1684. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if staffing ratios, workforce sustainability and overtime dependency in Special Care Services will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43547/26]
1685. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department would consider direct engagement with Special Care Services’ staff representatives on the challenges currently facing the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43548/26]
1686. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department has considered establishing a formal national reporting framework with Tusla covering Emergency Care Order applications under sections 12 and 13 of the Child Care Act 1991, including the number of applications made, granted, refused, withdrawn, varied or discharged, together with complaints received, judicial crit…
1687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any review, assessment, audit or governance examination has been undertaken by the Department regarding the adequacy of current oversight arrangements for Emergency Care Orders, having regard to the fact that the Department does not receive aggregate reporting on complaints, judicial criticism, overturned orders or adverse findi…
1688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the CDNT workforce and vacancy reports received by the Department include information on vacancy duration, funded but unfilled posts, service-delivery risks, waiting-list impacts, delayed-intervention risks and regional staffing deficits; whether any national escalation thresholds, intervention triggers or risk-management arrang…
1689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives any data, reports, performance indicators or management information relating to permanency planning for children in State care; the nature and frequency of such reporting; whether national or regional benchmarks, targets or expected timelines exist for permanency planning; and if she will make a statement…
1690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have been in care for less than one year, one to two years, two to five years and more than five years, broken down by care type where available; the number for whom a permanency outcome has not yet been achieved; whether the Department has assessed delays in permanency planning; and if…
1691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process by which recommendations arising from National Review Panel reviews into the deaths of children known to Tusla are monitored and implemented; whether a central register of recommendations and actions is maintained; whether compliance with recommendations is audited or reported to her Department; and if she will make a statem…
1692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure incurred by Tusla on private residential childcare placements in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the expenditure attributable to each private provider in each year; the number of placements purchased from each provider in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43658/26]
1693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has established targets, milestones, implementation plans or projected timelines to reduce its dependency on private residential childcare providers; the current and projected public residential placement capacity planned for each of the years 2026 to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43659/26]
1694. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify an aspect of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in relation to the provisions governing domestic violence leave; the documentation or evidence an employer may lawfully request to support a claim for this entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43702/26]
1695. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an adjudication decision (details supplied); to confirm if the employer was entitled to ask for evidence under the Circular 16/2023 Domestic violence and abuse in civil service policy and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43704/26]
1696. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need in County Kildare; the average waiting time for completion of an assessment; and the measures being taken to eliminate the backlog. [43743/26]
1697. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Kildare awaiting access to disability services, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services. [43761/26]
1698. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made in implementing recommendations aimed at reducing waiting lists for children’s disability network teams and early intervention services. [43762/26]
1699. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024; when she expects it to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43787/26]
1700. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she expects the pay transparency directive will be transposed given the 7 June 2026 deadline will be missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43793/26]
1701. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether it is proposed to produce a toolkit setting out guidelines for employers on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification based on that published by the European Commission in consultation with the European Institute for Gender Equality to assist Irish employers in meeting their obligations under the pay transparency directi…
1702. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there will be workshops to assist Irish employers in relation to gender-neutral job evaluation and classification and other obligations arising out of the pay transparency directive; who is proposed to deliver such workshops; when will they be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43795/26]
1703. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when it is intended for the employee’s right to information regarding pay under the pay transparency directive to be operable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43796/26]
1704. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what is intended with regard to the pay transparency directive’s requirement for the involvement of worker representatives given that many Irish employees have no such representatives; whether this requirement necessitates the recognition of trade unions by Irish employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43797/26]
1705. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the new residential and alternative respite developments that are currently planned for children with disabilities in the HSE Mid-West Region; the timeframe that has been set for their delivery. [43840/26]