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Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the metrics used to assess service capacity and performance within Children's Disability Network Teams in the absence of clinician caseload data. [28278/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the reduction in the Children's Disability Network Team waiting list from 16,522 to 8,648 includes cases reclassified, deferred, or removed without receiving full intervention; and to provide a breakdown of the categories underpinning this reduction. [28279/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time from referral to first assessment and from assessment to intervention within Children's Disability Network Teams, nationally and by Community Healthcare Organisation area. [28280/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department intends to introduce a standardised national system for recording clinician caseloads within Children's Disability Network Teams; and the timeline for implementation. [28281/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the extent to which administrative staff are included within the reported whole-time equivalent figure for Children's Disability Network Teams; and the number of clinical versus non-clinical staff within that total. [28282/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any independent audit or review has been conducted on workforce capacity and service delivery within Children's Disability Network Teams since the introduction of the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2024-2026; and to provide details. [28283/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
696. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all registered providers of early years and school age services that have three or more services; the number of services registered to each registered provider; the type of service provided (that is, sessional, part time, full time, school age childcare); and type of service (private or community), in tabular f…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
697. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on waiting times for assessments of need in CHO9; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
698. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any assessment of demand for Irish language pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
699. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the number of Irish language pre-schools in operation, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28527/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
700. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any systems in place to support the increased provision of Irish language pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28528/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
701. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any assessment carried out at a pre-school level into the potential demand for Irish language medium primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28529/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
702. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2562 14 April 2026, if one letter could issue to foster carers to cover such travel while a child is in their care, rather than having to seek a letter for travel to the North of Ireland every time, noting that foster carers living near the border do not require such a letter to travel north and t…
Claire Kerrane Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
703. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount spent since January 2024 on a service (details supplied) the third party contracted external provider of phone and application services for the mother and baby payments scheme [28560/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
704. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new applicants per week since January 2026 to the mother and baby redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28561/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
705. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of eligible applicants per institution listed for redress; and the number of actual applicants per institution to date. [28562/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
706. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage take up of applicants for Protestant and Catholic institutions for the mother and baby redress scheme. [28563/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
707. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage for the take up of applicants for Protestant as compared to Catholic institutions, for those institutions currently eligible, for the mother and baby institutional redress scheme. [28578/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
708. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Government will review the exclusion of those children who spent less than 180 days in institutions for the mother and baby institutional redress scheme. [28579/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
709. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Government will introduce a financial redress scheme for children boarded out via all institutional settings. [28581/26]
Mark Wall Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
710. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether advancing the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive will form part of Ireland's policy priorities during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28585/26]
Mark Wall Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
711. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of negotiations on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive at the Council level; the main barriers to agreement identified by Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28586/26]
Mark Wall Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
712. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to coordinate Ireland's position on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive across relevant Departments, including the Department of Children, Disability and Equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28587/26]
Mark Wall Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
713. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps Ireland has taken to engage with other Member States to build consensus on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28588/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
714. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28651/26]