Parliamentary questions

1539. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dedicated budget allocation for the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030 for the years 2025 to 2027; the staffing resources assigned to support implementation; the level of additional funding provided to other Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19132/26]

1540. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2025-2030 is being coordinated with related national gender equality frameworks including EU supported gender mainstreaming measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19133/26]

1541. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will reinstate and restore a service in full as a matter of urgency (details supplied), if she will provide the reason for its closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19149/26]

1542. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs for longer than 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21 and 24 months, by county, in tabular form. [19181/26]

1543. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2024 and 2025; by year; by HSE CHO; the number of assessments conducted; the number of hours assessments took in the following time lengths, 0-30 hours, 30-60 hours, 60-90 hours, 90+ hours, in tabular form. [19182/26]

1544. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 19 February 2026, if she can give an urgent update on this matter; the steps being taken to alleviate this situation; to provide a timeline to resolve this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19263/26]

1545. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to publishing aggregated childcare demand and capacity data, similar to the way information in education, housing and health planning is publicly shared, to support evidence-based planning and policy development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19295/26]

1546. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a ranking of local electoral areas showing where childcare unmet demand is highest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19296/26]

1547. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of work by her Department to develop projected childcare demand modelling based on population growth and housing development; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19297/26]

1548. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for children in the Castlerea/Roscommon area to access assessment and therapy through the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT); the number of children currently awaiting services; and the measures being taken to reduce these waiting lists. [19313/26]

1549. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19331/26]

1550. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1919 of 13 January 2026, if she can provide the information sought regarding a funding gap in 2025 and 2026 for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19360/26]

1551. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to reverse the decision to seal the records relating to the mother and baby homes and release them; to fully investigate and, if necessary, excavate the Angels' Plot burial ground at Sean Ross Abbey to find the remains of babies and young girls currently unaccounted for; to reform the redress scheme so survivors…

1552. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19490/26]

1553. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the assessment of need appointment of a person (details supplied). [19517/26]

1554. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 996 of 17 February 2026, the date a child (details supplied) can start speech and language therapy, SLT, as the previous reply in relation to this child did not give any date for SLT to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19534/26]

1555. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the personalised budgets model for disabled people; to provide a timeline for the publication of the review of the personalised budgets pilot programme which was expected in 2025; her plans for expansion of the model arising from that review; and if she will make a stateme…

1556. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which an individual can qualify for the funding for a private assessment, given public wait times currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19537/26]

1557. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 17 February 2026, to consider the implementation of real-time disclosure of safeguarding concerns after garda vetting is given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19542/26]

1558. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes being made, as part of Tusla reform of structures to access to therapies/professional support services in local community centres for children in care and foster care, such as a facility (details supplied); the reason these supports are being removed; what they are being replaced with for these vulnera…

1559. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes foster carers will face due to changes being made by Tusla as part of the reforms the agency has underway; the number of therapy services being withdrawn from children in care, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19571/26]

1560. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of foster carers in the State in each of the years 2019 to 2026, in tabular form. [19576/26]

1561. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children in care in each of the years 2019 to 2026, in tabular form. [19577/26]

1562. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average age of foster carers in Ireland at present. [19578/26]

1563. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on work to introduce a State pension for foster carers. [19579/26]