145. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of State funding provided to the Irish Deaf Society by her Department and the agencies under its remit in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the services the society provides in County Mayo. [74631/26]
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146. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of State funding provided to Chime in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the services Chime provides in County Mayo under its funding arrangements; and the number of staff delivering these services in the county. [74630/26]
507. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider and reply to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding lack of funding. [70027/26]
515. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing pay parity for early years and school age care graduates, a doubling of the graduate premium in core funding and investment in three in-service days per year for every early years setting. [70136/26]
516. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that social care workers working with children and young people in State care, in the community and voluntary social care sector Section 56 organisations funded by Tusla can access the public service pension, and that this is not restricted as planned to specific entities and residential roles outlined in the decade…
517. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by her Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under her Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions…
528. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason WALK was not allocated sustainability funding; the assessment undertaken of WALK’s financial position and accumulated residential deficits; the sustainability of WALK’s residential services being expected to be maintained in the absence of additional funding; the measures available to address the historic underfunding that has…
529. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence, details supplied, regarding the absence of sustainability funding for WALK's residential disability services, the impact of historic underfunding and accumulated deficits on the sustainability of those services, and the measures available to support the continuation of resid…
491. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to introduce multiannual funding Department funded services. [66511/26]
654. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 30 June 2026, if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced and capable of dealing with 106,000 referrals each year; the way in which she assesses this capability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52789/26]
675. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of any early learning and childcare providers leaving core funding since the most recent price cap reduction from €198 per week to €183.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53083/26]
684. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of the maximum pay uplift proposed by trade unions and Section 39 providers through the KOSI Section 39 process; the number of staff that would have been covered in said proposal; and based on this number, the estimation of the cost of funding full pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers in the ma…
629. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost in 2027 if an extra 475,000 extra personal assistant hours were provided. [50790/26]
662. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding is available in her Department to fund furniture, toys and outdoor equipment for early years services who have completed extensions to build capacity supporting them with high costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51434/26]
83. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of providers who have exited Core Funding in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46788/26]
625. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of core funding that will be available to early learning and childcare providers in programme year 2026/2027; the increase in funding compared with the current programme year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47526/26]
626. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the new maximum fee caps being introduced under the core funding programme for early learning and childcare services from September 2026; the expected impact of these changes on affordability for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47527/26]
1654. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale behind the funding cuts to FASD Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43307/26]
954. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the existing core funding model is fit-for-purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38889/26]
955. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the core funding model is suitable for childcare centres based in Dublin and other areas where rent is significantly higher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38890/26]
956. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review of the core funding model to allow for significant discrepancies in operation costs for childcare centres based in Dublin and other areas where rent is significantly higher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38891/26]
957. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review of the core funding model that would allow for greater flexibility to account for specific circumstances in cases whereby the existing model is forcing providers to leave the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38892/26]
1029. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale for funding cuts to the issue of foetal alcohol syndrome this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40044/26]
905. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to disability in 2026 with the subcategory allocated to respite, home support, P.A. hours and so on, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37251/26]
496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has calculated the cumulative estimated inflation-adjusted funding shortfall affecting Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers since 2008; and if she will provide the methodology and figures used. [36366/26]