68. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give an update on the sites to be selected for the rollout of the State-led childcare pilot; and if she has considered the inclusion of County Kildare given it has one of the lowest levels of community childcare provision. [65891/26]
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191. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the membership of the National Fee Review Team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52002/26]
683. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 23 June 2026, if she will provide a list of the potential projects and their locations, and the names of those who have proposed these projects including those from the local city and county childcare committees. [51828/26]
684. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 23 June 2026, if she will confirm whether proposals from private operators are being considered to run State-led childcare facilities given a recent new report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51829/26]
685. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 30 June 2026, if she will provide a list of the 27 providers who have been found to be in breach of core funding management rules and a list of the 18 providers currently under active fee reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51830/26]
686. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the actions her Department takes in response to providers who are found to be in breach of core funding management rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51831/26]
740. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers who have been found to be non-complainant with Core Funding obligations to freeze fees for parents; the number of active investigations into such non-complainant providers; the number of complaints received from parents regarding non-complainant fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49801/…
897. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of childcare facilities located within the vicinity of public hospitals that are for hospital staff only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49537/26]
244. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of core funding paid to a childcare provider (details supplied) in 2025; whether any reduction, adjustment or clawback has been applied in respect of room closures or reduced capacity during this period. [48033/26]
4. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no childcare facility has been built within the new national children’s hospital, and if she has raised this with the Minister for Health. [47221/26]
13. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and school-age childcare facilities that have been found to be non-complainant on staffing ratios, staffing qualifications, Garda vetting, and basic needs, broken down by private or community service, service size, full day care, part-time, sessional, school-age childcare and county, in 2025 and 2026. [46906/26…
28. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service providers who have applied to become state-led providers of public childcare facilities, and to provide a breakdown of the number of providers that are private, community and not-for-profit. [46907/26]
51. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will report on the engagement she has to date with childminding organisations regarding the issues impacting the sector. [47223/26]
86. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is aware that private ECCE only childcare providers are now liable for commercial rates; and if she will raise this issue with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [46908/26]
592. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount by which childcare fees will be reduced for a typical working family on the average wage with two children under five years under the national childcare scheme changes recently announced by her Department. [47222/26]
1532. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 793 of 26 May 2026, if her Department or Tusla intends to assess the operational stability of this service given repeated room closures. [41479/26]
1533. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if repeated room closures by childcare providers impact compliance with core funding obligations and staffed capacity requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41480/26]
1534. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the protections or supports in place for families with no alternative full-time childcare available locally. [41481/26]
320. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the impact of repeated childcare room closures in County Meath (details supplied); and the actions her Department is taking to address staffing retention, accountability, and childcare provision in growing commuter towns throughout Ireland. [38691/26]
123. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has identified sites for the Government’s pilot for public childcare facilities, and if she has considered Kildare South, given the urgent lack of childcare places available. [28589/26]
143. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the progress her Department has made in updating the National Childcare Scheme website to include historical fees of providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28592/26]
151. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has overspent on the research and development project on a National Childcare Agency; and if she will outline amount of overspent. [28590/26]
2509. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 19 February 2026, if she will provide a cost breakdown for each year of spending for the €617,000 figure outlined previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25494/26]
121. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date in identifying the locations of the eight pilot public childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13270/26]
130. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an interim report on her Department’s research on a national childcare agency. [13269/26]