249. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the reasons for closing a Naíonra in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31453/26]
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Showing questions asked by Mark Wall under the heading Early Childhood Care and Education.
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250. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Naíonra funded by her Department, broken down by county, over the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31454/26]
507. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a potential Judicial Review of the 2025 ERO for the childcare sector being brought before the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13265/26]
497. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a childcare provider can terminate an ECCE placement if a parent reduces their child’s childcare hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3089/26]
131. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she or her Department will advise on an ECCE placement being withdrawn (details supplied). [2613/26]
803. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of a situation in Newbridge, County Kildare (details supplied) where local providers are withdrawing from Core Funding; the way in which she plans to address the lack of affordable childcare places in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70031/25]
804. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have withdrawn from Core Funding in the past four years in County Kildare, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70032/25]
166. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending payments to ECCE providers to the month of December given the long duration between the last 2025 payment in November and next payment in January 2026. [61747/25]
159. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish a report (details supplied) on the review of processes linked to publicly funded early learning childcare schemes; if she will provide a summary of the report findings to Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57613/25]
523. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to reduce the qualifying age for the AIM programme run by her Department from two years and nine months to the age of two, given the importance of early intervention for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53308/25]
2507. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to increase funding for the ECCE scheme by 10%; if she will provide a breakdown of those proposed new funding levels, in tabular form; when funding for ECCE was last increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44056/25]
550. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a draft will be published of the National Plan for Irish Provision in the EY and SAC sector; if this draft will undergo a public/stakeholder consultation before it is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27366/25]
551. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will honour the State’s commitment to promote the Irish language by implementing a rights-based approach to Irish-medium immersion early childhood education and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27367/25]
552. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an official definition of Naíonra; if she will clarify if this is an Irish immersion education setting that operates through the Irish language only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27368/25]
553. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will explore the possibility of developing a public directory for Irish-medium preschool services, Naíonraí, in order that parents can access their local setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27369/25]
304. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department has taken to support Irish speaking early years childcare settings and to increase the number of these settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25059/25]
1970. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a recent media report (details supplied) suggesting that negotiations for an employment regulation order for the early years and school age care sector have stalled and the impact that this is having on staff recruitment and retention, if she will provide an update on this; and if she will make a sta…
1971. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of bringing early years graduates - only NFQ Level 7, 8 and 9 - under public-sector pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21255/25]
841. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of a national early learning and childcare agency; the actions her Department has taken to date to set up the agency; the further actions her Department plans to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17456/25]
354. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role her Department takes on the provision of early years education and care in rural communities; to outline their locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14933/25]
365. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current uptake on the ECCE scheme; the number of childcare providers involved in the scheme; to provide a breakdown of these by location; what plans she has to reform or amend the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14940/25]
111. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action she intends to take to ensure that parents have access to State-provided early years education facilities where there is a lack of provision; her plans to reduce the cost of child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8541/25]