2371. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made by her Department to develop State-led childcare facilities in tandem with the school building programme in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42047/25]
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2384. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made on the review of the 2001 Childcare Facilities Guidelines for Planning Authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42162/25]
2385. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline of implementation of the centralised portal on pay transparency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42165/25]
2413. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the fiscal supports being considered by her Department to alleviate the burden of childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42547/25]
2438. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider introducing a cap or ban on administrative fees charged by crèches for placing children on waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42812/25]
2439. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to regulate non-refundable administrative fees in the early childhood education sector; whether any guidelines or oversight mechanisms are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42813/25]
2440. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has conducted any impact assessment on how unregulated crèche administration fees affect low-income families access to childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42814/25]
2441. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider mandating transparency in how administrative fees are used by childcare providers; whether such fees should be refundable or deductible from future childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42815/25]
2442. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to introduce the €200 a month cap for childcare fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42816/25]
81. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps taken to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month, to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32101/25]
99. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made in expanding access to childcare, on foot of the finding in research commissioned by her Department, which shows almost two out of every three respondents faced a restriction on hours of work or study due to childcare challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32102/25]
94. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the uptake in the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20291/25]
131. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in delivering on the commitment of capping childcare costs at €200 per month per child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20292/25]
400. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reopening the building blocks scheme through Pobal for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13061/25]
416. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to childcare providers looking to open new childcare premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13060/25]
417. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to encourage more childcare providers to engage with CORE funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13062/25]
418. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that removed themselves from CORE funding in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13063/25]
419. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to improve access to childcare in Dublin Fingal west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13086/25]
420. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to develop a public model of childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13087/25]