79. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is exploring mechanisms to ease the administrative burden on childcare providers who are in core funding. [65704/26]
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7. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she intends to take to implement the Programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home with sensible regulations that fit home-based care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47285/26]
49. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the actions that will be taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47286/26]
1729. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44119/26]
118. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13322/26]
139. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the number of childminders, registered under the relevant childminding regulations, providing services from the childminders’ home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13321/26]
835. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if children in a variety of childminding settings can also benefit from national childcare scheme subsidies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3657/26]
836. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if childminding done outside of commercial setting, such as registered creches' and Montessori’s, should be considered within the national childcare scheme, this would include the use of childminders, such as au pairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3658/26]
133. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will highlight any work she is doing to improve supports and protections offered to parents whose crèche withdraws from core funding; the level of support provided to these parents each year since the scheme’s establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61555/25]
157. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home, with sensible regulations that fit homebased care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61556/25]
711. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the issue of NCS funding being reduced for parents who have to collect their children early from creche; if she is considering changes to NCS funding that will allow more flexibility for parents in such a position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57020/25]
772. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51476/25]
127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the number of childcare providers leaving the core funding model; the means by which she plans to protect parents and children affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32281/25]
135. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans to expand the access and inclusion model to support children below the current age of eligibility, which is two years and 8 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/25]
141. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core funding, thereby ensuring the fee cap is maintained for the benefit of all parents; if she will provide a forum for engagement with childcare providers who have exited core funding; and if she will m…
152. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; if she can detail the steps she will take to alleviate that burden, particularly for smaller providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20998/25]
1304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government commitment concerned childminders working in the child’s family home whom the national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that the Programme for Go…
367. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 20 February 2025, if she will highlight by reference to the specific text provided in the reply which sentence or set of sentences replied to the specific question asked; if she agrees that the commitment contained in the programme for Government as set out in the parli…
123. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps she intends to take to implement the programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home with sensible regulations that fit home-based care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7879/25]
145. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; the steps she will take to alleviate that burden, particularly for smaller providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7878/25]
321. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; if she will detail the steps she will take to alleviate that burden, particularly for smaller providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7109/25]
322. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take to implement the Programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home, with sensible regulations that fit homebased care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/25]
1005. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1278 of 22 January 2025, in the context of the Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding for childcare services, whether she can detail the actions that will be taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core fundi…
1006. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of services that have withdrawn from core funding, by month and by county, in the past 12 months, up to and including today’s date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3464/25]
1278. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the draft Programme for Government commitment to review and increase core funding for childcare services, if he can detail the actions that will be taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core funding thereby ensuring the fee cap is maintained for the benefit o…