Questions

484. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has sought legal or policy advice regarding whether reopened child protection cases should form part of a national safeguarding and outcomes dataset. [36075/26]

485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives aggregate reporting on the outcomes following Section 12 removals, including rates of return home, repeat removals, interim care orders, or progression to full care orders. [36076/26]

486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of a single national statutory child death review mechanism; and if so, to provide details of the findings. [36114/26]

487. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any Department, agency, or external body has advised Government that the current fragmented approach to child death reviews presents a governance or safeguarding risk; and if so, to provide details. [36115/26]

488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child deaths involving children known to Tusla were reviewed by the National Review Panel in each year since its establishment. [36116/26]

489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any recommendations made by the National Review Panel since its establishment remain outstanding or unimplemented; and if so, to provide details. [36118/26]

490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any external or independent review has assessed the effectiveness of the National Review Panel operational guidance last updated in 2021. [36119/26]

491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the proposed statutory powers for the National Review Panel under the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 will include powers to compel documentation from non-State entities or private providers engaged by Tusla. [36120/26]

492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any consultation has taken place with coronial services, An Garda Síochána, the HSE, HIQA, or the Ombudsman for Children regarding the design of a future national child death review mechanism. [36121/26]

493. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any estimated costings or staffing models have been prepared for the establishment of a national statutory child death review mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36122/26]

494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Government intends that a future national child death review mechanism will publish anonymised national thematic reports and recommendations arising from reviews. [36123/26]

495. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality of the 293 international protection applicants that were 'deemed ineligible' for Tusla's services between 2022 and 2025, the number that were later determined to be 'eligible' following a subsequent assessment; the mean or median time that this cohort spent awaiting a second assessment; where they were accommodated while awaiting; and if…

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]

497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any section 38 or 39 disability provider has notified the HSE or her Department of financial sustainability concerns, deficits or service-delivery risks since 2020; and if she will provide the number of such notifications by year. [36367/26]

498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE or her Department maintains a formal financial risk-rating system for section 38 and 39 disability providers; and, if so, to provide details. [36368/26]

499. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national framework exists to assess consistency in the application of emergency child removal powers under sections 12 and 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 across Tusla regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36369/26]

500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal outcomes comparison has been conducted between Tusla-operated residential placements and privately operated placements; and if she will provide details. [36374/26]

501. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any quantified target exists to reduce Tusla’s reliance on private residential childcare placements; and if not, whether such a target will be introduced. [36375/26]

502. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national workload-modelling framework for Children’s Disability Network Teams is currently being developed following the NDA literature review; and if so, the projected implementation timeline. [36376/26]

503. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether workload and burnout metrics are currently collected nationally across Children’s Disability Network Teams; and if she will provide the methodology used. [36377/26]

504. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to her Department referred to in media reports (details supplied); if she will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in her Department referenced in the correspondence; and if she w…

505. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of recipients of the national childcare scheme and the early childhood care and education programme, broken down by electoral division of recipients, not Local Electoral Area, for the most recent year for which data is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36435/26]

506. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past five, including a breakdown by medium that is radio, television, social media, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36483/26]

507. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health whether the Government is considering the repeal or amendment of Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, which criminalises simple possession of drugs for personal use; whether discussions have taken place with An Garda Siochana regarding this; the current Government position on decriminalisation or diversion-based models; and the reasons underpinning that posi…

508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children that required repeat surgery due to retained surgical items left in their bodies, for each of the last ten years; and to detail the categories of items retained in the children’s bodies. [35811/26]