solar panel to help their generator keep going. We know that, like all communities around Ireland, the islanders are particularly struggling with housing, childcare and access to jobs, given they are so dependent on tourism. The Minister has recently announced funding for the business case at Roonagh Pier
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sustain a chef on the island. We have much work to do. There were fears about the school closing down and lack of childcare. We are doing great work but they are depending on us to do more. I would like to come back at a later date
promises? Will he now commit to a real cost-of-living reset, including the immediate restoration of the energy credits, €10 a day childcare, a ban on rent increases, meaningful rent relief, the scrapping of further carbon tax hikes on petrol, diesel and home heating oil, the abolition
living crisis. People are being squeezed from every angle, be it grocery price inflation, the cost of renting or buying a home or childcare costs, something the Government has been conspicuously silent on since the promise of it costing €200 a month. We know student fees are going
struggle. We need more flexible criteria that reflect the real cost of living and not rigid income cut-offs that ignore mortgages, childcare and disability-related costs.
The new national energy affordability task force is an opportunity but only if we use it ambitiously. It must
election campaign: a country we can afford; running for office to lower the cost of living for working-class people; building affordable housing; childcare for all; reducing the cost of energy; ensuring affordable groceries. That was not in Ireland; it was in New York city. It went
need a scheme that deals with the childcare centres our children are in that are falling down. We need a scheme for our community buildings that are falling down in Donegal and elsewhere. The Government needs to get with it because what it is doing is cruel, vindictive
additionals. Whether this happens next week or before Christmas, including local authority houses has to be considered. Of course, there are also childcare facilities, and mention was made of the delay in carrying out the testing. In terms of these are delays, it should not take eight
long sitting in traffic. I take the societal points the Deputy makes about the impact it is having on quality of life, childcare arrangements and a whole variety of other things, including emissions in terms of people sitting in traffic. I want to directly address the transport issues
lower than average levels of education. The centre has evolved over time to cater for these needs and has expanded from solely providing childcare to delivering a range of services under the general headings of prevention and early intervention. It has built up a lot of experience
everything goes according to his plan, he will be Taoiseach. In addition to the Minister's promises in respect of tax cuts, a childcare plan within 100 days and a reduction in student fees, he is also breaking this promise to the 300,000 renters out there.
They
credit - the promise that the Minister broke? Did Fianna Fáil also get its way on the promise that the Government would bring a childcare plan within 100 days? Did Fianna Fáil also get its way on the promise the Minister broke - to reduce income tax for people every
developers. Was that just a wee side, secret, private deal with them? The Government broke all its public promises to renters, on childcare, and to the people who wanted the income tax relief it promised them
make the promise to reduce tax each year to workers? Did he not make the promise to provide a roadmap on childcare within 100 days? Did he not make the promise to reduce third level fees, which went up €500 compared with last year? Are these promises
there would be no need for students to have to pay an extra €500. The Government may have been able to deliver childcare at a cost of €200 per week in the budget, a commitment it gave. By allowing the banks to claim 100% on their losses
doing for workers? It is doing absolutely nothing. Workers are being hammered by a cost-of-living crisis. There are skyrocketing rents, soaring childcare costs, record grocery bills and mortgage rates that have gone through the roof under this Government. People are struggling just
about this on many occasions in the Chamber, including with the Minister, Deputy Foley. She is quite consistent in raising the importance of childcare facilities. I can assure her that the Minister and her Department are actively engaging on this. I will meet the Minister, Deputy Foley
traffic trying to get to a crucial hospital appointment. I can think of the impact for people trying to get to an from childcare providers and meet school collection times. That is stress, as well as, of course, the environmental impact of being stuck in congestion
their groceries, they see that prices have gone up. In almost every part of their lives from petrol and diesel to childcare costs and rents, families are paying more. Every time we bring forward a motion, this Government votes against all of those solutions. I am afraid
energy credits. It promised to increase the renters' credit; it did not deliver. Does the Government remember that it promised €200 a month childcare? Where is that? It is not delivered. It promised to abolish student fees but then increased them
country with so much potential that has yet to be realised. The crises we face in housing, in healthcare, in disability services, in childcare and in nature are not inevitable. They are not written in stone. They can be tackled and they can be surmounted but we need
right. The left are those who say that we should have decent access to housing for everybody, that we should have free childcare, that we should have a decent national health service and that we should have a society based on people's needs not profit. The right
given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case:
Deputy Michael Cahill – To discuss the shortage of early childcare places in Kerry.
Deputy Robert O'Donoghue – To discuss the development of a minor injuries hub plan for Balbriggan.
Deputy Jen Cummins – To discuss
representative from Tailte Éireann arrived at her door to evaluate her home for commercial rates. Amidst a crisis in accessibility and affordability in childcare, is now the time to be chasing childminders for commercial rates
cuts for workers. They gave them to banks and developers. They promised to help with energy bills. They withdrew credits. They promised affordable childcare and failed to deliver. Now, they want to make driving even more expensive. Our motion is simple: stop the toll hikes; end the penalty
In parliamentary questions
Shane Moynihan
Written
Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions being made for childcare providers participating in core funding to cover the cost of PRSA contributions.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71187/25
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options for funding, specifically for the purchase of premises for the provision of early learning and childcare services; the application procedures; the dates for application processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70568/25
Ged Nash
Written
Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the fee increase and assessment process will be open for application for eligible childcare providers and partner services who are in the core funding scheme in Louth and elsewhere; and if she will make a statement
Eoin Ó Broin
Written
ECCE; the basis for this; if this criteria will be reconsidered given such technology would also assist younger children enrolled in community childcare settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70822/25
John Connolly
Written
asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 769 of 25 November 2025, if under the current national childcare scheme attendance compliance rules, a pattern of under-attendance for seven consecutive weeks followed by one week of full attendance would effectively reset
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
Written
core funding scheme’s funding model to ensure sustainability for long-established services, to guarantee that families are not priced out of accessing childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69783/25
Mark Wall
Written
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
Mark Wall
Written
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
Shay Brennan
Written
Minister for Health if she will report on the availability of training teachers/coaches to administer lifesaving EPI pens in schools, sports clubs and childcare facilities. [69206/25
Albert Dolan
Written
introduce a national scheme for improved access to emergency anaphylaxis medication, including adrenaline auto-injectors, along with structured training and guidance for schools, childcare providers and public settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69648/25
Keira Keogh
Written
which his Department is co-ordinating with other Departments and local authorities to ensure adequate access to services, such as childcare, GPs and dental services, in rural parts of Ireland, in particular County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68005/25
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Written
steps being taken to enhance transport links between Kilcock and neighbouring towns such as Maynooth, Celbridge and Leixlip, to support access to schools, childcare and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68481/25
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Written
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the availability of childcare places in Kilcock, County Kildare, where families are facing waiting lists extending into late 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68509/25
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Written
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that the shortage of childcare places in Kilcock is forcing some parents out of the workforce; the supports or interventions which are planned to address this; and if she will make
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Written
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if population growth projections for Kilcock have been factored into childcare service planning; whether additional funding or capacity-building measures will be introduced to reduce waiting lists and support families; and if she will make
Barry Heneghan
Written
Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department is taking to increase childcare capacity in Dublin Bay North, given the growing number of parents who cannot secure a crèche place despite applying well in advance of birth; and if she will
Barry Heneghan
Written
Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current supports and planned measures to expand the number of early learning and childcare places nationally and within Dublin Bay North in order to address long waiting lists and capacity pressures; and if she will make a statement
Barry Heneghan
Written
Equality the way in which her Department will ensure that parents on maternity leave are not required to spend significant time seeking childcare places due to capacity shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67506/25
Barry Heneghan
Written
Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unannounced inspections carried out on subcontracted private childcare providers in each of the past three years; the inspection outcomes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67847/25
Cathy Bennett
Written
Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to opening applications for Core Funding early, as some childcare providers who have not increased their fees for a number of years are struggling to remain open; and if she will make a statement
Ged Nash
Written
Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that a childcare provider in Louth (details supplied) has left the Core Funding system; if additional support can be provided to the operator to ensure they remain within the system and continue
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department's policy recognises that the charging of rates on registered childcare provider’s operating from their own family home would act as a major disincentive to such care; and if he will make a statement
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that commercial rates should not be charged to registered childcare providers in circumstances where that care is provided in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65557/25
Conor D McGuinness
Written
Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the childcare capacity shortage in Dungarvan, County Waterford given that a large number of children are missing out on early years education; and if she will make a statement on the matter
John Connolly
Written
Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the administrative requirements under the national childcare scheme regarding hourly attendance checks, in cases where creches operate on a fixed-rate billing model; if she will ensure families and providers are not penalised
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