10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities relating to Childcare Facilities; to list the engagements his officials have had with stakeholders with respect to this review; when the most recent engagement
10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities relating to Childcare Facilities will conclude; when he expects revised guidelines to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
will provide a breakdown of the 48% of early learning and care and school-age childcare providers with vacant places, for each area, per provider, in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29203/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare Sector will be published; when the first actions to be taken on foot of it will be undertaken; and if she will make
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Department has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the review of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities relating to Childcare Facilities; when the most recent engagement was; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29693/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers, by county and city local authority administrative area that have exited from the core funding scheme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of families impacted by same
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer for each €1 reduction in average weekly costs of full-day childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30259/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the roadmap to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child; if she will provide an estimated timeframe to meet this key Programme for Government commitment; and if she will
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities; if this will be a priority for the Minister as part of the current review of the National Development Plan; the engagement
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education and Youth regarding the construction of childcare facilities at schools which can then be contracted out to providers; her views on how this model will be progressed; and if she will
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Department is carrying out a mapping exercise to identify the parts of the country where State intervention in the provision of childcare is most acutely required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30364/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to extend the National Childcare Scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30366/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the median full-time fees charged by childcare providers in each Local Authority area, in tabular form; the steps she plans to take to address significant fee variations across the country; and if she will make
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
into a forward planning and delivery unit within her Department to identify areas of need, forecast demand and deliver public supply within the childcare sector where required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30370/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that childcare provider’s fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily available to parents as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to improve pay, terms and conditions within the childcare sector in order to attract and retain staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30372/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to introduce an “earn and learn” apprenticeship model, enabling childcare staff to gain qualifications and advance their careers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30376/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the development of State-led childcare facilities in tandem with the school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30378/25
10 Jun 2025 · to Children
continue to build up the Equal Start Programme, ensuring children experiencing disadvantage will access and participate fully in early learning and childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30381/25
29 May 2025 · to Finance
Finance his views on the way in which the tax system through, for example, tax relief could help increase the number of childcare places in communities, such as those in west Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/25
29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the immense challenges facing the childcare sector, including a lack of spaces, will be considered by the new infrastructure division of his Department and by the new accelerating infrastructure task force
29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Development Plan, particularly in relation to national strategic outcome 10, he will review the stark under-provision of capital funding for provision of childcare facilities compared to capital funding allocations for other areas of social infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28048/25
28 May 2025 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the National Development Plan can be improved to ensure additional funding is allocated to childcare development, owing to the lack of spaces, unmanageable costs and inadequate salary levels facing the sector and parents; and if she will make
28 May 2025 · to Children
Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a response will issue to communications from a parent who urgently requires available childcare spaces in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27902/25
28 May 2025 · to Children
process was carried out by her Department for awarding a contract to a company carrying out research on the development of a national childcare agency; if so, the details of this procurement process and the details of the contract; and if she will make a statement