29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe in which she intends to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21004/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the number of access and inclusion model childcare places provided since 2020, by county, in tabular form; the actions she is taking to increase places; and if she will make a statement
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop a career path in the childcare sector in view of the staff turnover rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20433/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments made operational and accessible to providers at viable rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20771/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the means by which she is helping to improve salary levels in the childcare sector given the importance of the sector to society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20797/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update regarding the before five childcare application and if a decision will be made by Pobal shortly in relation to funding; and if she will make a statement
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
external consultants, research and reports, and other external supports, related to the development of a national agency on early learning and school age childcare, from 2023 to date in 2025. [20980/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the actions her Department has taken on updating the Childcare Facilities: Guidelines for Local Authorities, to date in 2025; to provide a date on when the new guidelines will be published
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
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
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her proposals to deliver affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21005/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Youth the steps she is taking to ensure Programme for Government commitments to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities and create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exist, are delivered; if this will be a priority as part of the forthcoming
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
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
29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
equity funds the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has invested in; the number of these which have invested in private and for-profit childcare companies; the dividends or monies the State has received from these investments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
euro that has been ringfenced for wages; and the way in which it will be distributed in the context of pay in the childcare provider sector. [21094/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers who have withdrawn from core funding since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21092/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount funding has been allocated for administration under core funding; the supports available to childcare providers to help with compliance with the financial reporting requirement; and the case management support that is available to providers in difficulty. [19288/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Youth if there is any other grant funding outside of Building Blocks provided via Pobal or any other agency for new builds for childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19804/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of the scheme, particularly in relation to the hours children are required to stay at a facility (details
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department plans to prevent service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme for childcare from introducing fee increases on service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20219/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
aware that providers are having to withdraw from the core funding scheme for early learning and care and school age childcare (details supplied); if she is considering a review of the core funding scheme and increasing the funding provided; and if she will make a statement
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of childcare providers currently operating in Dublin Rathdown, along with the number of such providers currently in receipt of core funding; the number of such providers that have requested
29 Apr 2025 · to Children
Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on Programme for Government commitments since taking office to review and increase core funding for childcare providers;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16252/25
9 Apr 2025 · to Children
this as part of the Comprehensive Action Plan to further the development of Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care settings and Childcare for School-Aged Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17950/25
9 Apr 2025 · to Children
provide an update on the Comprehensive Action Plan to further the development of Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care settings and Childcare for School-Aged Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17951/25
9 Apr 2025 · to Children
draft copy of the Comprehensive Action Plan to further the development of Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care settings and Childcare for School-Aged Children; the persons or bodies engaged with as part of the process to ensure that the action plan is collaborative