9 Apr 2025 · to Children
Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the programme for Government commitment to ensure childcare providers’ fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily available to parents. [17998/25
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
permitting a child (details supplied) attending an ECCE service before commencing primary school in the autumn to continue to attend a school aged childcare facility during the easter break and summer months, as the family have been informed that due to new Tusla regulations, this is no longer
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers signed up to core funding in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17401/25
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers who exited core funding in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date, in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17402/25
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the development of a national early learning and childcare agency; the actions her Department has taken to date to set up the agency; the further actions her Department plans to take
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 19 March 2025, if she is aware that the childcare facility (details supplied) has had to significantly increase fees for parents going forward; if she is conscious of the impact this will have on parents
8 Apr 2025 · to Children
taken by her Department in relation to core funding given the feedback of many providers and the closure of a high number of childcare facilities due to funding issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17551/25
3 Apr 2025 · to Finance
Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of childminders who have made a claim under the childcare services relief for each of the past five years 2020-2025; his views on the effectiveness of this relief; and if he will make a statement
2 Apr 2025 · to Children
Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what internal work her Department has carried out in relation to public childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15996/25
2 Apr 2025 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the exclusion of capital expenditure when assessing the profitability of childcare service providers; if this practice will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16267/25
2 Apr 2025 · to Children
Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has, since taking office, examined the current overall funding model for formal childcare services in Ireland; if she believes that the model requires reform; if it will be formally reviewed; and if she will make a statement
2 Apr 2025 · to Children
Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the overall breakdown of State, parent and other expenditure in the childcare sector in Ireland, each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, including total overall expenditure, in tabular form
1 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding provided to each city and county childcare committee in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15609/25
1 Apr 2025 · to Children
Disability, Integration and Youth the action that has been undertaken in furtherance of the stated commitment in the Programme for Government to 'ensure childcare providers' gees are open, transparent, and equitable and readily available to parents'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15790/25
27 Mar 2025 · to Children
Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current uptake on the ECCE scheme; the number of childcare providers involved in the scheme; to provide a breakdown of these by location; what plans she has to reform or amend the scheme
26 Mar 2025 · to Children
Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children with additional needs in childcare settings where the child is too young to enrol in ECCE and cannot access AIM support; and if she will make a statement
25 Mar 2025 · to Education
Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of an issue presenting for a primary school and an early learning and childcare facility (details supplied); if her Department has engaged with the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14067/25
25 Mar 2025 · to Children
burden the regulatory notice for school age services, issued on the 7 February 2025, places on service providers, especially school based school-aged childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13396/25
25 Mar 2025 · to Children
attend at all without an early learning and care registration and a 1:8 ratio; if she will consider dropping the school-aged childcare (SAC services) ratio to 1:8 for children under 6 years-of-age, permitting children who have completed their ECCE programme to move
25 Mar 2025 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will permit the extension of a sponsored claim through the national childcare scheme for two children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13526/25
20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will introduce a payment for loss of earnings, childcare and others costs for those undertaking jury service, due to the impact on jurors of the failure to cover the costs incurred by jury service, given the highlighted impacts
20 Mar 2025 · to Housing
Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to exempting community facilities, childcare facilities and social enterprise facilities from paying rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13236/25
20 Mar 2025 · to Children
Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being undertaken to progressively reduce childcare costs, including plans to review core funding to establish a forward planning and delivery unit within her Department; and if she will make a statement
20 Mar 2025 · to Children
Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to encourage more childcare providers to engage with CORE funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13062/25
20 Mar 2025 · to Children
Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that removed themselves from CORE funding in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13063/25