Care Orders

1686. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department has considered establishing a formal national reporting framework with Tusla covering Emergency Care Order applications under sections 12 and 13 of the Child Care Act 1991, including the number of applications made, granted, refused, withdrawn, varied or discharged, together with complaints rec…

1687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any review, assessment, audit or governance examination has been undertaken by the Department regarding the adequacy of current oversight arrangements for Emergency Care Orders, having regard to the fact that the Department does not receive aggregate reporting on complaints, judicial criticism, overturned ord…

875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains statistics on the number of Emergency Care Orders involving children under one year of age in each year from 2020 to 2026, in tabular form. [37064/26]

876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Emergency Care Orders involving children under one year of age which subsequently resulted in the child being returned to parental care within 30 days, 90 days and six months respectively, in each year since 2020. [37065/26]

877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any external inspection body, internal audit unit, or safeguarding review mechanism has ever examined the proportionality or evidential basis of Emergency Care Orders involving infants under one year of age. [37066/26]

879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether national guidance exists governing evidential thresholds and proportionality assessments for Emergency Care Order applications involving newborn babies and infants. [37068/26]

881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to establishing an independent post-decision review mechanism for emergency child removals involving infants under one year of age. [37070/26]

457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department formally requires Tusla, under the oversight agreement or any governance framework, to provide annual or periodic age-disaggregated statistical data on applications for emergency care orders under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991, including a specific category for children under one year of…

464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Oversight Agreement or Performance Framework between her Department and Tusla requires the formal notification to the Department of governance, safeguarding or regulatory compliance concerns relating to privately operated children’s residential providers funded by the State; and if she will make a statemen…

466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the contractual governance, audit, and performance reporting requirements are imposed at Departmental policy level on Tusla in respect of its procurement and funding of privately operated residential care providers; and whether these requirements have been reviewed since 2020. [15845/26]

2540. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if long-term care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/25]