Childcare Services

308. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering any measures to address the lack of childcare places available in towns and villages such as Portumna, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22914/26]

309. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the review of childminding regulations will take place. [22967/26]

311. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reopen the building blocks extension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23062/26]

616. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the liability of early years services to commercial rates; and to clarify the changes that have taken place with Tailte Éireann inspections [21977/26]

791. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children attending Irish medium pre-schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21387/26]

803. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the extent to which childcare policy is considered economic infrastructure within Government policy, including in the context of increasing women’s labour market participation; the data available to her Department on the impact of childcare availability and affordability on female labour force participation rates in …

808. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action her Department is taking to increase the number of staff working in the childcare sector. [21589/26]

815. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to increase the number of childcare places in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21772/26]

826. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who are part of the national childcare scheme each year since 2023.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21980/26]

835. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will put emergency and consistent supports in place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22148/26]

392. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding developments towards reaching the commitment to reducing childcare costs to €200 per child, per month, in the context of a number of childcare providers pulling out of the core funding scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20999/26]

393. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to reduce the cost of childcare in the short-term as the wider project of reaching the commitment of hitting childcare costs of €200 per child, per month, is progressing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21000/26]

394. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to address the issue of childcare providers pulling out of the core funding scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21001/26]

395. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking at a national level to increase the provision of childcare centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21002/26]

396. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any incentives she is considering to increase the provision of childcare centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21003/26]

397. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of childcare places in Shankill, County Dublin, and the wider surrounding areas; the actions she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21004/26]

401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the cost analysis conducted as part of phase one of the action plan on childminding, including the likely increase in national childcare scheme subsidies; and the number of childminders likely to come within scope of the regulation, with projections broken down by years. [21082/26]

405. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Galway City and County currently benefitting from subsidies under the National Childcare Scheme; the total value of such subsidies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21090/26]

406. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare settings that have received capital funding from her Department since 2020; the value of such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21091/26]

407. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of registered early learning and childcare places available in Galway City, and County Galway; the number of children currently on waiting lists for such places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21092/26]

408. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff turnover rate in early learning and care services in each local authority area for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21093/26]

409. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff currently employed in early learning and childcare settings in Galway City and County Galway; the measures being taken to address workforce shortages in the sector locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21094/26]

410. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered early learning and childcare settings currently operating in Galway City and County Galway; the number that have opened and closed in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21095/26]

411. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare providers in Galway City and County Galway participating in the core funding scheme; the total funding allocated to these providers in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21096/26]

412. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare settings in Galway City and County that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21097/26]