22. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to review the funding models for childcare including anomalies in core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73196/25]
Topics / Childcare Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsChildcare Services
1,438 questions from 125 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,438
questions
1,397 written, 41 oral
125
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 62 |
| March 2025 | 43 |
| April 2025 | 71 |
| May 2025 | 35 |
| June 2025 | 70 |
| July 2025 | 93 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 87 |
| October 2025 | 41 |
| November 2025 | 155 |
| December 2025 | 74 |
| January 2026 | 71 |
| February 2026 | 76 |
| March 2026 | 55 |
| April 2026 | 78 |
| May 2026 | 107 |
| June 2026 | 144 |
| July 2026 | 64 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 38 |
| October 2026 | 63 |
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The questions
23. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has incurred any costs in the research, development or marketing of her Department’s action plan to reduce childcare costs. [73393/25]
33. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to reduce childcare costs in Kerry. [72875/25]
36. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has carried out analysis of the profitability of small childcare providers in the context of historical core funding fee freezes; if she plans to review same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72583/25]
37. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the upcoming changes to the national childcare scheme for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72946/25]
40. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that childcare providers across the country have access to sustainable funding. [72978/25]
42. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to identify childcare services in Cork city and county that are experiencing difficulties with core funding; the difficulties and issues identified by the Department on childcare service providers not continuing with core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73067/25]
43. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding developments towards reaching the commitment to reduce 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. [71466/25]
45. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports her Department can provide to a group (details supplied) in County Galway in its efforts to establish a new community creche in Caltra; if funding is available from her Department for construction and initial operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71915/25]
54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to protect and assist parents whose childcare providers are leaving core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73066/25]
58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the likely timeline for publication of the detailed specifications for future building blocks schemes in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72934/25]
60. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which she will urgently build childcare capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71913/25]
64. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which she intends to bring forward a plan to achieve a reduction in the cost of childcare to €10 per day. [72967/25]
66. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to deal with childcare facilities that have been affected by defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73271/25]
67. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on engagement with providers in relation to concerns around core funding. [73263/25]
70. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of funding for the building blocks scheme will be announced. [73391/25]
76. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the measures being taken by her Department to increase the provision of childcare places in east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73195/25]
77. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider regularising pay and pensions for creche and early years educators on an annualised basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73262/25]
78. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments she has made to provide community childcare in multi-purpose community hubs and centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73015/25]
79. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure in 2025 in assisting the upgrading or provision of new childcare accommodation, both for community providers and private providers; the level of funding to be provided for such developments in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72935/25]
81. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering a review of the childminding sector, appreciating that current regulations do not allow childminders to hire an assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73107/25]
86. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted or commissioned any recent analysis of the financial sustainability of small and medium-sized childcare providers under the current core funding model; and if she will publish the findings of such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65167/25]
87. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the action plan on childcare will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71910/25]
92. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities, to create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72947/25]
97. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to address the shortage of creche and preschool places in south Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to significant waiting lists in many areas including Blackrock, Dún Laoghaire and Shankill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71465/25]