Childcare Services

108. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities will be provided, to create additional capacity in areas where unmet need exists' which is listed in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32421/25]

111. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her engagement with local authorities regarding a review of the 2001 childcare facilities for planning authorities to ensure childcare spaces are provided and put into use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32456/25]

113. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments are made operational and accessible to providers at viable rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24730/25]

115. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress which has been made to examine and expand the access and inclusion model to make it available to younger children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32410/25]

116. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a childminder who is minding children in those children’s family home can register with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32434/25]

118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the public consultation on a National Plan for Irish Language Provision in Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. [32443/25]

126. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure pay increases for childcare workers and an increase in core funding to match this. [32393/25]

127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the number of childcare providers leaving the core funding model; the means by which she plans to protect parents and children affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32281/25]

129. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which she intends to cap childcare costs at €200 per month. [32459/25]

132. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children anticipated to benefit from the expansion of the maximum fee cap for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32106/25]

133. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address the shortage of childcare places for the mid-Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/25]

135. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans to expand the access and inclusion model to support children below the current age of eligibility, which is two years and 8 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/25]

689. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that avail of NCS universal fee supports; the number of children that avail of targeted NCS supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32044/25]

718. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the number of childminders who work in their own homes that are now registered under the national childcare scheme in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32412/25]

727. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the strategies being progressed within her Department to expand the provision of after-school and childcare in school buildings and campuses, in order to provide better access for parents and communities as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32571/…

467. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes and provide opportunities, which are not currently available to all children under the remit of disability within the Department, as outlined in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disabili…

471. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and details of childcare facilities in County Galway providing the access and inclusion model support to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31485/25]

475. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the work of her Department in addressing the acknowledged acute shortage of childcare places for under fives in Dublin Rathdown along with to provide additional after school care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31662/25]

492. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report the number of facilities in Dublin that received Building Blocks capital funding. [31680/25]

493. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report how funding from the Building Blocks capital scheme was allocated between the scheme’s four strands. [31681/25]

273. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full-year cost via the national childcare scheme to reduce childcare fees to €200 per month. [31085/25]

347. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the Board of CHI first became aware of issues in relation to the carrying out of osteotomies at CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31033/25]

349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if four consultants at CHI raised concerns in 2020 in relation to the treatment of children with suspected hip dysplasia; if these concerns were raised with the then site CEO in Temple Street and the clinical director; if concerns were raised regarding a lack of supervision, non-adherence to guidelines, and issues involving screening; if su…

1155. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting more than six months for an assessment of needs in Dublin mid-west; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29055/25]

1163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 May 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the 48% of early learning and care and school-age childcare providers with vacant places, for each area, per provider, in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29203/25]