Children in Care

150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality number of children in care under 12 years of-age in residential care by local area office, in tabular form. [2777/26]

1884. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement there has been with the community and voluntary sector, which deals with referrals from Tusla, to expand capacity in that sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74025/25]

1898. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national policy of the rights of children living in informal kinship care will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74295/25]

1899. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all informal kinship care arrangements will be recognised in Ireland as they are internationally as a form of alternative care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74296/25]

1900. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all formal kinship carers are paid the same allowances as foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74315/25]

1908. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the longest period of time, in years, that any child has spent in State care since the establishment of Tusla in 2014; and to provide the year in which that duration was recorded, in aggregate form and without reference to any individual case. [74387/25]

1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have remained continuously in care for more than 10 years, more than 15 years, and more than 18 years respectively; and to outline how these figures have changed in each year since 2015. [74388/25]

1910. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the statutory, regulatory, or administrative timeframes apply to permanency planning for children in long-term State care; and whether any mandatory escalation, review, or senior-level oversight is triggered once a child exceeds a defined duration in care. [74389/25]

1912. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered the introduction of statutory maximum periods within which a permanency decision must be made for a child in State care, subject to exceptional judicial review; and if not, to outline the policy rationale for the absence of such limits. [74391/25]

1938. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports in place for a young person in foster care through non family placement if they turn 18 while in 6th year and preparing for their Leaving Certificate; and the supports available to them from her Department to progress on to third level education. [74841/25]

1944. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting accommodation in secure care units pursuant to court orders; the arrangements which have been made for these children in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74951/25]

5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to tackle the rate of exploitation by criminal gangs of children in the State care system; if she will meet with an advocacy group (details supplied) which is working to reduce child trafficking in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71834/25]

35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care or known to child protection services who died as a result of suspected foul play, homicide, murder and manslaughter in each of the past 15 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71660/25]

41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in State care who have died in the past fifteen years, by the breakdown of the cause of death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71661/25]

62. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have reported they were victims of human trafficking while in State care in each of the past five years. [71659/25]

89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently missing from Tusla’s care; and the longest length of time any one child has been missing. [71657/25]

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of children who have been reported missing from Tusla’s care since the agency was founded; the number located; and the number whose whereabouts remains unknown. [71658/25]

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children in State care; and the steps her Department is taking to protect them from harm. [71835/25]

613. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) in Cork will be closing mid-January; and whether she will intervene to keep this vital service open and expand its staffing to allow it to reach its full potential. [73402/25]

873. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards currently in place to verify the age of asylum seekers presenting as unaccompanied minors; the reason almost 200 individuals placed in Tusla children’s accommodation since 2022 were subsequently found to be adults; the risk this poses to vulnerable children in State care; and whether she plans to intro…

879. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers currently working within the Tusla 'children-in-care' team in County Laois; the number of children placed with each of those social workers; the total number of social workers who have been employed in the Tusla children-in-care team in County Laois since 2021; and if she will make a stat…

812. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 849 of 12 November 2025, the reason the response differs from Tusla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70264/25]

423. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the availability of psychotherapy services to children in care, in particular to reference access to child art psychotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62612/25]

102. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been temporarily missing, or as stated by Tusla, “absconded”, from Tusla, or Tusla-funded, care in the past 12 months; the number of these based in Cork; and the process undertaken when a child goes missing from State care. [61722/25]

107. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have been temporarily missing (absconded) from Tusla, or Tusla-funded, care in the past 12 month; the number of these based in Fingal West; the process undertaken when a child goes missing from State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61882/25]