Departmental Programmes

1217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the roadmap to reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child; if she will provide an estimated timeframe to meet this key Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30361/25]

1224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of eligible children not availing of the ECCE programme, by county; her views on the reasons some families are not taking up ECCE; the steps her Department is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30368/25]

1227. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that childcare provider’s fees are open, transparent and equitable and readily available to parents as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30371/25]

1232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to introduce an “earn and learn” apprenticeship model, enabling childcare staff to gain qualifications and advance their careers; and if she will make a statem…

1234. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the development of State-led childcare facilities in tandem with the school building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30378/25]

1237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on how we can continue to build up the Equal Start Programme, ensuring children experiencing disadvantage will access and participate fully in early learning and childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30381/25]

1452. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapy posts offered annually to new graduates in the HSE, in each of the past five years; to provide a compassion with the number of graduates qualifying each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29716/25]

690. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 7 May 2025, the staff positions for the gender healthcare programme that have been filled and which remain unfilled. [27009/25]

943. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under LEADER, in tabular form. [25976/25]

944. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the CLÁR, in tabular form. [25977/25]

948. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, in tabular form. [25981/25]

949. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Services Programme, in tabular form. [25982/25]

951. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cumulative funding provided in each local authority since 2020 to date in 2025 under the Community Enhancement Programme, in tabular form. [25985/25]

313. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications about the Programme for Government, and proposals concerning retrofitting; to report on the work his Department has commenced; how this differs from the previous Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23541/25]

1284. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will engage with a community services group (details supplied) regarding its application to the community services programme; if he will approve additional funding for the programme this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23481/25]

325. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to increase the number of early intervention classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/25]

326. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken tot increase the number of specific speech and language classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/25]

421. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 1 April 2025, the reason the Gender Healthcare programme chose the consult model for engagement, rather than discuss or collaborate. [22073/25]

422. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 17 January 2023, for an update on the design of the Gender Healthcare Programme's stakeholder engagement plan. [22074/25]

508. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing a new implementation plan for Sláintecare; the period this plan will cover; if it will contain detailed costings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22460/25]

385. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the average processing time for LEADER programme funding applications in each of the past three years; and if he will outline the measures being taken to improve administrative efficiency and reduce delays. [21882/25]

386. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of annual allocations and actual expenditure under the LEADER rural development programme for each year since 2020; and if he will comment on any variations or underspend. [21883/25]

387. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the LEADER programme in rural economic and community development; and if he will publish comparative outcomes for the 2014 to 2020 and 2023 to 2027 programming periods to date. [21884/25]

388. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proportion of LEADER funding allocated specifically to projects within Gaeltacht areas over the past five years; and if he will assess the impact of the programme on sustaining linguistic and economic development in these communities. [21885/25]

389. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any independent evaluations of the LEADER programme’s value for money have been commissioned since 2020; if so, to provide the main findings; and if further reviews are planned in the current programme cycle. [21886/25]