Early Childhood Care and Education

2323. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to introduce pay parity for early years and school age care graduates (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/25]

2327. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the issue whereby recommendations from speech and language therapists who are registered with CORU, but operate privately and not directly under or on behalf of HSE services, are not accepted for accessing funding under AIM level 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41480/25]

2328. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a second additional year of ECCE will be made available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41483/25]

2347. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that early years educators are having difficulty accessing mortgages due to having to sign on to jobseekers during the summer months; if she is considering any measures to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41836/25]

2382. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a crèche place for a child (details supplied) will be made available; to outline any interventions that can be made for the family; the steps being taken to address crèche place shortages in North Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42143/25]

2388. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made to ensure the Review of Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare operating system in Ireland will be ready for publication in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42168/25]

2412. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the establishment of the National Agency for Early Learning and Childcare; the interim measures being taken to address the affordability crisis in childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42546/25]

2451. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given the Government’s commitment to expanding affordable and accessible early education and school age childcare, if she will outline the role her Department is playing in coordinating with the National Development Plan to ensure the delivery of public childcare facilities as part of strategic housing developm…

2452. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update of any planned or ongoing review of core funding for the early childhood education and care sector; whether the review will address concerns regarding sustainability, staffing costs and capacity pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43116/25]

2488. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on ensuring that enough early years educators are trained and qualified to meet the need for early years education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/25]

2489. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department keeps statistics on the opening and closure of early years education and childcare settings; and if she will provide these figures broken down monthly, by local authority, and by capacity, for the past three years, in tabular form. [43609/25]

2490. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Irish-medium early years services in operation, by local authority and capacity, in tabular form. [43610/25]

2507. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional funding required to increase funding for the ECCE scheme by 10%; if she will provide a breakdown of those proposed new funding levels, in tabular form; when funding for ECCE was last increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44056/25]

2533. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to allocating funding for after-school facilities as part of the National Development Plan Review 2025; for a breakdown of figures regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44359/25]

104. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any intention within the Department to progress the development of guidelines and additional supports for schools on supporting transitions of children as they move from early years to junior infants, including the extension of AIM supports into primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077…

482. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports, including capital or operational funding, planned for voluntary early-years providers in Dublin south central, particularly those facing rising costs. [40310/25]

484. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of changes in the number of preschools every year for the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40344/25]

639. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a system for privately employed playschool workers who must sign on for social welfare payments each time they are temporarily unemployed for school holidays, to allow their claims to be suspended and reactivated, rather than them having to make a new claim each time which can involve delays in receiving pay…

816. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason an early learning centre in Tullow County Carlow (details supplied) was declined for a fee increase. [39073/25]

844. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timelines for AIM funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39646/25]

139. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the provisions being put in place for a child (details supplied) and other children with special needs who have lost access to after-school care due to the closure of a nearby facility and who are now being refused access to the privately-run after-school service at another location; and if she will make a statem…

734. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to expand the access and inclusion model to include children attending afterschool provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37463/25]

747. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the amount of money allocated for pay for early years educators as part of core funding annually since its inception, and the corresponding amount used per pay agreement, in tabular form. [37731/25]

749. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for processing applications for AIM Level 7; if this has been reviewed recently; if not, whether timelines will be reviewed with input from providers on their experience of the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37763/25]

750. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any measures are in place for reimbursement of childcare providers that cover the cost of AIM support staff from private funding before applications are approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37764/25]