Parliamentary questions

International Protection

Pearse Doherty

167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection availing of international protection in County Donegal currently, broken down by townland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46952/23]

Departmental Data

Violet-Anne Wynne

168. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 28 February 2023, what land has been made available to the OPW, by local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/23]

Disability Services

Richard Bruton

443. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with services being provided in St. Michael’s House across its various locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46456/23]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

444. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46529/23]

Health Services Staff

Ivana Bacik

445. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost for 2023 and 2024 of delivering pay parity between section 56, section 38 and section 39 staff. [46720/23]

Special Educational Needs

Christopher O'Sullivan

446. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the criteria involved for the allocation of therapist allocation for special schools; the reason a school (details supplied) has not received any allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46733/23]

Disability Services

Eoin Ó Broin

447. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that due to staffing issues within the children’s disability network team in the CHO7 area, that no Hanen Programme courses will run for families in the area until January 2024 at the earliest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46060/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

448. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, total first and full-year cost to increase the number of State residential care units for children in care by 10%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form; what this equates to in bed numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46061/23]

Children in Care

Kathleen Funchion

449. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated annual, total first and full-year funding allocated to private, for-profit foster care organisations for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [46062/23]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

450. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year, full-year and annual cost to reduce childcare fees by 50% from September 2024. [46064/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Colm Burke

451. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital’s, for a communication device to the children's disability network team assist with their communication, given their previous device broke; when a decision is likely to be reached in this case as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/23]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

452. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be seen by a speech and language therapist in Cork from the children's disability network team to assist with their communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/23]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

453. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be provided with a wheelchair, as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46067/23]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

454. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46068/23]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

455. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are on the waiting list for the CDNT in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46102/23]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

456. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are waiting for primary care speech and language therapy in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46104/23]

Primary Care Services

Alan Farrell

457. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are waiting on primary care occupational therapy in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46105/23]

Disability Services

Alan Farrell

458. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are waiting for their assessment of need in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46106/23]

Childcare Services

Alan Farrell

459. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many childcare providers in the Fingal constituency have signed up for the CORE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46107/23]

Childcare Services

Alan Farrell

460. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of providers in the Fingal constituency that have signed up for the CORE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46108/23]

Childcare Services

Alan Farrell

461. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children in CHO9 are currently enrolled in the AIMS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46109/23]

Health Services Staff

Alan Farrell

462. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many therapist vacancies in the assessment of need teams in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/23]

Health Services Staff

Alan Farrell

463. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many therapist vacancies the CDNT teams in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46112/23]

Childcare Services

Alan Farrell

464. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the smaller early education providers will benefit from the CORE funding announced in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46113/23]

Legislative Programme

Alan Farrell

465. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he envisions the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 will be enacted, given it was signed into law on 4 April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46114/23]

Disability Services

Thomas Gould

466. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting initial appointment with a CDNT in Cork by waiting time, in tabular form. [46140/23]

Disability Services

Thomas Gould

467. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children given an assessment of needs in 2023 in Cork to date and the number currently awaiting same. [46142/23]

Disability Services

Michael Healy-Rae

468. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46164/23]

Transport Costs

Cathal Crowe

469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the resumption of the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance schemes, which were suspended in 2013. [46175/23]

Childcare Services

Neasa Hourigan

470. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to professionalise the early childhood home visiting sector; his plans to ensure ring-fenced budgetary supports for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46176/23]

Disability Services

Bríd Smith

471. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a person (details supplied) with a disability who had been placed in a nursing home for a convalescent short-term stay, but who remains there 14-weeks later due to the lack of funding at their original residence to provide for a necessary member of night staff; if he will acknowledge that placing people in inappropriate settings at which their needs are not and cannot be met is in contravention of Article 19 of the UNCRPD; if he will commit to authorising the necessary funding in order that the person can return to their original community setting appropriate to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46202/23]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a bus service for a facility (details supplied) will be reinstated; and the number of persons who used this service, per week when it was available. [46226/23]

Departmental Schemes

Denise Mitchell

473. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Pillar 1 of the building blocks grant scheme, namely improvement grants, will open for submissions in 2024; and if so, when it is expected that the acceptance of applications in this regard will commence. [46249/23]

Disability Services

Alan Dillon

474. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if children who require speech and language therapy in County Mayo are being referred to private practices; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46305/23]

Disability Services

Alan Dillon

475. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the wait time for speech and language therapy in County Mayo, for those waiting longer than, 3-6-9-12-24 and 36 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46306/23]

Disability Services

Francis Noel Duffy

476. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the current waiting time for a facility (details supplied) for basic support services is in excess of 18 months; his plans to cut these waiting times; if his Department is providing additional resources from Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46307/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

477. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State's reservations to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46310/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the ratification of the UN Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46311/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Holly Cairns

479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need in each LHO, in tabular form, with a monthly breakdown of waiting times. [46314/23]

Health Services

Michael Healy-Rae

480. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (details supplied) will be investigated; if respite care will be provided for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46332/23]

Equality Issues

Jackie Cahill

481. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is there is an obligation on local authorities to ensure that they meet a minimum statutory obligation for the number of people with disabilities employed within a local authority as public sector staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46352/23]

Equality Issues

Jackie Cahill

482. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an obligation on public bodies to ensure they meet a minimum statutory requirement for the number of employees in a particular public body that have a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46353/23]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

483. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the test that must be satisfied in order for a person to avail of a fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46420/23]

State Bodies

Carol Nolan

484. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46538/23]

Disability Services

Duncan Smith

485. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ask his Department to contact the parents of a child (details supplied) who has been on a list for early intervention attention for over six years, has had an assessment of needs completed but has received no indication of when they will receive support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46556/23]

Departmental Priorities

Eoin Ó Broin

486. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 27 June 2023, if the scoping exercise is complete; when proposals will be brought forward; the timeline for when he aims to have a policy commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46567/23]

Local Government Reform

Catherine Murphy

487. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46577/23]

Equality Issues

Mick Barry

488. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measure he will take to close the gender pay gap, reported recently by the Central Statistics Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46627/23]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Louise O'Reilly

489. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on day service waiting lists, that is, waitlists for children with disabilities who are waiting on speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services, by CHO and by wait length, in tabular form. [46634/23]

Budget 2024

Fergus O'Dowd

490. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide clarity with regard to the Government commitment in budget 2024 to deliver 22 million hours of home support; to confirm the exact funding being provided for the sector in 2024 and the total increase from the 2023 allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/23]

Home Care Packages

Ivana Bacik

491. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applicants for home care support who are awaiting the allocation of home care; his views on the recruitment of home care support workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46664/23]

International Protection

Pearse Doherty

492. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of properties in Donegal that are currently being used to accommodate refugees and those availing of international protection, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46700/23]

Public Sector Pay

Ivana Bacik

493. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost for 2023 and 2024 of delivering pay parity between section 56 and section 38 staff contracted by his Department through section 56 organisations. [46719/23]

Disability Services

Bríd Smith

494. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) with developmental delays and speech and language difficulties will be seen at a particular clinic, given the urgency of their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/23]

Home Help Service

Martin Browne

263. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department plans to address the lack of home care capacity as in the case of a person (details supplied). [45977/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

264. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first, full year and annual cost of increasing the current minimum rate of pay for an early years educators, by 0.85cent, €1.00, €1.25, €1.50, €1.75 and €2.00; and the first, full year and annual estimated cost to increase all other grades covered by the early years employment regulation order. [46033/23]

Industrial Disputes

Brendan Griffin

265. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification and assistance with a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45814/23]

Childcare Services

Niamh Smyth

266. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); if he can offer any advice on funding for this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45884/23]

Budget 2024

Réada Cronin

267. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in recognition of financial need and the critical social value of the work they undertake, the additional Budget 2024 provisions for foster carers could be paid in full in January, without a delay of several months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45933/23]

Pension Provisions

Réada Cronin

268. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when foster care will come within pension provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45934/23]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

269. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why foster care payments are not index-linked and whether and when provision will be made to do so, given the criticality of the service provided and the fact foster care can be financially dynamic according the needs of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45935/23]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

270. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what is being done within his Department to future-proof foster care as a critical component within the care system, so that in-home family care is the primary option, and available to as many children as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45936/23]

Health Services Staff

Duncan Smith

271. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much additional funding would have to be allocated to Section 39 bodies in 2024 to provide for pay parity with similar grades in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45946/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Lowry

272. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding and assistance can be made available to a school (details supplied), which is at risk of closure due to the loss of its premises for the academic year 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45968/23]

Child and Family Agency

Bernard Durkan

273. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent, if any, to which Tusla has positively intervened in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46017/23]

Child and Family Agency

Bernard Durkan

274. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which Tusla continues to oversee the health and wellbeing and conditions of the children of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46029/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

275. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46039/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

276. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children's disability network teams, at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46040/23]

Disability Services

David Cullinane

277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of each quarter and September 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the average length of wait [46051/23]

Disability Services

Matt Shanahan

223. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the revised capital ceilings under the National Development Plan for his Department given the transfer of specialist disability services to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in tabular form. [45919/23]

Disability Services

Denise Mitchell

224. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if transport will be granted to a person (details supplied). [45372/23]

Departmental Legal Cases

Peadar Tóibín

225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and the costs associated with same in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45391/23]

Disability Services

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to bring the Section 39 workers up to pay parity with the Section 38 workers (details supplied). [45410/23]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of providing twenty additional emergency residential places for persons with a disability. [45414/23]

International Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

228. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of each emergency accommodation centre for international protection applicants across the State; and the number of international protection applicants at each centre, in tabular form. [45442/23]

International Protection

Niamh Smyth

229. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on (details supplied); if he will outline what is currently being planned by his Department for here (if anything); and what stage plans are at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45509/23]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal had their bus escort stopped in June 2023; when the service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45511/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

231. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the funding announced as part of Budget 2024 under Programme D - An Equal and Inclusive Society which states "Funding will primarily focus on additional therapy assistant posts, additional supports across a number of targeted children's services and on the expansion of educational programmes in this area" if these additional therapy assistant posts will be utilised in a school setting. [45514/23]

Disability Services

Sorca Clarke

232. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the funding announced as part of Budget 2024 under Programme D - An Equal and Inclusive Society which states "Funding will primarily focus on additional therapy assistant posts, additional supports across a number of targeted children's services and on the expansion of educational programmes in this area" to provide details of which educational programmes are to be expanded. [45515/23]

Budget 2024

Patrick Costello

233. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expedite the proposed Budget increase for foster carers to 1 January 2024, in view of the fact that this group have not had an increase in their allowance for over a decade. [45560/23]

Childcare Services

Robert Troy

234. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the targeted funding which will be allocated to early years services in disadvantaged areas which was announced as part of Budget 2024. [45674/23]

Childcare Services

Robert Troy

235. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline details of plans by his Department to broaden AIM's programme funding beyond the ECCE timetable. [45675/23]

Budget 2024

Pat Buckley

236. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to move forward the implementation of increases to payments made by his Department in Budget 2024 to January 2024 instead of November, given the hardship facing many families due to the continuing cost of living crisis; the rational for the decision if not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45749/23]

Disability Services

Róisín Shortall

237. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the new funding provided for disability services in Budget 2024; to provide a breakdown of the allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45752/23]

Budget 2024

Violet-Anne Wynne

238. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45768/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Violet-Anne Wynne

239. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the aggressive measures he intends to use to reduce waiting lists for assessments of needs for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45785/23]

Disability Services

Violet-Anne Wynne

240. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting lists for first contact from Clare Children's Disability Network Team, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45786/23]

Children in Care

Steven Matthews

438. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by (details supplied) regarding the staggered increase in foster care allowance; if the final increase proposed for Q4 2024 can be brought forward to January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45038/23]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

439. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the value of core funding for each individual early learning and care and school age children service for 2022/2023, in tabular form. [45144/23]

Disability Services

Niamh Smyth

440. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria on the number of support workers required to the number of service users of HSE transport attending day services; if he will review a case (details supplied); urgently as a safeguarding issue if he can add a female support worker on this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45211/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

441. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the funding per child in the early learning years sector. [44656/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

442. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of CAMHS intellectual disability teams based in CHO9. [44688/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

443. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies by job title at CDNT based in Clondalkin and Palmerstown; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [44689/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

444. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for therapeutic care in each CDNTs based in CHO2 according to each speciality; and the average waiting times for an appointment. [44690/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

445. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists and clinical psychologist working in CAMHS, mental health intellectual disability teams in CHO1 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44692/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

446. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists working in CDNT based in Galway in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44693/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

447. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE medical social workers in the west Kerry CDNT team in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44694/23]

Disability Services

Kathleen Funchion

448. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in County Cavan, in tabular form. [44696/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Peter Burke

449. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will arrange to have invoices paid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44703/23]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

450. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current CDNT WTE posts vacancies across CHO5, broken down, in tabular form, according to each of the 12 teams; the number of those vacancies that are administrative posts; and the actions that are being taken to address those vacancies. [44705/23]