Parliamentary questions

International Protection

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

447. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the rationale of his Department’s targeted IPAS capacity of 35,000 by 2028 for arrivals of 13,000-16,000 per annum under the ‘Comprehensive Accommodation Strategy for International Protection Applicants’ – specifying, in tabular form, the estimated duration of accommodation between phase 1, phase 2 and post-status approval respectively, with a breakdown of the duration estimated for standard and accelerated procedures; and to outline the level of flexibility and flow-through within these estimates. [20403/24]

Departmental Contracts

John McGuinness

448. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if payments due to a company for the provision of accommodation (details supplied) will be paid immediately; if a designated official will be appointed to contact each company directly to resolve any issues that may be delaying the payments due, and if he will expedite the matter. [20424/24]

Departmental Contracts

John McGuinness

449. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if payment due to a company (details supplied) for the provision of accommodation will be paid immediately. [20425/24]

Carer's Leave

Richard Bruton

450. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered extending unpaid leave to carers to take time off to undertake care needs, or to support employers in offering flexibility around such arrangements. [20430/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

451. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe within which a decision will be made in relation to the business case currently with the HSE to fund an increase in respite provision in a facility (details supplied) from 840 nights per year to 1500 nights per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20434/24]

Disability Services

Frankie Feighan

452. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update regarding the provision of a permanent respite service for families in the south Leitrim area in Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20441/24]

Disability Services

Frankie Feighan

453. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update regarding the provision of a new respite service in County Roscommon (details supplied); to provide details on the number of beds available, the number of staff allocated, and the cost to bring the building into service. [20442/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

454. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of private residential properties currently rented by IPAS in each county; the rental cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/24]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

455. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to correspondence received by his office (details supplied), if he agrees that arrangements must be put in place to help these vulnerable people; if he will ensure that measures are put in place to house asylum-seekers from Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) in appropriate accommodation; and if a person can be accommodated in Blackrock House. [20488/24]

Disability Services

Seán Canney

456. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of services available in the CDNT7 area in 2024 due to the shortage of staff and specialists; to provide a schedule of staff in place and the staff levels required to run the service property; when the full complement of staff will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20499/24]

Asylum Seekers

Michael Ring

457. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers that are resident here, per county, on 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [20503/24]

Ukraine War

Michael Ring

458. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that are resident here, per county, on 1 January 2024, in tabular form. [20504/24]

International Protection

Marian Harkin

459. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a contract to accommodate international protection applicants (details supplied) was signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20511/24]

Child and Family Agency

Thomas Pringle

460. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will direct that the CEO of Tusla accedes to a request for a meeting from a not-for-profit children's health advocacy group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/24]

Ukraine War

Éamon Ó Cuív

461. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average number of Ukrainian refugees provided with accommodation in each of the years from 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the total cost of this accommodation in each year; the average rate been paid per person per night for full board accommodation and for self-catering accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/24]

Disability Services

Michael McNamara

462. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expedite a residential service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20592/24]

Freedom of Information

Peadar Tóibín

463. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why a freedom of information request (details supplied) has not yet received a decision; if he will detail when a decision will be made on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/24]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

464. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to increase the intake of graduate social workers to 400 throughout the graduate programme, in tabular form. [20652/24]

Child Detention Centres

Paul Donnelly

465. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to Oberstown detention centre in each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [20653/24]

Childcare Services

Marian Harkin

466. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of closures of all childcare services including the name of the service, location and number of childcare places for the years 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20678/24]