Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Expenditure

Kathleen Funchion

1013. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost to undertake the external expert report 'Towards a new governance framework for children and youth policies in Ireland'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27087/23]

Mental Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1014. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if psychological or other such assessments for children paid for privately by parents, rather than waiting years on HSE or other such assessments, are accepted by CAMHS or DNT services to allow the children to access services, or whether the parents have to await the publicly funded assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27117/23]

Departmental Policies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1015. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents of children with disability, educational or psychological assessments who pay for such assessments privately to try and overcome a public service waiting list for such an assessment can recoup the costs of such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27119/23]

Departmental Policies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1016. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any legislative or policy impediment preventing private, not-for profit, voluntary services delivering care or services on behalf of the State for children with additional educational needs accepting disability, educational or psychological assessments which have been paid for by parents privately, or if there is a framework list of such private psychologists and so on from which they must access such assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27121/23]

International Protection

Peter Burke

1017. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on plans (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/23]

International Protection

Michael Ring

1018. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if permission will be provided by IPAS in relation to the specific case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27199/23]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

1019. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the regulations for domestic violence leave under the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 provide for a rate of pay at 100% of the person's normal rate of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27202/23]

Departmental Communications

Sorca Clarke

1020. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cross-departmental engagement his Department has had with the Department of Education regarding the scoping inquiry, as announced by the Minister for Education in March 2023, into allegations of historical sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders. [27213/23]

Special Educational Needs

Mairéad Farrell

1021. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is his intention to organise work done by speech and language, OT and physio professionals who work with ASD classes around the class as a whole rather than individual students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/23]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

1022. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount each section 38 or 39 organisation receives from the HSE per hour to fund personal assistant services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/23]

Departmental Projects

Pauline Tully

1023. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that as part of the personalised budgets demonstration projects pilot, that when PAS funding is unbundled from existing services, how much of that HSE budget is retained by organisations which will no longer provide a PA service to disabled people in this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27261/23]

Childcare Services

Neasa Hourigan

1024. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the lack of early learning and care and school-age childcare services in the Dublin 7 area; if he will outline the most recent research conducted into the capacity of existing childcare provision in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27271/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Mark Ward

1025. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the age criteria for qualifying for the early childhood care education programme; if exceptions can be made for children who are younger by less than a month; if there are any plans to review the qualifying criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27276/23]

Office of Public Works

Carol Nolan

1026. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address concerns that the OPW has failed to actively engage with residents of the Clonminch Lane area, County Offaly following the announcement that modular housing was developed at a site there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27298/23]

Domestic Violence

Robert Troy

1027. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if matters raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) will be examined. [27316/23]

Health Services Staff

Denis Naughten

1028. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand community neurological-rehabilitation teams to each CHO area; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27325/23]

International Protection

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1029. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will pay a contractor (details supplied) in Cork for accommodation and services rendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27328/23]

Departmental Contracts

Éamon Ó Cuív

1030. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments long overdue will issue to a centre housing refugees from Ukraine (details supplied) in view of the fact that the contract with this provider states that they will be paid in advance monthly and they have not received payments for April, May and June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27416/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1031. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital cost of providing 1,200, 1,450 and 1,700 additional day service places for school leavers and graduates of rehabilitative training respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27487/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1032. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current cost, including staff and operating cost, of providing 1,200, 1,450 and 1,700 additional day service places for school leavers and graduates of rehabilitative training respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27488/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1033. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year costs of providing 1,200, 1,450 and 1,700 additional day service places for school leavers and graduates of rehabilitative training respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27489/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1034. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of additional day services for people with disabilities that will be required in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/23]

Child and Family Agency

Patrick Costello

1035. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential units managed directly by Tusla or its predecessor agency for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27495/23]

Referendum Campaigns

Mary Lou McDonald

1036. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the terms of reference for the interdepartmental committee concerning the referendums on family, care and equality will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27503/23]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1037. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when River Walk House, Carndonagh, County Donegal will reopen to offer respite services to families in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27506/23]

Departmental Contracts

Éamon Ó Cuív

1038. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments for April, May and June will issue to an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); whether all outstanding queries raised with the supplier have been replied to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27516/23]

Departmental Funding

Michael Ring

1039. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding is available to a facility (details supplied) for works considering that the works are urgent as there are health and safety concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27518/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1040. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year current costs of providing 24, 36 and 48 additional planned residential places respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1041. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of planned residential places for people with disabilities that will be required in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/23]

Health Services

Pauline Tully

1042. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of planned residential places for people with disabilities that have been delivered in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27543/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Pauline Tully

1043. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first- and full-year current costs of transferring 100, 200 and 300 people with disabilities out of congregated settings and into an assisted community home respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27544/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Pauline Tully

1044. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people with disabilities still residing in a congregated setting; the number of people with disabilities transferred from a congregated setting to an assisted community home or their family home in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27545/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Pauline Tully

1045. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year current costs of transferring 50, 100 and 200 people with disabilities, under the age of 65 years, out of a nursing home and into an assisted community home respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27546/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Pauline Tully

1046. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years who are currently residing in a nursing home; the number of these people who have requested to be transferred to an assisted community home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27547/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Pauline Tully

1047. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled people under the age of 65 years who were transferred from a nursing home to an assisted community home or their family home in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27548/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1048. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of intensive home support packages for children with disabilities that will be required in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27549/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1049. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first and full-year current costs of providing one additional respite centre for people with disabilities in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27550/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1050. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of respite centres for adults with disabilities, by county, in each CHO; the current number of respite centres for children with disabilities, by county, in each CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27551/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1051. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new respite centres that have been opened since 26 June 2020; the number of additional respite hours that this has delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27552/23]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

1052. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional respite hours delivered by opening one additional full-time four-bed respite centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27553/23]

Health Services Staff

James Lawless

1053. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27560/23]

Health Services

Michael Ring

1054. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when PA home support hours will be provided a person (details supplied) who is being discharged from hospital shortly in view of their care needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27571/23]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

1055. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists working in children's disability network teams based in County Kilkenny in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [27626/23]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

1056. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that TUSLA has spent on redeveloping St. Dympna's Hospital, Athy Road, Carlow. [27627/23]

Departmental Communications

Fergus O'Dowd

1057. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a report published by an organisation (details supplied); if he will respond to the recommendations set out in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27640/23]

Sport and Recreational Development

Catherine Murphy

1058. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will work with Sport Ireland and sporting NGBs to develop a strategy that will support the delivery of sporting infrastructures and or upgraded facilities and pathways for young persons into sport.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27648/23]

Departmental Communications

Holly Cairns

1059. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on each of his Departmental social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit, that included closed captioning/subtitling between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; and the percentage of same that feature translations into Irish or another language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27650/23]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

1060. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department, and public bodies and agencies under his remit, have an anti-racism policy which can be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27668/23]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

1061. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children continue to be supported in situations that present a threat to their well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27702/23]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

1062. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that a building (details supplied) being used to accommodate refugees has a fire certificate. [27732/23]