Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Children in Care

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the research and data project to examine the lives of children in care and adults who were in care as children; the person or body that will carry out the research; if the steering group has been established to date; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/22]

Direct Provision System

Éamon Ó Cuív

123. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons being housed in direct provision to date; the number of these in own-door accommodation; the progress made to date in fulfilling the commitments in the programme for Government in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4644/22]

International Protection

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

124. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vulnerability assessments of international protection applicants undertaken in 2021; the way this compares to previous years; the most common vulnerabilities identified; the steps that are being taken to address and support those identified as vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5184/22]

International Protection

Michael Creed

125. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will endeavour to ensure insofar as possible that those persons seeking international protection who are approved for housing here will have housing offers made in locations reasonably proximate to the location they have been receiving emergency accommodation provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/22]

Domestic Violence

Kathleen Funchion

126. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic violence refuge spaces nationally that are allocated for 2022; the cost of each refuge space annually; the amount of funding provided for refuge spaces in 2022; and the portion of the extra €41 million allocated to Tusla in budget 2022 that will be spent on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [5321/22]

Disability Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

127. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the responsibilities in relation to disability that have transferred to his Department; the total budget for disability provided for in the Estimates of his Department; the priorities in relation to disability for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4645/22]

Childcare Services

Patrick Costello

128. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the forthcoming core payment for early years providers; the interim measures he will put in place to ensure that fees will not rise for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4998/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Bríd Smith

129. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make the changes sought by survivors to the Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme to include all survivors within the scheme with no minimum time provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5412/22]

Youth Services

Brendan Griffin

130. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in County Kerry in 2021, by scheme; the broad outcomes which this funding has supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5495/22]

International Protection

David Stanton

131. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation with respect to the private community sponsorship scheme; his plans to further expand the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/22]

Joint Labour Committees

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that the outcomes of the Joint Labour Committee process on the early years sector will be in a position to be supported by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5496/22]

Youth Services

Emer Higgins

133. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in an area (details supplied) in 2021; the broad outcomes which this funding has supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/22]

Domestic Violence

Jennifer Whitmore

134. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the specific amount of funding provided to support domestic violence services as part of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5416/22]

International Protection

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

135. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons coming from Afghanistan to date that have been granted visa waivers to enter the Irish Refugee Protection Programme; if there are plans to issue more visa waivers for vulnerable groups and persons that do not qualify for the Afghan Admission Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5183/22]

Domestic Violence

Aindrias Moynihan

136. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review recommendations under the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be included in the forthcoming publication of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when this publication will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/22]

Domestic Violence

Ruairí Ó Murchú

137. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress on delivering paid domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60853/21]

Joint Labour Committees

Neale Richmond

138. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure the outcomes of the Joint Labour Committee process on the early years sector will be in a position to be supported by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5138/22]

Parental Leave

Claire Kerrane

139. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to take the full time available under the scheme, equal to the time two parent families can avail of to ensure fairness and equality for the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/22]

Equality Issues

Cathal Crowe

140. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the drafting and initiating of the next National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy; if the current strategy will be reviewed; the way that the National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy will interact with this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5448/22]

Departmental Strategies

Brian Leddin

141. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the scope of the Transport Working Group under the National Disability Inclusion Strategy which was recently reconvened; if it will include active travel particularly cycling in order to ensure fully inclusive access to transport and mobility for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5417/22]