Departmental Reports

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2022

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Questions (413)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [45949/22]

Written answers

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

My Department has 36 live studies, reviews and research projects underway. 25 of these (69%) involve the commissioning of external experts.

For full details please see the table below:

Project	Commissioned or Internal	Scheduled Completion
A review of the current provision of Home Visiting Services for families with babies and young children in Ireland	Commissioned	Q1 2023
Review of the Child Care Act	Internal	Q4 2022
Early Learning and Care and School-age Childcare Funding Schemes compliance sampling and coverage review	Commissioned	Q1 2023
Qualitative research study into the practice of conversion therapy in Ireland	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland: the national study of LGBTQI+ mental health and wellbeing	Commissioned	Q2 2023
Study of the older LGBTI+ population in Ireland	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Survey of LGBTI+ residents in international protection accommodation centres	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Study of supports for parents of LGBTI+ youth	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Study on recognising the preferred gender of under 16s	Commissioned	Q1 2023
Milk Pilot for Early Learning and Care, in partnership with the National Dairy Council	Commissioned	Q3 2022
End-of-Year Three Evaluation of the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Evaluation of Little Library 2021 and 2022	Commissioned	Q2 2023
12 Month Review of the ECCE Programme	Commissioned	Q3 2023
Little Baby Bundle Pilot Scheme	Commissioned	Q4 2023
Analysis of submissions to the public consultation on the Autism Innovation Strategy	Commissioned	Q4 2022
A study to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies	Commissioned	Q1 2023
Qualitative research to examine the workplace experiences of parents dealing with pregnancy loss	Commissioned	Q1 2023
Review of equality legislation	Internal	Q4 2022
Context-sensitive methods, tools and principles for inclusive terminology and appropriate language to represent persons who spent time in the institutions known as ‘Mother and Baby Homes’, ‘County Homes’ and related institutions and their experiences in these institutions	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Review of Early Years Regulations	Internal	Q4 2022
Three year review of the First 5 whole-of-Government Strategy	Internal	Q1 2023
A report on the responses to the public consultation on the next government policy framework for children and young people in Ireland	Commissioned	Q3 2022
2022 Edition of the State of the Nation’s Children	Internal	Q1 2023
Statistical Spotlight on First 5	Internal	Q4 2022
Process review of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy	Internal	Q4 2022
Variations in Children and Young People’s Health in Ireland: A Synopsis of Recent Research	Internal	Q4 2022
Research on the social worlds of 9 year olds	Commissioned	Q3 2022
Growing Up in Ireland Key Findings: Cohort ’08 at 13 years old	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Methodological advice on hearing the voice of the child in poverty	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Research on the housing situation of children	Commissioned	Q4 2022
Spending review of Tusla funded C&V-sector-provided family support services	Internal	Q4 2022
Estimating Government expenditure on children	Internal	Q4 2022
Research on the early learning and childcare needs of parents who work atypical hours and live in rural communities	Commissioned	Q3 2022
POBAL Early Years Sector Profile	Commissioned	Q1 2023
OECD TALIS Starting Strong	Commissioned	Q1 2025
Research and data project examining the lives of children in care and adults who were in care as children	Internal	TBD