Parliamentary questions

Direct Provision System

Robert Troy

598. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that residents of direct provision accommodation cannot be moved for no justified reason, aware of residents who have resided in the same location for years being transferred without any engagement. [24594/24]

Direct Provision System

Robert Troy

599. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure that where a direct provision centre is located in a rural setting or a location with no public transport, transport would be provided at appropriate times to support people into employment and education. [24595/24]

Direct Provision System

Robert Troy

600. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure operators of direct provision centres are flexible when it comes the numbers of nights a resident can be away, i.e., a resident living in an isolated centre, with no access to public transport where they find work would be supported, rather than penalised, for finding work. [24596/24]

Departmental Funding

Violet-Anne Wynne

601. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason emergency funding for sustainability of an organisation (details supplied) has not been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Violet-Anne Wynne

602. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could provide clarification around a case (details supplied) where they are awaiting a multidisciplinary assessment and not an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/24]

International Protection

Violet-Anne Wynne

603. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department has decided to move over 200 Ukrainians from a location (details supplied) after two years of those individuals and families have lived there; where they will be moved to; his Department’s plans for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

604. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the position in relation to a property in south Tipperary (details supplied) which has been used for housing Ukrainians; if his Department now plans to house IPAS applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24651/24]

International Protection

Michael Ring

605. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in relation to a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

606. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24664/24]

Disability Services

James Lawless

607. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24686/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

608. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24696/24]

Immigration Policy

Peadar Tóibín

609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government has sent communications out internationally on traditional and social media in numerous languages that there is enormous pressure on housing in Ireland at present. [24749/24]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

610. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of grants and or funding, by heading and by county, for youth services for 2023. [24790/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

611. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide guidance on accessing the mother and baby homes redress scheme when the concluding year of an institution in the booklet does not match with the lived experience such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24808/24]

Disability Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

612. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the recruitment embargo applies to clerical staff working in the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware that the phone line for the mother and baby homes scheme (details supplied) has been down since last week [24823/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

614. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional WTE senior social workers and senior dietitians that were recruited into CDNTs within Tipperary in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [24892/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 300,000 extra personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities. [24893/24]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

616. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a number of section 39 workers have not received the pay increases that have been agreed to; if he is aware of how this is impacting on the ability of certain organisations (details supplied) to recruit staff into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Carol Nolan

617. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been an update on details relating to a person’s time in mother and baby home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/24]