Parliamentary questions

Departmental Data

Johnny Guirke

499. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15847/22]

Children in Care

Brian Stanley

500. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that children who are under the care of Tusla and that are placed under private family arrangement are placed only in homes that have been adequately vetted and regulated by Tusla; and if he will provide details of the vetting that takes place. [15864/22]

Children in Care

Brian Stanley

501. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation regarding children placed under private family arrangement; and if this practice complies with the relevant childcare legislation and European convention. [15867/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

502. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 22 February 2022, when Pobal will publish data into establishing if unused capacity varies by type of provision or location, to establish if there is a mismatch in supply and demand, for certain cohorts of children or in certain areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15966/22]

Burial Grounds

Richard Boyd Barrett

503. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the former site of the St Patrick's refuge and laundry, Dún Laoghaire, which currently has a planning application for apartments has been assessed as to whether it is potentially a burial site; if not, if he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/22]

Departmental Bodies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

504. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation that will be provided for Ukrainian refugees in Cork; if details will be provided of the hotels, bed and breakfasts and other accommodation providers in the area excluding private residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/22]

Child and Family Agency

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

505. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on services for families experiencing relationship and marital breakdown by Tusla between 2014 and 2021; the amounts as a percentage of the Tusla annual budget for each year; the way this compares with the proportion of annual budget spent on services for families experiencing relationship and marital breakdown by Tusla in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16041/22]

Departmental Data

Seán Sherlock

506. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of retainers his Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer in tabular form. [16145/22]

Legislative Programme

Mary Lou McDonald

507. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 668 of 22 March 2022, if the heads of a bill to give effect to remaining aspects of the EU Work-Life Balance Directive will include a domestic violence paid leave provision. [16324/22]

Departmental Consultations

Carol Nolan

508. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16369/22]

Departmental Bodies

Seán Sherlock

509. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the International Protection Accommodation Services have established a presence at Cork Airport. [16423/22]

Child and Family Agency

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

510. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for Tusla fit for purpose inspections; the number of inspections that are being carried out per week; the number of facilities that are waiting to be inspected and if there is any information in the Department regarding the impact on opening dates of new early childhood education facilities and creche’s being caused by waiting for inspections. [16437/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

511. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can investigate a case of a new private creche early childhood education facility (details supplied) due to open in Bayside which is waiting for a Tusla fit for purpose inspection and if any measures can be taken to get an early inspection date to ensure the facility opens on time. [16438/22]

Departmental Policies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

512. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered any steps to increase the amount of childcare support for children under 12 months of age in County Louth. [16458/22]

Departmental Policies

Ruairí Ó Murchú

513. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered any steps to increase the amount of childcare support for children under 12 months of age. [16459/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation in respect of fee caps being linked to core funding in the early child education sector; if providers will lose funding if they fail to sign up to fee caps; and if he will provide the advices he received in respect of this direction. [16634/22]

Departmental Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

515. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the scheme to compensate those affected by illegal birth registrations is limited to one institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 27 May 2021, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted to him in December 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16664/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

1. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than a small number of childcare sessional and school-age childcare, SAC, services will be adversely affected by the newly announced core funding model; the guarantees he can give these services that they will not be worse off; if the staff working in these services can avail of the uplift; if not, the reason that they do not qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15445/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been informed of calls from UNICEF for safeguarding and child protection measures to be put in place for children fleeing Ukraine; if Ireland and State agencies such as Tusla are in a position to safeguard unaccompanied minors travelling here from Ukraine and other conflict zones; and the steps that his Department is taking to ensure that child protection reporting mechanisms are in place and are accessible to non-native English or Irish speakers. [15337/22]

Registration of Births

Kathleen Funchion

3. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish an inquiry into illegal birth registrations following publication of a report (details supplied) by the special rapporteur on child protection into illegal adoption practices in the State; the form that this inquiry will take; if accountability will be a key component of the inquiry; the consultation process that he plans to undertake; if the €3,000 once-off payment compensation will be applicable to other institutions and or persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15446/22]

Registration of Births

Holly Cairns

4. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to recommendation 17 (details supplied) of the special rapporteur on child protection’s proposals for a State response to illegal birth registrations in Ireland. [15455/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

5. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department's own in-depth analysis of 13 childcare services in very disadvantaged areas was conducted; the findings of same; when he will make this research public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/22]

International Protection

James O'Connor

6. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline supports provided to date through the community sponsorship model and whether consideration has been given to including Ukrainian nationals in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Niamh Smyth

7. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of his Department’s plan to support increased domestic violence refuge provision, including progress on the delivery of refuge provision for counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15307/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Whitmore

8. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is co-ordinating the accommodation and welfare needs of Ukrainian refugees coming to Ireland; if there is a co-ordination person and organisation in each county to manage the needs of refugees on behalf of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/22]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

9. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the promised payment scheme to make once-off payments of €3,000 to persons affected by illegal birth registration in the files of an institution (details supplied); his plans to extend this payment scheme to all persons affected by illegal birth registrations; the timeline for when the payment scheme will be operational; the calculations or analysis upon which the figure of €3,000 was based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15471/22]

Disability Services

Michael Moynihan

10. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress regarding the development and implementation of the autism innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/22]

Child Poverty

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

11. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he intends to implement the European Union child guarantee; the timeline for the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15457/22]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Smith

12. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if new grant aid schemes will be introduced in 2023 in respect of the upgrading of existing childcare facilities and the provision of new accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15371/22]

Ukraine War

Mick Barry

13. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be put in place to ensure the safeguarding of Ukrainian children who come here as refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15480/22]

Childcare Services

Holly Cairns

14. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address high childcare costs. [15453/22]

Childcare Services

Joe Flaherty

15. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on measures to make childcare more affordable and sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/22]

Official Engagements

Steven Matthews

16. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagements while abroad for St Patrick’s Day; the way these engagements were beneficial for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15370/22]

Maternity Leave

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

17. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to introduce special leave for a person who has had a miscarriage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13369/22]

International Protection

Pauline Tully

18. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 3 February 2022, if his Department has liaised with the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of the new accommodation model and wrap around services with regard to the needs of disabled asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15324/22]

Ukraine War

Pauline Tully

19. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the resources to community organisations that are and will be delivering services to the expected 100,000 refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15321/22]

EU Directives

Brian Leddin

20. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to fully transpose the Work Life Balance Directive EU 2019/1158; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15359/22]

Equal Opportunities Employment

Michael Moynihan

21. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy to support people with disabilities who can work and want to work to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/22]

Departmental Funding

Cathal Crowe

22. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that non-sporting youth organisations, such as scouting, have adequate grant funding options available to them comparable to sporting organisations. [15032/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

23. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which meets gaps in early childhood services. [15367/22]

International Protection

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

24. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the ongoing work to dismantle the direct provision system in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13368/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

25. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children at risk including refugees are being identified as being in particular need of specific supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/22]

Adoption Services

Catherine Connolly

26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the establishment of a State inquiry, including a truth commission model into illegal adoptions as recommended in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15470/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

27. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that he and his Department are taking to help meet the increased demand for childcare arising from the influx of Ukrainian families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15512/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

28. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied with the level of crèche facilities throughout the country; if provision is being made to accommodate early learners fleeing war torn Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15357/22]

Legislative Measures

Alan Dillon

29. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; when the first data will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15459/22]

Ukraine War

Niamh Smyth

30. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his Department’s supports for Ukrainian nationals arriving in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15306/22]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

31. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that a woman (details supplied) lay dead for days in the direct provision system before their body was discovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14268/22]

International Protection

Christopher O'Sullivan

32. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on implementation of the White Paper to End Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15304/22]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

33. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the process to end the direct provision system. [15451/22]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

34. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the closure of childcare providers which is creating a situation in which some children do not have a place in a childcare facility. [15366/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Martin Browne

35. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Health to address the difficulties children are experiencing in accessing a timely assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15103/22]

Adoption Services

Ivana Bacik

36. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to respond to the recent report of the Ombudsman for Children in respect of the practice of illegal adoption in Ireland; if he plans to establish an inquiry on the historical use of the practice; if he will progress the Informal Adoptions (Regularisation) Bill 2019, or similar legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/22]

Youth Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

37. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he will put in place to support a fair and equitable recovery for children and young persons impacted by the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions of the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14665/22]

Parental Leave

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

38. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parental leave will be expanded in 2022; if the leave will be granted retrospectively; the full entitlement to the leave ultimately and the timeline for the implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15456/22]

Child and Family Agency

Ruairí Ó Murchú

39. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who received a family support service in the Tusla Louth Meath area in 2021; the Tusla family support provision and the commissioned community and voluntary sector partners in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15374/22]

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

40. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [15452/22]

Disability Services

Thomas Gould

41. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education to improve the level of support offered to children with disabilities. [15333/22]

Family Support Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

42. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for early intervention and family supports in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15373/22]

Proposed Legislation

Brian Leddin

43. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to follow the model utilised in New Zealand to outlaw conversion therapy; when he expects to be in a position to legislate in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15358/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Joe Flaherty

44. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on measures undertaken by his Department to tackle child and youth homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15311/22]

Childcare Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

45. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reduce the costs of childcare for ordinary families. [14666/22]

Departmental Funding

Alan Dillon

46. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the recently opened communities integration fund 2022; the work that is being carried out to ensure awareness of the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15458/22]

Domestic Violence

Neasa Hourigan

47. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a timeline for the introduction of paid domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15360/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Whitmore

48. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees, adults and children who have been taken in by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/22]

Childcare Services

Holly Cairns

49. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [15454/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig O'Sullivan

50. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the response of his Department to the Ukrainian war crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15100/22]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

51. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the key supports his Department provides to the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15308/22]

Disability Services

David Stanton

52. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is supporting persons with disabilities to access training and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15465/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

53. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for survivors of institutional abuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/22]

Departmental Strategies

David Stanton

54. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to update or replace the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Pádraig O'Sullivan

55. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will review the refusal of ECCE for a child (details supplied) considering the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15099/22]

Equality Issues

Christopher O'Sullivan

56. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the report of the Anti-Racism Committee will be published, including the way he intends to implement its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15305/22]

International Protection

John Lahart

57. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the total admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its inception, including when the next group of refugees from Jordan and Lebanon are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15312/22]

Ukraine War

Neale Richmond

58. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees can avail of childcare in an affordable and timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14469/22]

Domestic Violence

Richard Boyd Barrett

59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the plans by Tusla to provide a women’s refuge in the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown area of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14566/22]

Childcare Services

James O'Connor

60. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to improve the pay and conditions of professionals in the childcare sector and to help increase the availability of childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15481/22]

Childcare Services

Peadar Tóibín

61. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the core funding proposals for the childcare sector and any delays in the publication of those proposals. [14269/22]

International Protection

Martin Browne

62. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he foresees any change in the implementation of the White Paper on ending Direct Provision in view of the Ukrainian crisis. [15104/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Neasa Hourigan

63. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the new core funding for early years providers will be effective; the interim measures that he will put in place to ensure that fees will not rise for parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15361/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Dara Calleary

64. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress to date in meeting the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15309/22]

Ukraine War

Kathleen Funchion

65. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assistance and supports that are being provided by his Department to Ukrainians fleeing the war; if provision is being made to accommodate persons outside of Dublin, to provide holistic supports to children and young people including access to mental health supports; the measures that will be undertaken to integrate these young people into their communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15447/22]

Adoption Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

66. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if records for the former Carlow Mother and Baby Home, Carlow Maternity Hospital and a home (details supplied) are held by either the Adoption Authority of Ireland and or Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15356/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Kathleen Funchion

67. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has examined the replication of the DEIS programme for early language and care and school age service services considering many services operate in deprived areas and feed into DEIS primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15485/22]

Parental Leave

Gary Gannon

68. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the inequality facing one parent families in relation to parent's leave; if the matter will be examined for Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14877/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Brendan Smith

69. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consultations will take place with representative groups in relation to the roll-out of his Department’s Capital Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15372/22]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

70. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a fast-track funding mechanism for communities seeking to provide preschool and or after-school facilities co-located on the grounds of existing primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15513/22]

Departmental Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

71. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made in his discussions with the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland regarding contributing towards redress; and if he formally requested a meeting with persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/22]

Ukraine War

Aindrias Moynihan

72. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that he is considering in order to involve the public and local communities in towns and villages to assist in integration measures needed for Ukrainian nationals coming to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15355/22]

Ukraine War

Aindrias Moynihan

73. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to provide accommodation and housing for those fleeing conflict in Ukraine; the number of children to date who have arrived from Ukraine and the services made available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/22]

Human Trafficking

Alan Farrell

294. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the considerations his Department is giving to providing for gender-specific accommodation for trafficked women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15591/22]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

295. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide assistance in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Smith

296. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when provision will be made for resettlement workers within each local authority area; if it is proposed to establish a single point of contact for persons newly arrived in Ireland due to the war waged on Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15654/22]

Ukraine War

Francis Noel Duffy

297. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if persons that are recently Garda vetted could be offered the roles that are currently required to assist in the aid and reception of Ukrainian persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15734/22]

Ukraine War

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the housing needs of children coming to Ireland to escape conflict in Ukraine; his views on the need to avoid the inappropriate accommodation of children in congregated settings, particularly those shared with adult strangers; and his views on the use of modular housing to meet the specific housing needs of child refugees and asylum seekers. [15338/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

299. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each, in tabular form. [12559/22]

Family Support Services

Cathal Crowe

300. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects that baby boxes will be rolled out to new parents across the country; if there will be a pilot; if so, if the location of same has been decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15318/22]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Cathal Crowe

301. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that Tusla will help with the arrival of unaccompanied minor refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15319/22]

Youth Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

302. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress he has made in establishing a national youth assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/22]