Parliamentary questions

Disability Services

Brendan Howlin

230. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in accordance with the implementation plan for the neurorehabilitation strategy, and the commitment given by the HSE CEO that a community neurorehabilitation team would be provided for CHO 5, if funding will be provided for this team in the immediate future; if it is his intention that this service will be in place in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22162/24]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

231. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason no social worker is employed in the Clondalkin community disability network team; when this position will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22166/24]

Disability Services

Michael Fitzmaurice

232. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in developing a procurement framework for disability home support; if he is still on target to develop and agree this by quarter of 2024, as per the HSE National Service Plan 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/24]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

233. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of community disability network teams in the Dublin mid-west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22164/24]

Disability Services

Mark Ward

234. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels in the Clondalkin community disability network team; the vacant positions; if they have been advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22165/24]

Disabilities Assessments

James Lawless

235. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is undertaking to assist families waiting on assessment of need appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22170/24]

Childcare Services

Mairéad Farrell

236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options currently available to the family of a young child seeking crèche support in Galway city when they are currently on long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22185/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

237. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy and procedures extant to guarantee continuity of service and care in the time when a child leaves primary care services and moves to within the remit of the children's disability network team, in order that this is as seamless as possible without closure of discharge involving services; if there is no such policy, if he will introduce one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Martin Browne

238. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria that would enable parents of children in need of autism assessments to secure funding to avail of a private practitioner; the funding streams available to parents of children in need of a range of therapies that cannot be assessed through CDNT teams due to staffing shortages or lengthy waiting lists, to alternatively avail of the services of a private practitioner; if additional access to the private sector in these situations is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/24]

Maternity Leave

Holly Cairns

239. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to support a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) in order to allow new mothers who fall ill while pregnant to take sick leave and defer their maternity leave; if so, to provide an update on work conducted to date on this legislation; the timeline for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22223/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

240. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for a community nurse to cover care that may fall outside of regular business hours to enable a disabled person to live independently. [22225/24]

Disability Services

Pauline Tully

241. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if community nurses are available to cover care that may fall outside of regular business hours to enable a disabled person to live independently. [22226/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Denis Naughten

242. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to review the rates paid to providers under the ECCE scheme in light of the significant increase in operational costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22227/24]

International Protection

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide this Deputy with a soft copy of an opinion paper (details supplied) in respect of a property in Leixlip, County Kildare. [22272/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

89. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children accessing early childhood education and school age childcare on the NCS sponsorship subsidy; if he will provide a breakdown of same by county, in tabular form; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by way of percentage of those in community and private services. [21917/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

90. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of referrals for NCS sponsorship by each of the Minister for Education, the Minister for Justice, Tusla, the HSE and local authorities in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21918/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

91. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the lowest childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and the highest childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21919/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

92. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated percentage of Government funding, as against private fees, funding the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21920/24]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

93. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure the provision of local accommodation for a person (details supplied). [21922/24]

Disability Services

Seán Sherlock

94. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine an issue for an individual (details supplied). [21940/24]