Parliamentary questions

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

638. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapist service for those with mild intellectual disability in County Kildare. [25103/24]

Freedom of Information

Ged Nash

639. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on an FOI request (details supplied); if he is aware that the delays in receiving the initial response from his Department and also the additional information requested based on an agreed amendment to the original terms of the request represent breaches of the Act in respect of statutory timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/24]

International Protection

Ged Nash

640. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which his Department first received an offer from the owners/operators of a hospitality business (details supplied) for possible use of the premises as either accommodation for international protection applicants and/or beneficiaries of temporary protection; if he will provide details in terms of the nature and extent of the offer made to the Department; the reasons his Department did not take up the offer of accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/24]

Departmental Funding

John McGuinness

641. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what state supports and benefits are paid to foster families who have cared for a special needs person for over 20 years from childhood to adulthood; if there are ongoing care payments that they are entitled to; if the individual that requires the care is automatically entitled to some form of payment and/or a social welfare payment in their own right. [25157/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

642. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of the 7,922 children enrolled in the access inclusion model who are also enrolled in the national childcare scheme. [25168/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

643. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full and first year cost to increase funding to the access inclusion model by 50% and 100% to facilitate children who remain in an early years and childcare setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

644. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State-owned buildings that have been built or acquired for the purposes of accommodating beneficiaries of temporary protection, with a breakdown of the number of units delivered by county, the bed capacity per building delivered, the capital cost per building and per bed delivered, in each of the years 2022 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25206/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

645. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the occupancy of IPAS accommodation at the end of each month from January 2023 to May 2024; and to provide a breakdown of new entrants to IPAS accommodation and the number of persons exiting IPAS by month from January 2023 to May 2024, in tabular form [25207/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

646. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by persons that applied for international protection from January 2023, with a breakdown of the duration spent in IPAS accommodation by applicants processed under the standard and accelerated procedure respectively from January 2023 to April 2024, in tabular form [25208/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

647. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to specify the average duration spent in IPAS accommodation by international protection beneficiaries following the grant of status and the duration spent in IPAS accommodation by persons denied protection status post-decision for applications in which a final decision was made from January 2023. [25209/24]

International Protection

Pa Daly

648. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of people in State-funded accommodation both Ukrainian and International Protection Applicants each month since January 2023 not including those in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25210/24]

Direct Provision System

Michael McNamara

649. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans and provide a timeline for the closure of Direct Provision accommodation by the end of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/24]

Disability Diagnoses

Paul Murphy

650. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how a parent would get an appropriate handwriting assessment for a child with dyspraxia that would be accepted by a school in order to recognise that they need to use a laptop in primary school. [25239/24]

Disability Services

Bernard Durkan

651. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate if residential care can be facilitated as soon as possible in the case of (details supplied), who both have moderate intellectual disabilities and whose case is known to the HSE; if an update can be provided in respect of their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

652. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/24]

Disability Services

James Lawless

653. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on the application process for permanent residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25289/24]

Childcare Services

Bernard Durkan

654. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when ECCE funding will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

655. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children availing of the universal National Childcare Scheme subsidy; and the number of children availing of the means-tested National Childcare Scheme subsidy. [25306/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Rose Conway-Walsh

656. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount spent on the Universal National Childcare Scheme subsidy; and the total amount spent on the means-tested National Childcare Scheme subsidy in 2023 and the profile for 2024. [25307/24]

Adoption Services

Paul Murphy

657. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there is any expedited process available to facilitate the adoption of orphaned children in Gaza. [25316/24]