Parliamentary questions

Ukraine War

Patricia Ryan

658. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that can be taken to provide a transport link/bus stop for the people currently accommodated at Bert House, Athy, as there are is no bus stop outside the location, and the residents must walk some distance up a very busy rural road to reach public transport, which is necessary to get these people to school/nursery school, local amenities, and so on. [25324/24]

Ukraine War

Patricia Ryan

659. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures in place to provide doctor/GP services to the people currently accommodated in Bert House, Athy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25325/24]

Maternity Leave

Jennifer Whitmore

660. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what measures are being put in place to ensure that women who fall ill whilst on maternity leave can avail of their full entitlement of leave for the timeframe for the implementation of those measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25343/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Marc MacSharry

661. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will explain the basis for the 180 days' residency requirement in a scheduled institution as a child in order to be eligible for benefits under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); if, in the interest of fairness, he will review this requirement with a view to removing same, given that all former residents went through the same suffering regardless of the number of days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25356/24]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

662. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a site (details supplied) has been considered as a location to house International Protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25371/24]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Kehoe

663. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the increases made to the mobility allowance over the past ten years, in tabular form; to provide a statement on the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25395/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

James Lawless

664. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25454/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

665. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25469/24]

International Protection

Michael Ring

666. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 21 May 2024, the reason no response has issued yet (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25513/24]

Disability Services

Patrick Costello

667. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25526/24]

Disability Services

Patrick Costello

668. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of vacant whole-time equivalent posts across the 91 CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25527/24]

Disability Services

Bríd Smith

669. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the case of a child (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with autism, a global speech delay and a developmental delay by a psychiatrist who advises early intervention and access to a range of therapies; if he is aware that parents are being told that there is a five-year waiting list for these services; if he will outline his plans to address this unacceptable delay and a timeframe for ensuring timely access to these much needed services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25544/24]

After-School Support Services

Catherine Murphy

670. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding currently available to afterschool service providers and creches for the provision of services to children with additional needs; if additional funding and/or resources are provided on a once off and/or by way of application to the department as these settings require additional adult to child ratio and his plans to develop a funding scheme in this regard. [25585/24]

Family Resource Centres

Michael Healy-Rae

236. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on an application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/24]

Residential Institutions

Pádraig O'Sullivan

237. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an institution in Cork (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby redress scheme; if not, if an explanation can be provided [24463/24]

Maternity Leave

Dara Calleary

238. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to allow women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or postpartum to defer their maternity leave while they are going through treatment (details supplied). [24486/24]

Missing Children

Seán Sherlock

239. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have gone missing while under State care in 2023; the procedures that are been followed to investigate these disappearances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/24]

Child Protection

John McGuinness

240. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if Tusla will issue the payments due to a person (details supplied). [24497/24]

Missing Children

Paul Murphy

241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of children currently missing in Ireland, by the total number, the year they went missing and whether or not they were under the care of the State (Tusla) at the time. [24506/24]

International Protection

Niall Collins

155. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24216/24]