Parliamentary questions

Refugee Resettlement Programme

David Stanton

94. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date under the community sponsorship programme; his plans to further develop the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56524/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

95. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on progress towards implementation of the new Employee Regulation Order for the early years' sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56878/22]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

96. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in response to difficulties by persons in accessing their personal information under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [56958/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Verona Murphy

97. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the discussions that his Department is having to address the concerns of ECCE providers over the core funding scheme; the steps that he will be taking to prevent rolling closures of these providers in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56999/22]

Residential Institutions

Holly Cairns

98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking to engage with survivors concerning the forthcoming intervention at the Tuam site under the Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022. [56954/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brendan Smith

99. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that adequate capital funding is available over the next few years to assist in the provision of new and upgraded childcare accommodation to cater for an increasing population and also the loss of some childcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56985/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are dependent on disability benefit are living significantly below the poverty line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56939/22]

Ukraine War

Brian Leddin

101. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals from Ukraine who are being housed in private properties where the owner is in receipt of the recognition payment; if he will provide an update on the number of pledged properties which have been deemed suitable for the placement of a person or family from Ukraine; the number of such persons who have been placed in pledged accommodation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56921/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

102. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the requirements for Garda vetting and other training or qualifications for staff in IPAS-contracted properties. [56574/22]

Gender Equality

Alan Farrell

103. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on advancements to date with regard to mandatory returns under gender pay gap legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56987/22]

Planning Issues

Seán Sherlock

104. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider the establishment of a working group with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to begin including playgrounds and recreational space in planning requirements when building estates over a certain size. [56901/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Catherine Connolly

105. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with religious congregations and church leaders to date as regards to the way that they will contribute to the cost of the mother-and-baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56947/22]

Departmental Strategies

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

106. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the anti-racism strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56949/22]

Departmental Priorities

Kathleen Funchion

107. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will initiate a thorough investigation in the form of a non-statutory State inquiry into illegal adoptions to determine the scale of illegal adoptions, given that the actions taken to date have fallen far short in terms of remedying this egregious violation of persons’ human and identity rights; if he will commit to following up on files marked as suspicious in the course of the 2019 review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56885/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aindrias Moynihan

108. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the staff shortage issues in childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56919/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

109. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to reform the national childcare scheme and to examine ways in which it can better support lower-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56877/22]

Childcare Services

Fergus O'Dowd

110. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being considered to ensure that childminders can access much-needed supports under the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56487/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

111. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that he will meet with ECCE services in order to find a pathway forward and to avoid further service closures. [56888/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

112. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on processing delays experienced by applicants under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56887/22]

Departmental Policies

Michael Moynihan

113. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will undertake the development of a national policy and framework on the recognition and consultation of persons with disabilities and their disabled persons' organisations. [56792/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brendan Smith

114. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed reforms to the national childcare scheme will take effect from January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Holly Cairns

115. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details of his engagement with religious orders and pharmaceutical companies concerning making payments to the redress scheme for the survivors of mother-and-baby homes. [56956/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Colm Burke

116. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that consideration will be given to immediately increasing the ECCE capitation paid to service providers from €69 per child to €76 per child to assist in meeting costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56368/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

117. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to expand the provisions of flexible working and remote working contained in the Work Life Balance Bill 2022 to all employees, beyond those who are in care relationships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56948/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Richard Bruton

118. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the latest level of take-up of the core funding model for childcare for providers; if any need to adapt the existing suite of supports has been identified for providers who have sought additional transitional support and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56604/22]

Assisted Decision-Making

Holly Cairns

119. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the details concerning his engagement with disabled persons' organisations concerning the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022. [56957/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brian Leddin

120. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare services that have signed a core funding contract to date; the average payment to a service under core funding; the aggregate monetary support provided to early years' services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56920/22]

Childcare Services

Alan Dillon

121. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that childminders cannot access supports available under the national childcare scheme. [56977/22]

Asylum Seekers

Pauline Tully

122. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional supports that he has put in place to ensure that communities that have welcomed refugees and asylum seekers are not in a position of having to use funding and resources that were previously allocated before the current crisis in Ukraine; and the supports that he has ensured are delivered from other Departments [56979/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Sherlock

123. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues on the impact of long-Covid on children and their ability to engage in society fully. [56900/22]

Childcare Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the childminding steering group; when he expects the group to publish its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56700/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Michael Moynihan

125. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is intended to ratify the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [56793/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Steven Matthews

126. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the little book bag initiative; the number of books that have been distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56223/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Colm Burke

127. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way and when parents can avail of the indicated 25% average reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56908/22]

Children in Care

Seán Sherlock

128. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that he has had with Ministerial colleagues since Budget 2023 on increasing the payments to foster carers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56899/22]

Asylum Seekers

Pauline Tully

129. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional supports that he has put in place to ensure that local communities in counties Cavan and Monaghan that have welcomed refugees and asylum seekers are not in a position of having to use funding and resources that were previously allocated before the current crisis in Ukraine; the supports that he has ensured are delivered from other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56980/22]

School Attendance

Seán Canney

236. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a matter (details supplied). [57196/22]

International Protection

Seán Sherlock

237. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number people seeking international protection in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57090/22]

International Protection

Seán Sherlock

238. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the properties provided to his Department for potential use as accommodation for Ukrainians by the Department of Housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57091/22]

International Protection

Seán Sherlock

239. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of the proposed locations for the delivery of modular housing by the OPW for accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and those seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57092/22]

International Protection

Seán Sherlock

240. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all contracts that have been awarded for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and those seeking international protection since February 2022 and the value of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57093/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Paul Kehoe

241. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when childminders will be added to the national childcare scheme; if an interim measure will be introduced in order that parents who utilise a childminder and cannot get a place in a creche could avail of the reduction in childcare fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57132/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

242. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the views outlined by the United Nations special rapporteurs on 23 September 2022, expressing concern that children of African and Irish descent were subjected to differential treatment in mother-and-baby homes due to their race and colour; if special redress will be provided through the mother and baby institutions payment scheme as a result of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57157/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can provide a mediator in instances in which an ECCE provider and or an employee in an ECCE provider require mediator in cases before the WRC [57188/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has advice, a circular or memo for ECCE providers in respect of human resource management or procedures that they should follow. [57189/22]

International Protection

Róisín Shortall

245. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in the International Protection Accommodation Services by grade in tabular form; the number of additional staff since the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57206/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

246. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is satisfied that the rights of children are adequately protected by all institutions of the State which might have a responsibility if any situations have emerged to the contrary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57219/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

247. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which the rights of children are protected and upheld equally and in all situations in accordance with legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57220/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is satisfied that Tusla is free to carry out its statutory requirements in all situations which might emerge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57221/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

249. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tusla has been restricted in its ability to carry out its statutory functions; if steps are being taken towards remedial action in this regard with immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57222/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

250. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tusla has issued instructions forbidding named persons from offering evidence or advocating on behalf of mothers of children in family law situations; if remedial action is anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57223/22]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

251. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is satisfied that equality prevails in all situations affecting children whose rights and entitlements might be affected in family law courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57224/22]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

252. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which efforts continue in relation to integration with particular reference to the need to ensure maximum efforts throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57225/22]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

253. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to promote and propel issues of assistance to persons with disabilities in line with representations received from the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57226/22]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

254. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent, if any, to which he remains satisfied that issues of equality are fully honoured in situations where mothers of children find themselves in the family law courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57227/22]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

255. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to interact with youth organisations throughout the country with a view to identifying their priorities and providing assistance if and when required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57228/22]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

140. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a payment for accommodation will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56778/22]

International Protection

Danny Healy-Rae

141. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the number of Ukrainian refugees that have come to Ireland by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56786/22]

International Protection

Danny Healy-Rae

142. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees in the Killarney area; the breakdown of the number for other towns in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56787/22]

International Protection

Danny Healy-Rae

143. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently in Killarney; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56788/22]

International Protection

Danny Healy-Rae

144. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers in the country by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56789/22]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Murphy

145. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding disadvantage funding and supports; and if not, the reason. [56856/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Catherine Connolly

146. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 12 October 2022, when the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56930/22]

Departmental Meetings

Violet-Anne Wynne

147. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that he has visited County Clare since the Government took office; and the locations that he visited in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57033/22]

International Protection

James Lawless

420. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the exact process by which a centre (details supplied) was brought to his attention as a potential site for housing refugees or displaced persons through the IPAS system or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56103/22]

International Protection

James Lawless

421. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a centre (details supplied) as a potential site for housing refugees or displaced persons through the IPAS system or otherwise; the way in which this site was selected; the criteria that were applied; the consultation that took place with the local authority, local public representatives and the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56104/22]

International Protection

James Lawless

422. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the significant concerns raised by senior planners in Kildare County Council regarding the proposed use of a centre (details supplied) to accommodate refugees both in terms of the site’s isolated location, lack of proximity to public transport or support services, as well as detailed concerns regarding the site itself and the proposed design which lacks natural daylight, adequate communal areas, the fact that housing was previously rejected by planners at this site, and many other issues; his views on whether the project should proceed at this location regardless; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56105/22]

International Protection

James Lawless

423. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has engaged with Kildare County Council with regard to proposed sites for accommodation of refugees; if his attention has further been drawn to reports that Kildare County Council has identified and proposed several sites to date which it has deemed suitable, which his Department has not engaged upon; the reason for this lack of engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56106/22]

International Protection

James Lawless

424. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether a site identified by the local authority, deemed suitable by those with local knowledge and professional expertise, which enjoys the support of key stakeholders, would be preferable to a privately procured “brownfield” site with legacy issues, with a view to accommodation for refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56107/22]

International Protection

Réada Cronin

425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the decisions taken on the proposed refugee centre at the equestrian centre in Kill, County Kildare to include information on identification of site; the various bases for same, for example, suitability of site and facility services and amenities; and the dates of each and all stages of the process. [56151/22]

Care Services

Róisín Shortall

426. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential care centres provided by each private for-profit provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision; the bed placement capacity of each centre in the years 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level for each centre in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56176/22]

Care Services

Róisín Shortall

427. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential care centres provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for the years 2020 and 2021; the bed placement capacity of each centre in 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level for each centre in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56177/22]

Care Services

Róisín Shortall

428. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and type of residential care centre provided by Tusla; the location of each centre; the cost of this provision per centre for the years 2020 and 2021; the bed placement capacity of each centre for 2020 and 2021; the average occupancy level per centre for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56178/22]

Detention Centres

Róisín Shortall

429. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total bed placement capacity in the Oberstown centre; the average occupancy level in the centre in the years 2020 and 2021; the costs of this provision in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56179/22]

Departmental Funding

Emer Higgins

430. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider providing sponsorship for the Christmas lights in Saggart, County Dublin, under his Department's integration remit given that Saggart hosts Ireland's only reception centre for refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56189/22]

State Pensions

Peadar Tóibín

431. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has plans to ensure that families who provide the wonderful service of a foster family to children in need will be given stamps towards their pensions (details supplied). [56289/22]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Joe Carey

432. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a report on the establishment of a UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56360/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Catherine Connolly

433. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the United Nations statement issued on 23 September 2022 which concluded that children of African Irish descent were subjected to racial discrimination and systemic racism in Irish childcare institutions, if he has considered listing online and in the Oireachtas library, all paragraphs relating to racial discrimination in the executive summary of the commission's report, which mixed race survivors are of the belief do not accurately reflect their own lived experiences and testimony; if not, the reason; if he intends to attach the UN statement to the commission's report maintained online and in the Oireachtas library as the official and historical record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56404/22]

International Protection

Alan Dillon

434. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied). [56469/22]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

435. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 20 October 2022, when a full reply will be issued. [56495/22]

Voluntary Sector

Duncan Smith

436. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis for the removal of entitlements from section 56 workers who were re-designated from section 38, such as workers in an organisation (details supplied), when these section 38 organisations were re-designated as section 56 upon the establishment of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56500/22]

Adoption Services

Eoin Ó Broin

437. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive information regarding their birth having applied for same initially in January 2021 without response and having registered on the online tracing system and have been advised that it may be three months before they receive a response. [56530/22]

Direct Provision System

Johnny Mythen

438. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision in each centre in County Wexford who have been granted leave to remain for the most recent date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56531/22]

Direct Provision System

Johnny Mythen

439. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the adults and children in direct provision centres in County Wexford broken down by centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56532/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Thomas Pringle

440. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria or actuarial tables that were used when calculating the cost of redress under the proposed mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56554/22]

Family Resource Centres

Fergus O'Dowd

441. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise a local organisation (details supplied) on the types of possible additional funding that might be available to assist them with their invaluable work in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56570/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Francis Noel Duffy

442. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some children are not able to avail fully of the ECCE scheme due to there being only one date of entry per calendar year. [56631/22]

Childcare Services

Cathal Crowe

443. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the build blocks funding programme that his Department administers can provide for extensions to existing childcare buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56647/22]

International Protection

Catherine Murphy

444. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 8 November 2022, if he will clarify the way in which the building referenced was identified and or the way in which the attention of his and his Department was drawn; if he and or his Department were offered use of the premises by the owner or by a third party; and if he and or his officials will provide minutes of meetings and or conversations that were had with the owner or persons acting on their behalf [56710/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

445. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE providers that have provided him with notice that they will cease with service provision since the introduction of core funding. [56711/22]

Children in Care

Violet-Anne Wynne

446. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on private foster care companies in 2021 and to date in 2022; the companies receiving this funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56730/22]

Workplace Discrimination

Paul Murphy

272. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his approach to the issues raised in the Employment Equality (Amendment) (Non-Disclosure Agreements) Bill 2021, which completed Second Stage in Seanad Éireann on 1 June 2021. [55921/22]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

273. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to issues at a site (details supplied). [56054/22]

Residency Permits

Michael Healy-Rae

274. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current average timeline to process an application for one person seeking permission to remain, not including persons fleeing war (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56075/22]

Childcare Services

Paul McAuliffe

96. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the building block strand B funding for childcare providers application deadline given the difficulty in getting quotes from providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55665/22]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

97. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a payment will issue to a commercial accommodation provider of Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55733/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

98. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be extra compensation under the mother-and-baby homes to children of African descent who were born in covered institutions, given that they were often subject to differential treatment due to racial prejudice, thus affecting lifelong outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55897/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Denis Naughten

99. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement and that of his Department with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to mother-and-baby home trials; the timeline of this engagement; the feedback from the organisation at those particular points in time; the conclusions drawn by his officials; if he will provide an outline of the briefings supplied to him at these points in time; the current status of the engagement between his Department and the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55901/22]

Child Poverty

Seán Canney

740. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to develop a new National Child Poverty Plan with a dedicated unit to ensure an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55142/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

741. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of tourism accommodation bedrooms that have been taken up, both nationally and per county, with Government contracts for Ukrainian refugees and other asylum seekers; the percentage of overall availability which this represents nationally and per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/22]