Parliamentary questions

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Violet-Anne Wynne

1209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to make sure that disabled persons organisations are prioritised in the constitution of the new disability steering group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39684/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Violet-Anne Wynne

1210. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the meaning of the term "representative organisations of disabled persons"; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many disabled persons are concerned that this phrase is being used to equate advocacy groups and service providers with disabled persons organisations and that the voice of the disabled persons organisations must be championed above all other organisations. [39685/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Violet-Anne Wynne

1211. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to make sure that disabled persons organisations are being specifically distinguished over service providers and prioritised in consultative processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39686/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Carol Nolan

1212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of efforts to provide access to paid maternity leave for parents of children born via surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38569/21]

Departmental Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1213. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of front-line workers who are applicants for international protection who are in accommodation provided by the HSE in Galway city and county; if issues have been raised with the HSE regarding the suitability of the accommodation; if these issues have been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38880/21]

Asylum Seekers

Paul Kehoe

1214. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to end direct provision and implement an alternative system that will effectively and humanely process both new applications of asylum and address the backlog of existing cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/21]

Departmental Bodies

Paul Kehoe

1215. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the agencies and State organisations under his Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016 code of governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40030/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

1216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to childcare in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40050/21]

Legislative Programme

Fergus O'Dowd

1217. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects all sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to be commenced in particular Part 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Holly Cairns

1218. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to the mother and baby homes commission of investigation report draft alternative executive summary document. [40178/21]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

1219. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the International Protection Accommodation Service has responsibility for providing quarantine accommodation for refugee family members given the prohibitive costs of hotel quarantine facilities for family members who have a right to be reunified with their family members in Ireland in accordance with the International Protection Act 2015; if not, if quarantine hotel fees will be waived for beneficiaries of refugee family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40260/21]

Childcare Services

Chris Andrews

1220. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of the closure of a crèche (details supplied) and work with Tusla and the childcare provider to allow the service to remain open. [40339/21]

Domestic Violence

Niamh Smyth

1221. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for a domestic violence refuge for counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the rising number of victims within the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40340/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Brendan Griffin

1222. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of children availing of free preschool services for one and two years; if a county breakdown of same is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40441/21]

Departmental Funding

Jackie Cahill

1223. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated by his Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40496/21]

Childcare Services

Mary Butler

1224. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding reported shortage of crèche places in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40555/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niamh Smyth

1225. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a payment for parents who have to take unpaid leave to mind their children that have to isolate due to having or being a close contact with Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40586/21]

Departmental Reviews

Johnny Guirke

1226. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within his Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40630/21]

Asylum Seekers

Jennifer Whitmore

1227. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors from Lesvos, Greece that have been resettled in Ireland in line with the Government commitment made in October 2020; if further consideration has been given to resettling additional numbers of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors from Lesvos, Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/21]

Child and Family Agency

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1228. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a case lead will be assigned to a child (details supplied) given the case is extremely complex and the child falls between services. [40938/21]

Childcare Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1229. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the review of the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41050/21]

Family Support Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1230. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans in terms of early intervention and family supports in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41051/21]

Childcare Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

1231. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements he has had with organisations regarding the national childcare scheme; his views on the state of readiness of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41052/21]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

1232. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41085/21]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

1233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41086/21]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

1234. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41087/21]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

1235. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41088/21]

Adoption Services

Holly Cairns

1236. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a recommendation in a report by an organisation (details supplied). [41089/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

1237. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the report of the interdepartmental group set up to develop detailed proposals for the restorative recognition scheme for survivors of mother and baby and county home institutions; if he has received the report to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41138/21]

Youth Work Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

1238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average estimated cost of recruiting four youth workers, one team leader and an administration person in the youth work sector for one year. [41257/21]

International Protection

Pa Daly

275. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process have operated since coming into effect at the start of 2021. [38796/21]

Children in Care

Róisín Shortall

276. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding restraints are affecting the availability of placements for young person's moving within the children’s residential network; if funding issues are affecting the availability of placements for young persons who are aging out of care or in aftercare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38834/21]

Asylum Seekers

Francis Noel Duffy

277. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the asylum seekers being moved from Cork to Letterkenny despite the impact this will have on integration (details supplied); if they are being moved for own-door accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/21]

Departmental Properties

Joe Flaherty

278. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff by location and function in each office of his Department nationally by location; if the property is State owned or leased; and the detail of these leases in the case of those properties on a lease in terms of cost, term and next break date. [38858/21]

Asylum Seekers

Holly Cairns

279. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it will be ensured 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. [38869/21]

Asylum Seekers

Holly Cairns

280. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will suspend the compulsory moving of five families from a direct provision congregated setting (details supplied) until own-door or independent living accommodation can be located within the community they have been residing in. [38870/21]

Domestic Violence

Patricia Ryan

281. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions the State is taking to achieve its obligations under the Istanbul Convention to provide one space per 10,000 women in domestic violence refuges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38905/21]

Adoption Services

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff who process requests in the Adoption Authority of Ireland; and if the service is operating at full capacity following pandemic related restrictions. [38910/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

249. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he or the agencies under his remit has had with the National Broadband Plan in the past two months. [38197/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

250. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women formerly resident in a location (details supplied) who gave evidence to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters by year of admission, by length of stay in the institution and by type of evidence given in tabular form; if such evidence was given to the Confidential Committee or to the Investigative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

251. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women formerly resident in a home (details supplied) who gave evidence to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters by year of admission, by length of stay in the institution and by type of evidence given in tabular form; if such evidence was given to the Confidential Committee or to the Investigative Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38214/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

252. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women that gave birth in the period 1985 to 1989 and gave evidence to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters by institution of residence, by year of admission to institution, by year of birth of the child, by length of stay in the relevant institution and by type of evidence given including whether such evidence was given to the Confidential Committee or to the Investigative Committee in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38215/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

253. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of mothers that had a child while in a mother and baby home and who gave evidence to the Commission of Investigation whose child or children had a subsequent diagnosis of ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38216/21]

Maternity Leave

Colm Burke

254. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider proposals for the equal entitlement to mothers of children born through surrogacy to apply for maternity leave, maternity benefits and parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

255. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and response to correspondence received, respectively by category of correspondence (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38237/21]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

256. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for better start early years specialists within his Department in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38257/21]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of annual funding given to the access and inclusion model between 2015 and 2020, by year. [38271/21]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

258. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide exact clarity in relation to the running of summer camps for children, both indoors and outdoors and summer classes for children, both indoors and outdoors (details supplied); if they are allowed to be run; the State body providing advice on this for parents and guardians and those running the classes and camps; the State body that is assigned to monitor compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/21]

Youth Services

Paul McAuliffe

259. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided to youth services in Dublin 9 and 11 in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38398/21]

Direct Provision System

Pádraig O'Sullivan

260. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons that have died while living in direct provision since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38408/21]

Direct Provision System

Pádraig O'Sullivan

261. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections that have taken place in direct provision centres to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38423/21]

Child Protection

Martin Browne

262. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Tusla adult retrospective team for the Carlow, Kilkenny and south Tipperary area have been redeployed to front-line child protection services; if this is resulting in referrals building up in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38429/21]

Child Protection

Martin Browne

263. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals to the Tusla adult retrospective team that are currently awaiting action; the length of time these referrals have been in the system monthly in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38430/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

264. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38475/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

265. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit are implementing Action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38504/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Aindrias Moynihan

266. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current demand for places under the early childhood care and education scheme in County Cork; the way he envisions any deficit being made up in local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38578/21]

Childcare Services

Aindrias Moynihan

267. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that childcare costs continue to pose a serious financial challenge for families; the measures he will introduce to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/21]

Childcare Services

Brendan Griffin

268. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to proposed childminding regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31564/21]

Direct Provision System

Mark Ward

481. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for a person residing in direct provision who is suffering with mental health difficulties that make living in close proximity with other residents difficult for the person and to the other residents; and if more suitable accommodation can be secured in such cases. [37193/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

482. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards action 104 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38043/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

483. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards action 53 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38083/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

484. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards action 104 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38097/21]

Family Support Services

Joe Carey

485. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views in relation to a document prepared by an organisation (details supplied) and submitted to Tusla; if he will provide a roadmap outlining the way he plans to bring about pay parity and pay restoration to those working in section 39 originations whose posts are funded by Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37182/21]

Childcare Services

Matt Carthy

486. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to review or amend the Covid-19 guidelines for childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37221/21]

Departmental Reviews

Holly Cairns

487. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37288/21]

Disability Services

Thomas Pringle

488. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his officials have reviewed the motion on personal assistance services for disabled persons which passed unanimously in Dáil Éireann on 19 November 2019; the measures that will be brought forward to progress these rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28223/21]

Disability Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

489. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services currently available for those who have hearing loss in particular but not exclusively, access to hearing aids and lip reading services; if there is a cost implication for the service user; the planned expansion of services for those with hearing loss; if he will address the lack of lip reader tutor training in order to increase the amount of lip reader tutors; the measures he is taking to increase the number of lip reading classes nationally and in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37402/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

490. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to establish dedicated refuge space for male victims and survivors of domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37408/21]

Childcare Services

Alan Dillon

491. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to increase the funding available to national organisations within the remit of his Department; if additional funding pathways will be considered for an organisation (details supplied); the supports that will be put in place to assist childminders with any regulatory obligations resulting from the National Action Plan for Childminding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37454/21]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Joe O'Brien

492. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protection applicants who presented as unaccompanied minors that have been age-disputed and subjected to an assessment by Tusla since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015; the number deemed as adults and placed into direct provision; and the number deemed minors and placed in the care of Tusla. [37477/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

493. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports of worms found in food served in Kinsale direct provision centre in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37485/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports of the deaths of persons in the Mosney direct provision centre in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37486/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the last time a HIQA inspection was carried out in each direct provision centre in the country in tabular form. [37487/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department currently has contracts with a company (details supplied); if so, the purpose and nature of these contracts; the number of contracts with the company; the costs associated with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37488/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports of cockroach infestations in direct provision centres since he took office; and if so, if he will provide detail on these incidents. [37489/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

498. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports or instances of mice or rat infestations in direct provision centres since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37490/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

499. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention or that of his Department has been drawn to reports or instances of hunger strikes in direct provision centres since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37491/21]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

500. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence he received from this Deputy (details supplied), if he will consider introducing a system whereby the number of deaths within the direct provision system is recorded and published on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37492/21]

Direct Provision System

Barry Cowen

501. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who are currently resident in direct provision by nationality, age and gender in tabular form. [37514/21]

Domestic Violence

Mark Ward

502. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be provided for a freephone line for men who are experiencing domestic abuse and coercive control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37787/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Peadar Tóibín

503. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of legal cases brought against his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if he will provide details on the nature of these cases. [37805/21]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

504. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current policy for Tusla employees in regard to protected time for breastfeeding; if the agency has plans in place in regard to adopting the HSE breastfeeding policy for the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37830/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

505. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37850/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

506. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1241 of 21 April 2021, the status of the investigation into the leak of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; the details of any report received from the Secretary General of the Department of An Taoiseach to date; the inquiries made by him to establish the source of and the reason for the leak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37851/21]

EU Regulations

Catherine Connolly

507. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which the requirement for new regulations accords with the requirement to disapply national provisions to ensure that EU law is fully effective (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37852/21]

Traveller Community

Holly Cairns

508. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement with Travellers, Mincéiri and Mincéir and their organisations in County Cork since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38034/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

509. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made in the implementation of the access and inclusion model of supports for children with disabilities as outlined in the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38035/21]

Assisted Decision-Making

Pauline Tully

268. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional capital and current funding needed to fully progress the decision support service to be fully operational and to be in a position to offer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37020/21]

State Bodies

Sorca Clarke

269. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints made to HIQA regarding social workers in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [36929/21]

Ombudsman for Children

Sorca Clarke

270. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints currently awaiting an outcome from the Ombudsman for Children. [36930/21]

State Bodies

Sorca Clarke

271. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role HIQA occupies in the provision of safe and effective services provided by social workers. [36931/21]

Childcare Services

Matt Shanahan

272. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if ongoing funding being provided will not be reduced in any way to those who have had to raise their prices in view of the increasing costs profile occurring in early years childcare which is forcing some private providers to increase their charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37063/21]

Anti-Racism Measures

Steven Matthews

273. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the work of a group (details supplied); if he will consider meeting with the group in order to show solidarity with its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36688/21]

Arts Funding

Robert Troy

93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for young adult writers with disabilities. [36596/21]

Youth Services

Pearse Doherty

94. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding streams are available for a youth project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36742/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

95. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of his Department’s expert group on a new funding model for childcare in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/21]

Childcare Services

Jennifer Whitmore

96. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the input he has had on the Economic Recovery Plan with regard to childcare during and after the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/21]

Children in Care

John McGuinness

97. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the public consultation process relative to the proposed national standards for children’s services; if he plans to have a separate standard for foster care similar to the 2003 document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30595/21]

Guardian Status

Kathleen Funchion

44. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the legislative actions he plans to take in cases in which there is a question or doubt concerning a child’s guardianship status that their rights are ensured from the perspective of the best interests of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36448/21]

Data Protection

Seán Sherlock

45. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can guarantee that all children and young persons under the care of Tulsa are safe and do not have their personal data compromised in this period arising from ransomware. [36449/21]