Parliamentary questions

Children in Care

Bernard Durkan

283. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children currently in the various forms of care, institutional or otherwise; the degree to which he is satisfied with the level and quality of the care in all such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9913/24]

Equality Issues

Bernard Durkan

284. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which his Department proposes to address the extent to which children with disabilities can expect a high level of equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9914/24]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

285. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his various proposals for integration; the most successful models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9915/24]

Equality Issues

Bernard Durkan

286. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to address any or all inequalities affecting children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9916/24]

Child Safety

Bernard Durkan

287. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which reports of children at risk continue to be made to the appropriate bodies under his aegis; the extent to which these issues have been examined to the satisfaction of all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9917/24]

Departmental Priorities

Bernard Durkan

288. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with youth representatives in County Kildare and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9918/24]

Equality Issues

Bernard Durkan

289. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to monitor any breaches of equality legislation of gender, race or sexuality in origin; the extent of progress made towards corrective measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9919/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Bernard Durkan

290. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has noted various experiences of women and children who may be under threat from domestic, sexual and gender-based violence including those in the care of the State and/or by orders of Courts; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9920/24]

Assisted Decision-Making

Peadar Tóibín

99. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine if there has been any reduction in the numbers of applications for registration of enduring power of attorney (EPA) to the Decision Support Service since the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended on 26 April 2023, in view of concerns raised by the legal profession (details supplied); and to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number applications for registration of EPA for each of the past five years to date. [9543/24]

Youth Services

Robert Troy

100. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on how to establish a youth club/youth café in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. [9418/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

101. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of all properties offered to his Department for accommodation for either beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9433/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

102. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of all properties offered to this Department for accommodation for either beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9434/24]

Asylum Seekers

Mattie McGrath

103. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of all properties currently being assessed by his Department for accommodation for either beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9435/24]

Departmental Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

104. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the terms of reference for the awarding of tender in the provision of accommodation for persons seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9465/24]

Child and Family Agency

Richard Boyd Barrett

105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what avenues are available for a person (details supplied) to access missing information from their early life report which they recently received from Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9487/24]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

106. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents that avail of childminders will be able to access the national childcare scheme from September 2024; the engagement he has had with childminders; if he is optimistic that parents will be able to avail of the subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9496/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Kelly

107. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE funded therapists that have been allocated to special schools in County Tipperary in tabular form. [9531/24]

Disability Services

Bernard Durkan

108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if and when access to speech and language services will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9544/24]

Asylum Seekers

Peter Burke

109. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could intervene in a case of a person who recently arrived from Ukraine (details supplied) and wishes to be reunited with her family, who are already in sponsored accommodation. [9549/24]

Child Safety

Chris Andrews

110. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the justification and rationale for payment of the role of safeguarding officer in St John Ambulance, and if this will be a mechanism available to other organisations in financial distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9584/24]

Departmental Contracts

Fergus O'Dowd

111. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract that was signed between his Department and the D Hotel in Drogheda to provide accommodation services from March included any cooling off period in the contract in which one or both parties can examine, renegotiate or cancel the contract as agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9601/24]

Departmental Contracts

Fergus O'Dowd

112. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any contracts signed between his Department and providers of international protection accommodation services have been cancelled within a cooling off period over the years 2020 to date; if so how many; the reasons for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9603/24]

Childcare Services

Colm Burke

113. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will put the funding in place to enable the necessary renovation works to be carried out at a facility (details supplied) in order to make it safe for children, parents and teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/24]

Childcare Services

Colm Burke

114. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given there has been a reduction in the number of childcare facilities in the Churchfield area due to the closure of a facility (details supplied), the necessary funding would be provided to the new board of management to enable it to carry out the necessary work and for the centre to be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9623/24]

Youth Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual salary cost of employing a youth worker. [9648/24]

Assisted Decision-Making

Richard Bruton

402. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that many lawyers are refusing to sign papers creating an enduring power of attorney, where citizens have drawn up their own documentation, which is leaving these documents with no valid application; and if he has any plans which might overcome this problem. [8783/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Cathal Crowe

403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting an essential ASD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

404. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of associated services at a school (details supplied) in the context of the mooted moving of services provided by an organisation to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9060/24]

Disability Services

Brendan Howlin

405. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO 5; if funding has been allocated in 2024 to provide this service; when recruitment for this team will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9145/24]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

406. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation plan for Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9300/24]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

407. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding will be provided to a person (details supplied), given that their service needs have changed and will continue to change over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9338/24]

International Protection

Mick Barry

408. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can give assurances that transport issues (details supplied) at Kilbride Army Base International Protection Centre will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8635/24]

International Protection

Mick Barry

409. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to give particular attention to IPAS applicants at Kilbride Army Base who have been accommodated at the isolated site for almost ten months since 20 May 2023; and process the request (details supplied) for a transfer to a more suitable location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8636/24]

Care Services

Michael Healy-Rae

410. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if full-time residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8652/24]

Special Educational Needs

Maurice Quinlivan

411. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a school (details supplied) will receive speech and language support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8653/24]

Special Educational Needs

Maurice Quinlivan

412. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a school (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8654/24]

Special Educational Needs

Maurice Quinlivan

413. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a school (details supplied) will receive physiotherapy supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8655/24]

Special Educational Needs

Maurice Quinlivan

414. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a (details supplied) will receive access to counselling services or assessment of needs supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8658/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Marc MacSharry

415. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Government’s redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes is expected to be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8676/24]

Disability Services

Réada Cronin

416. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that can be taken to assist a child (details supplied) whose life is being impacted profoundly by the lack of an assessment of needs that they require but has been too long awaiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/24]

Childcare Services

Jim O'Callaghan

417. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the number of children in each county who benefited from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2022 and 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8709/24]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8716/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Bríd Smith

419. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the delay in providing an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) who urgently needs it completed to access the services they require; if he can provide advice for the parent in the interim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8721/24]

Agriculture Supports

Patrick O'Donovan

420. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

421. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS applicants now residing in a facility (details supplied), by status that is, male, female or child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8747/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Michael Healy-Rae

422. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8784/24]

Disability Services

Niamh Smyth

423. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility (details supplied); his plans for the facility; the stage of the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8791/24]

Disability Services

Niamh Smyth

424. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility (details supplied); his plans for the facility; the stage of plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8794/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

425. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stages involved in the assessment of properties offered for IPAS accommodation; the timeframe for assessment from time of offer to signing of contracts; the date offer was received for a property in Tipperary (details supplied); the current stage of assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8805/24]

Health Service Executive

Michael Healy-Rae

426. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/24]