Parliamentary questions

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

165. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the core funding will be based on capacity rather than attendance; the way that this will be regulated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8572/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

166. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if services will continue to receive individual payments for children through the NCS. [8575/22]

Banking Sector

Kathleen Funchion

278. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the long wait times customers at several of the country’s largest banks have to wait for customer service; if he has addressed the matter with the Central Bank; the actions his officials have taken to address same considering the investment by the State in the banking sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Kathleen Funchion

485. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention been drawn to an anomaly with the living alone allowance that means some single persons are not entitled to this allowance and that this is discrimination based on their civil status given that they are not in receipt of a social welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

527. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide further details on the once-off measure costing €37 million in relation to the Transition Fund for providers in the early learning and childcare sector; the way the measure will be distributed to providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7995/22]

State Bodies

Kathleen Funchion

530. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of all adoption records held by Tusla; and the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure the safety of the records. [8127/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

531. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all adoption records have been scanned by Tusla; and the standard of same. [8128/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

532. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location of all adoption records held by the Adoption Authority; and the safeguards that have been put in place to ensure the safety of the records. [8129/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

533. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all adoption records have been scanned by the Adoption Authority; and the standard of same. [8130/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

543. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 26 January 2022, the amount of the estimated €690.9 million annual cost of directly employed staff, pre-Covid-19 conditions, approximately covered by public funding broken down by scheme. [8336/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

544. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that he did not appoint experts with lived experience of adoption, mother and baby homes and related issues to the Birth Information and Tracing Implementation Group. [8351/22]

Adoption Services

Kathleen Funchion

545. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that he did not appoint experts advocating on behalf of persons affected by adoption, mother and baby homes and related issues to the Birth Information and Tracing Implementation Group. [8352/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

238. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme supports for ELC and SAC services reduced from €350 per week to €200 - €150 per week on 1 February 2022, will reduce on 28 February 2022 to €100 and remain at this level until the end of April 2022. [7146/22]

State Bodies

Kathleen Funchion

354. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff and the level of resources that will be allocated to Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland specifically to operationalise the Birth (Information and Tracing) Bill 2022. [7150/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

356. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on the once-off reopening grant for centre-based providers. [7179/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kathleen Funchion

414. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education when homework clubs can resume given the lifting of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6078/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kathleen Funchion

415. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the position regarding Covid-19 and close contacts in special schools; the rules that apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6079/22]

Legislative Programme

Kathleen Funchion

473. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an institution (details supplied) was added to the list of mother and baby homes in the Schedule attached to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5811/22]

Departmental Meetings

Kathleen Funchion

474. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements his Department has had with Tusla on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5812/22]

Departmental Meetings

Kathleen Funchion

475. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements his Department has had with the Adoption Authority of Ireland on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5813/22]

Departmental Meetings

Kathleen Funchion

476. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements his Department has had with church representatives on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5814/22]

Departmental Meetings

Kathleen Funchion

477. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements his Department has had with groups representing and advocating on behalf of affected persons on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5815/22]

Legislative Programme

Kathleen Funchion

478. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the heads and general scheme of a childcare (amendment) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5841/22]

Legislative Programme

Kathleen Funchion

479. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department added one institution (details supplied) to the list of mother and baby homes in the Schedule attached to the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 given there are at least 182 institutions, agencies and persons who were involved in separating unmarried mothers from their children. [5851/22]

Child Poverty

Kathleen Funchion

113. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the Better Outcomes Brighter Futures, National Advisory Council for Children and Young People paper; the actions he has taken to develop a national action plan to address child poverty as part of the next national policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5319/22]

Domestic Violence

Kathleen Funchion

126. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic violence refuge spaces nationally that are allocated for 2022; the cost of each refuge space annually; the amount of funding provided for refuge spaces in 2022; and the portion of the extra €41 million allocated to Tusla in budget 2022 that will be spent on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. [5321/22]

Joint Labour Committees

Kathleen Funchion

145. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Joint Labour Committee has met; and the progress being made. [5323/22]

Domestic Violence

Kathleen Funchion

168. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the publication date of Tusla’s review into the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5322/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

106. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Childminding Action Plan is on target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5324/22]

Legislative Measures

Kathleen Funchion

107. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill for second stage. [5325/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Kathleen Funchion

108. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider publishing the collaborative forum report given that the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 has been published; if he will engage with this group as his Department works through the certain institutions (authorised interventions) Bill and restorative recognition scheme for former residents of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5326/22]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

76. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the status of the additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied) to expand its facilities to support learning. [4601/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Kathleen Funchion

95. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) has not been profiled for DEIS designation in the most recent review given that Tullow, County Carlow is listed on the Pobal HP Deprivation Index as a town of disadvantage; if the school will be considered in the next review; and when this review will commence. [4600/22]

Road Network

Kathleen Funchion

264. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport the reason that no funding was allocated for works on the N24 and N25 roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4735/22]

Road Network

Kathleen Funchion

266. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kilkenny County Council has not been provided with any extra funding to deliver the N24 and N25 which will provide economic and infrastructural benefits for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4753/22]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

484. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD classes in Tullow town, County Carlow; if her attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of ASD classes in Tullow; the reason that a school (details supplied) does not have an ASD class; the measures that she proposes to introduce to rectify this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4602/22]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

576. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the internal vetting policy within Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/22]

Housing Provision

Kathleen Funchion

202. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for a one, two, three and four-bedroom council home in County Carlow over the past 12 months; and the average wait time for a disability adapted housing unit in County Carlow over the past 12 months. [4085/22]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

320. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of available occupational therapists across the country and in particular in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will provide further information on accessing support to enable persons to access these services. [4087/22]

Health Services Staff

Kathleen Funchion

336. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if cleaners employed by services contracted to the HSE who worked in medical centres, CAMHS centres and other services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic will be eligible for the bonus healthcare Covid-19 payment. [4027/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

121. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated total income, public money and parental fees, respectively that is paid to providers in a year; if the suggestion in a report (details supplied) in relation to the make-up of provider income still stands; and if not, if the rates have changed following the impact of Budget 2022 provisions. [3650/22]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

122. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated total wage bill of the childcare sector; the estimated number of providers covered by public funding; and the schemes that provide same. [3651/22]

Health Services

Kathleen Funchion

574. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if applications have opened for the Women’s Health Fund announced in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3081/22]

Driver Licences

Kathleen Funchion

244. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport the assistance which can be provided in the case of persons (details supplied). [1297/22]

Residential Institutions

Kathleen Funchion

744. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if survivors had to have been in receipt of an award from the Residential Institutions Redress Board to qualify to apply to Caranua for redress; the reason the total awards paid through Caranua are 57,161 and through the Residential Institutions Redress Board only 16,657 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63563/21]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

1086. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans in relation to the precarious nature of private family arrangements that Tusla regularly enter into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63586/21]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

1087. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private family arrangements that were entered into by Tusla in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63587/21]

Child and Family Agency

Kathleen Funchion

1088. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to bring forward legislation regarding the number of private family arrangements that have been entered into by Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63588/21]

Visa Agreements

Kathleen Funchion

1214. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice the time frame for a stamp 1 visa for a person (details supplied). [63292/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kathleen Funchion

1725. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health if it is his Department or the Revenue Commissioners that manages the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1424/22]

Mental Health Services

Kathleen Funchion

1752. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health the percentage spend from the mental health budget that is ring-fenced for transgender programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1616/22]

Departmental Funding

Kathleen Funchion

331. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 September 2020, if the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) is Housing Assistance Payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62632/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

55. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the current employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, levels for the hospitality sector until April 2022 at the earliest, which were significantly scaled back on 1 December 2021, given that businesses need support in order to sustain the livelihoods of the remaining staff employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62059/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

56. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, includes an automatic qualification for hospitality businesses that qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, and that a 30% threshold would apply; and if he will consider a cap on CRSS payments to be set at €25,000 to ensure that no hospitality businesses are disadvantaged by the scheme. [62060/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

75. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide clarity on the LPSS 2021: Strand II criteria; if a panto has to have a turnover of €100,000 in one year per annum, or over the period indicated in the guidelines of 2019 – 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62021/21]

Water Services

Kathleen Funchion

336. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made on the Oireachtas Report into Future Funding of Domestic Water Services and the recommendations specifically in relation to private well owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/21]

School Staff

Kathleen Funchion

408. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if the approximately 467 teachers on secondment that were to be made available for substitute work have made themselves available to schools given schools continue to report failing to find substitute teachers to cover classes in view of the fact they do not know the way to contact these teachers; the reason the teachers were not deployed temporarily to the substitute panels across the country; and the measures that will be put in place in order that they can be easily accessed by schools. [61655/21]

An Garda Síochána

Kathleen Funchion

411. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the efforts that have been made to streamline the Garda vetting process for substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61669/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Kathleen Funchion

569. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend vaccine passports to include booster shots given that several persons have been told they will need proof of boosters to travel to certain EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61230/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

91. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the breakdown and a detailed explanation will be provided of the additional €5 million youth services funding to assist youth organisations as Covid-19 restrictions lift. [60686/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

92. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the €73 million youth funding for UBU your place your space; the additional new services for 2022; and if this is in addition to the €5 million outlined in his Budget 2022 announcement. [60687/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

96. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the UBU programme for 2021 and 2022. [60723/21]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Kathleen Funchion

1. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assurances and safeguards his Department can offer to children who find themselves in a situation in which their mother is not considered by the State as their legal parent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58929/21]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

3. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department has taken to address the chronic staff shortages facing a significant number of early years services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58930/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Kathleen Funchion

53. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if SAC and ELC services will be supplied with antigen tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58932/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

66. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider reviewing the pod restrictions still in place for youth groups and youth-led services considering drop-in clinics have resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58933/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Kathleen Funchion

76. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if assistance will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [58931/21]

Domestic Violence

Kathleen Funchion

78. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions his Department is taking to address the chronic shortage of refuge places who are fleeing domestic violence considering the State is obliged to have 498 refuge places and currently has only 140; the current progress of Tusla’s review into refuge spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58934/21]

Housing Provision

Kathleen Funchion

89. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a matter in relation to a site in Kilmacow, County Kilkenny (details supplied). [59145/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

203. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the extension of current employment wage subsidy scheme levels for the tourism and hospitality sector until April 2022 at the earliest given that these measures are due to be significantly scaled back from 1 December 2021 and that this will have a serious impact on the vitality of many tourism businesses in counties Carlow and Kilkenny. [58778/21]

Commercial Rates

Kathleen Funchion

247. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a further extension of the local authority commercial rates waiver until June 2022 given that many businesses in counties Carlow and Kilkenny will struggle to remain open during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58779/21]

Departmental Data

Kathleen Funchion

437. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of registered childcare providers that are in receipt of the employment wage subsidy scheme to assist with the payment of staff wages. [59067/21]

Child Abduction

Kathleen Funchion

170. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice the steps she has taken in relation to the abduction of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57945/21]

Special Educational Needs

Kathleen Funchion

123. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an application for additional support and an SNA allocation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56925/21]

Departmental Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

111. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education when the counselling grants for school completion will be realised to services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56369/21]

Visa Applications

Kathleen Funchion

181. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice if her officials have been in touch with a person (details supplied) in regard to their visa request lodged with the visa office at the Embassy of Ireland in Warsaw, Poland. [56464/21]

Visa Applications

Kathleen Funchion

200. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Justice if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54948/21]

Planning Issues

Kathleen Funchion

329. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps or avenues that are open to a person or community when they wish to appeal a decision or An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54250/21]

Housing Provision

Kathleen Funchion

330. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria for a local authority and or housing association in advance of purchasing a house on the private market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54251/21]

Local Authorities

Kathleen Funchion

331. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council housing applications with Carlow County Council as of November 2021. [54253/21]

Joint Labour Committees

Kathleen Funchion

66. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Joint Labour Committee examination of the pay and working conditions of childcare professionals; and when he expects the steering group to publish its report. [48273/21]

Departmental Policies

Kathleen Funchion

637. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a fee control mechanism will be introduced in advance of the delivery of the additional funding announced for the childcare sector in Budget 2022; if so, the fee control mechanism including the legal form this mechanism will take; the anticipated timing of its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52361/21]

Departmental Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

638. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the hours allocated in term time for children whose parents are not working or in education; the date this entitlement is from; if it commences from now, January 2022 or September 2022; when the universal entitlement will be rolled out to all SAC children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52371/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

642. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 19 October 2021, if the €69 million referenced for a new core funding stream is for 2022 only; the full year cost of this new core funding stream; if the €41 million specified in his Budget day press statement is the total increase he secured for the core allocation in early learning and childcare; and if this €41 million is for 2022 only. [52751/21]

Departmental Schemes

Kathleen Funchion

643. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is working to the figure of €1.5 billion for the restorative recognition scheme for mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52779/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

649. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 19 October 2021, in relation to the €69 million for the period from September 2022 to the end of 2022, €41 million of which arises from the increased core allocation for early learning and childcare, the area or areas from which the remaining €28 million comes from. [53322/21]

Departmental Programmes

Kathleen Funchion

208. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the status of progress towards meeting the commitment in the Programme for Government to expand access to social innovation programmes to all post-primary schools; the progress to date in terms of the uptake of post primary schools and students of social innovation programmes and the new funding provided and future commitments to achieve this goal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51735/21]

Childcare Services

Kathleen Funchion

175. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the once-off measure costing €37 million will operate or be spent exclusively in 2022; if not, if it will roll over into 2023; and if so, the cost of the measure in 2023. [51396/21]

National Broadband Plan

Kathleen Funchion

256. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a property (details supplied) is scheduled to be connected to broadband by National Broadband Ireland; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/21]

Pensions Reform

Kathleen Funchion

357. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Finance if monies invested in approved retirement funds which are linked to revenue rather than pension funds will be accessible to persons at age 65 if the retirement age rises to the proposed 68 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/21]

Fire Safety

Kathleen Funchion

647. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the fire safety grant is still open and available to providers; the breakdown of funding allocated and funding drawn down in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50852/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

651. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the €78 million ELC funding announced in Budget 2022; if a breakdown of the €41 million increase in ELC core allocation and a breakdown of the €37 million one-off measure will also be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50986/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

652. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the €41 million increase in the ELC core allocation will be spent between September and December 2022; and the carryover effect of the measure in terms of the pre-committed increase to core expenditure arising from it for the year 2023. [50987/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Kathleen Funchion

653. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the one-off measure of €37 million is contained within the additional Covid-19 allocation of €67 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51074/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

654. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the €716 million for ELC next year by programme subhead and the proportion of this expenditure that becomes income for providers. [51075/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

657. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding allocated to the UBU Youth Programme by his Department; and the amount of this total provided respectively for funded organisations and the total provided for ETBs. [51164/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

658. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of audits carried out on youth services by education and training boards and other bodies funded through his Department; the total cost of these audits; and the total time required to comply with same. [51165/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

659. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost incurred by education and training boards in administering the UBU Youth Programme on behalf of his Department including staffing, expenses, indirect costs, audit fees and any other similar or related expenditures. [51166/21]

Youth Services

Kathleen Funchion

660. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of education and training board youth officers, youth development officers, similar staff and administrative staff funded by his Department by education and training boards and ETBI; and the total costs of same. [51167/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Kathleen Funchion

364. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood care and education, ECCE-only childcare providers, that are providers that do not offer a service outside of ECCE provision; the amount of annual funding they received; the number of childcare providers in receipt of State funding in same; the amount of annual funding they received; the number of providers in receipt of funding that do not provide ECCE; and the amount of annual funding providers received in 2020 and 2021, respectively. [49603/21]