Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

610. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of grants and or funding, by heading and by county, for youth services for 2023. [24790/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Rose Conway-Walsh

611. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide guidance on accessing the mother and baby homes redress scheme when the concluding year of an institution in the booklet does not match with the lived experience such as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24808/24]

Disability Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

612. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the recruitment embargo applies to clerical staff working in the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware that the phone line for the mother and baby homes scheme (details supplied) has been down since last week [24823/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

614. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional WTE senior social workers and senior dietitians that were recruited into CDNTs within Tipperary in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [24892/24]

Disability Services

Alan Kelly

615. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing 300,000 extra personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities. [24893/24]

Disability Services

Martin Browne

616. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a number of section 39 workers have not received the pay increases that have been agreed to; if he is aware of how this is impacting on the ability of certain organisations (details supplied) to recruit staff into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Carol Nolan

617. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been an update on details relating to a person’s time in mother and baby home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24918/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

618. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

619. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Richard Boyd Barrett

620. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if those in receipt of redress through the mother and baby homes redress scheme will have their associated medical cards be assured for the recipients’ lifetime, or be subject to intermittent review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/24]

Departmental Funding

Willie O'Dea

621. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the decision to refuse transport for three days per week to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24943/24]

Health Service Executive

Pádraig O'Sullivan

622. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the estates section of the HSE regarding a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24951/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

623. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years educators who have completed continuous professional development under quality training from city/county childcare committees; in particular diversity, equality and inclusion training, the Always Children First training and the Introduction to Aistear, in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24960/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

624. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of providing continuous professional development under quality training from city/county childcare committees; in particular diversity, equality and inclusion training, the Always Children First training and the Introduction to Aistear, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24961/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

625. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years educators who have completed continuous professional development under quality training from Better Start, in particular Hanen, Lámh, SPEL and Aistear and Play; the annual cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24962/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

626. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of providing continuous professional development under quality training from Better Start, in particular Hanen, Lámh, SPEL and Aistear and Play, in tabular form;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24963/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

627. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of referrals into the Better Start Quality Development Service from city/county childcare committees, by CCC area, Tusla and self-referrals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24964/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

628. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years services who have completed their Better Start QDS, by geographical area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24965/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Haughey

629. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the administration cost for the provision of Better Start and the administration cost of city/county childcare committees; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24966/24]