Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Adoption Services

Cathal Crowe

616. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will recruit additional social workers in order that backlogged applications for children in care to be adopted can be advanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12066/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Réada Cronin

617. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the ECCE scheme in order that all young children will have a place in education and will not be left in limbo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider and or has evaluated the merit of offering an additional year of ECCE to children that may not be offered a place in primary school in the 2021-2022 academic year in view of increased demand on schools due to parents holding back children from commencing primary school due to the pandemic in 2020. [12098/21]

National Broadband Plan

Seán Sherlock

619. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with National Broadband Ireland on any aspect of broadband provision in the past six months; and the outcome of any engagement. [12114/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Jennifer Whitmore

192. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the full minutes of the collaborative forum on mother and baby homes meetings including the full contributions of forum members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/21]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Jennifer Whitmore

193. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of families and unaccompanied children who have arrived in Ireland from the Moira Camp, Greece to date; the efforts being undertaken to accelerate the process of relocating refugees from the camp as residents continue to experience winter conditions, makeshift shelters, insufficient and unstable power supplies and sanitation and transportation issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Sherlock

194. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if early childhood care and education, ECCE, hours are available to children of essential workers across all childcare and early years services. [10656/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Kathleen Funchion

195. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of taped recordings of the 550 testimonies given to the confidential committee of the mother and baby homes report that have been destroyed; and the actions his Department is taking to retrieve this material. [10715/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Kathleen Funchion

196. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the taped recordings given to the confidential committee of the mother and baby homes report were saved onto a hard drive; and if he has requested that the Commission of Investigation surrender hard drives that could contain this information. [10716/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Kathleen Funchion

197. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of survivors who gave testimonies to the commission of investigation's confidential committee that have been contacted, who are still to be contacted or who the Commission of Investigation have not been able to contact; and the breakdown of those that indicated they wished their testimonies to remain unredacted. [10717/21]

Direct Provision System

Louise O'Reilly

198. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a protest in direct provision centre (details supplied); if he will ensure the person engaged in the protest receives the necessary health supports, physical and mental; the steps he is taking to address the failures with the direct provision system and move towards a humane, fair and human rights based system of accommodation for those seeking asylum and here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/21]

European Council Meetings

Denis Naughten

199. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the number of formal and informal meetings, respectively held virtually. [10810/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Brendan Smith

200. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 11 February 2021, if there have been further developments in relation to the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10848/21]

Child and Family Agency

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

201. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the waiting list to access early years supports from Tusla early intervention teams in the north inner city, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/21]

Child and Family Agency

Patrick Costello

202. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of psychotherapists, family therapists, filial therapists and counsellors directly employed by Tusla by Tusla area and service or team they are working in. [10926/21]

Child and Family Agency

Patrick Costello

203. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of play therapists, drama therapists, dance therapists and child art psychotherapists directly employed by Tusla by Tusla area and service or team they are working in. [10927/21]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Johnny Mythen

204. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to replace the preschool services in areas (details supplied); and the preschool services that will be provided or made available in both areas for children with psychical and intellectual disabilities . [10954/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peter Burke

205. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be prioritising a plan for the safe return to full capacity in childcare settings and for ECCE participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10957/21]

Departmental Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

206. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and value of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication in his Department. [11188/21]

Departmental Contracts

Mairéad Farrell

207. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of procurement contracts for Covid-19-related spending in 2020 and 2021 that took place via negotiated procedure without prior publication by his Department, by goods and service type in tabular form. [11204/21]