Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Funding

John Brady

313. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has any plans to move to multi-annual funding, to allow medium and longer-term programming with greater confidence, as recommended by the Future of Youth Work report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7189/24]

Departmental Schemes

John Brady

314. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when will the details of the youth employability scheme be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7190/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

147. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

148. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

170. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if her Department has scoped the resources and supports provided to teachers and schools in supporting children in care; how her Department promotes policy alignment relating to educational needs of children in care such as those outlined in the National Standards for Foster Care (2003) and National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres (2003); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5014/24]

School Transport

John Brady

174. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the status of a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5046/24]

Child Protection

John Brady

420. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection 16th Report; when he expects the report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5007/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

421. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of special derogations that have been sought and granted annually from 2018 to 2023, regarding the placement of a child under twelve years of age in a residential care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5008/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

422. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of children supported by Tusla under section 5 of the Child Care Act 1991 annually from 2018 to 2023 broken down by age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5009/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

423. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5010/24]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

John Brady

424. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to separated children seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

425. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason there is currently no publicly available disaggregation of data related to children in care and young people in aftercare by ethnicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/24]

Departmental Strategies

John Brady

426. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the publication of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5013/24]

Children in Care

John Brady

579. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has explored the creation of links between higher education institutions' access offices and Tusla aftercare services to ensure that students with care experience are linked in to on-campus supports to promote retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5015/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

105. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2469/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

17. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application (details supplied) given the applicants travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56470/23]

Financial Services

John Brady

317. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance if a scheme will be implemented to allow homeowners to buy back their mortgage from a vulture fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/23]

Departmental Funding

John Brady

747. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the amount of funding allocated to local authorities for the integration of IPAS and BOTP; what the funding was spent on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56607/23]

International Protection

John Brady

997. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of the number of persons applying for temporary protection in Ireland, who already applied under the Temporary Protection Directive in another EU member state, by the country where they previously applied, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56364/23]

International Protection

John Brady

1305. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of households occupying international protection applicants in accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56320/23]