Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Éamon Ó Cuív

261. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made under the commitments set out in An Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45223/22]

Ukraine War

Jennifer Whitmore

262. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of home pledges that were received for Ukrainian refugees by county; the current number of pledges (details supplied); the number of refugees who have been housed through a refugee process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45269/22]

Departmental Staff

Denis Naughten

263. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons within his Department who received the special leave with pay for Covid-19 up to 1 July 2022; the number of workers who have availed of this payment for an extended period of 12 weeks or more; the number of persons who availed of the special leave with pay for COVID-19 since 1 July 2022; the number of such persons who have been in receipt of this payment in excess of 14 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45312/22]

Children in Care

Colm Burke

264. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if serious consideration will be given to increasing the rate of foster care allowance to take cost-of-living increases into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45337/22]

Children in Care

Colm Burke

265. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if serious consideration will be given to increasing the after-care allowance that replaces the foster care allowance in respect of young persons who remain living with foster carers after the age of 18 years and continue in education and training to take the cost-of-living increases into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45338/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

400. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons employed in his Department that have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and to date in 2022, that have been declined. [44574/22]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

401. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have died either in the care of the State, including State aftercare, or while known to child protection services, by cause of death in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [44665/22]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

402. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [44666/22]

Child Protection

Peadar Tóibín

403. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of children referred to Tusla to date in 2022 by referral type; and the entities from which the referral was made, including teachers, gardaí, the managers of direct provision centres, and other categories. [44667/22]

Direct Provision System

Peadar Tóibín

404. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the total number of persons who have died in the direct provision system, by cause of death in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [44668/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

405. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a submission (details supplied); if this is being progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44954/22]

International Protection

Róisín Shortall

406. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for a building (details supplied), following the temporary relocation of individuals seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44973/22]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to a request by a group (details supplied) to urgently resource welfare and integration supports available to refugees in line with the increasing needs for these resources. [45121/22]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

408. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his response to a request by a group (details supplied) to immediately establish a refugee agency, as per the White Paper Recommendations on Ending Direct Provision. [45122/22]

Childcare Services

Eoin Ó Broin

1195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that drop-in crèche facilities are excluded from accessing the new core funding model; and if he will take action to address the exclusion of this service [41945/22]

Childcare Services

James Lawless

1196. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a situation in which a crèche is unable to open due to a delay in receiving a certificate from Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41946/22]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

1197. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers and social care workers who are employed by Tusla; the number employed in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the full complement of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41950/22]

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

1198. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the state of advancement of the combined and individual plans by his Department and Tusla to reduce the reliance on for-profit companies in the matter of residential placements; if he will publish the plans given that its chief executive (details supplied) raised this issue in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41951/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

1199. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he approves of that fact that 68% of children in residential care are in placements run by private companies; if not, the plans that his Department has to return this care to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41952/22]

Children in Care

Réada Cronin

1200. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that will be paid to a company (details supplied) that is taking over the functions previously fulfilled by another company; if this is a greater or a lesser amount than that paid to the latter; the number of children involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41953/22]