Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Child and Family Agency

Réada Cronin

1201. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a company (details supplied) is operating in Ireland; if so, if Tusla is contracting with it; the amount paid to the company in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the number of children involved in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41954/22]

Childcare Services

Pa Daly

1202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on childcare for parents of young children who are seeking work but cannot afford to pay for childcare while in receipt of the jobseeker’s benefit or allowance. [41994/22]

Child Protection

Catherine Murphy

1203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 31 May, if he will provide a breakdown of report origin in respect of sexual abuse referrals to Tusla; and if he will provide the breakdown by referring organisation and county. [42001/22]

Childcare Services

Bríd Smith

1204. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time that the current proposed core funding model for early childhood care and education will run; the length of time that the current freeze in fees will last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42041/22]

Child Protection

John McGuinness

1205. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla child sexual abuse findings that were classified as confirmed that were overturned by the appeal panel and classified as unfounded since the formation of the appeals panel in 2015; the number of alleged perpetrators of child sexual abuse who have sued Tusla due to outcomes and findings; the amount that Tusla has paid out in settlements and legal fees; if Tusla outcomes and findings, which were made prior to the publication of the 2014 policies and procedures, have no standing at present given that these assessments were conducted in the absence of a health board and HSE policy; if this is the case given that it would impact each case prior to the commencement of the 2014 policies and procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42080/22]

Family Resource Centres

Matt Carthy

1206. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent staff who have been funded at Clones family resource centre in each of the years 2020 and 2021, and to date in 2022; if additional staff places will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42093/22]

International Agreements

Pa Daly

1207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements that he has had with the Minister for Justice on the suspension of the Council of Europe agreement on the abolition of visas for refugees. [42155/22]

International Protection

Pa Daly

1208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of temporary protection document holders accommodated by the International Protection Accommodation Services in a location (details supplied), in tabular form. [42156/22]

Family Support Services

Gino Kenny

1209. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to a review of the statutory services that are provided in the Newcastle and Rathcoole areas given the demographics in these areas; the statutory services that are funded by the HSE and the Child and Family Support Agency for children and family services and organisations; the services that are funded through other sources, for example, through Pobal and the Department of Education, that are currently available in these areas; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that these communities are being affected by a lack of these services; the plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/22]

Children in Care

Patrick Costello

1210. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of expressions of interest in fostering that have been received by Tusla in each of the past 18 months, broken down by local area office. [42213/22]

Children in Care

Patrick Costello

1211. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications to foster that have been received by Tusla in each of the past 18 months, broken down by local area office. [42214/22]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

1212. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who are qualified to undertake joint interviews with gardaí, broken down by region. [42217/22]

Child Protection

Patrick Costello

1213. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the placement used by the out-of-hours social work service in the past 18 months, in tabular form. [42218/22]

Immigration Support Services

John McGuinness

1214. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the possible closure of immigrant services (details supplied) in Kilkenny due to the lack of funding for the support officer; if the funding required of €20,000 will be sanctioned as a matter of urgency given the importance of this work and the new challenges arising from the intake of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42220/22]

Childcare Services

Paul Kehoe

1215. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that is available for the provision of access-and-inclusion model supports for childcare facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42288/22]

Budget 2023

Paul Murphy

1216. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for the upcoming budget to ensure the welfare and integration of all refugees into Irish communities. [42382/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Thomas Pringle

1217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a Ukrainian child born on 21 December 2017 would be eligible for free preschool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42435/22]

International Protection

Michael Ring

1218. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department or any organisation acting on behalf of his Department purchased property in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42446/22]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Patricia Ryan

1219. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that capital spending under his Vote group is -76.6% to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42527/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Ged Nash

1220. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1327 of 26 July 2022, if he will consider a proposal to insert an interim measure at section 4.3.1 in the early childhood care and education programme rules allowing for choice of start date for parents of multiple births, pending the outcome of the upcoming 12-month review of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42582/22]