Parliamentary questions

Mother and Baby Homes

Paul Murphy

313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand the redress scheme to include all those who spent time in a mother and baby institution or county home; if he will consider making an enhanced medical card available to all survivors, extend the scheme to anyone abused in a 'boarding out'/adoptive placement or abused through forced labour, vaccine trials, racial or disability-based discrimination or illegal expatriation outside the State for adoption, by allowing affected people to swear their testimony in a non-adversarial way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11271/24]

Departmental Funding

Paul McAuliffe

314. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding given to the Finglas Youth Resource Centre for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/24]

Departmental Funding

Paul McAuliffe

315. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding given to the Den Youth project, Finglas, Dublin 11 for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11285/24]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

316. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department is actively coordinating with disability advocacy organisations and community groups to gather feedback from service users, and to ensure that there is a continuity of improvement in quality of disability home support services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11315/24]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

317. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline in detail his Department’s strategy for promoting inclusivity and reducing stigma associated with disability home support services, aiming for a more supportive and understanding community and for these services to be utilised more by those who require these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/24]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

318. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to set out in tabular form the current waiting times for disability home support services across the different regions nationally, and what action his Department is taking to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11317/24]

Disability Services

Colm Burke

319. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm what measures are in place to ensure that individuals with disabilities and their families are actively involved in the planning and delivery of home support services to promote person-centered care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/24]

Disability Services

Pearse Doherty

320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if services will continue from the physical and sensory disability service in Letterkenny, County Donegal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/24]

Care Services

Pearse Doherty

321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if carers can be provided to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Niall Collins

322. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can assist a group (details supplied) and address the matter raised in correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/24]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

323. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date, the location and the participants of meetings he has held with the providers of State care to children in the past four years. [11352/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

324. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether those who were in “mother and baby homes” will be automatically entitled to dental, chiropody, homecare services and counselling as part of the compensation package for survivors of the homes; if they are, how will the services be delivered and how can they be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11353/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

325. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when financial compensation will be paid to the survivors of the “mother and baby” homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11354/24]

Care Services

Michael Ring

326. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason funding is not being provided to the HSE for a supported living package of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11399/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of prompt payment interest and compensation paid by his Department for the years 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will include a schedule of the top 50 highest late interest payments and compensation recipients for this timeframe. [11406/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Seán Canney

328. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will accept a child (details supplied) for the ECCE overage exemption for September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11422/24]

Childcare Services

Seán Sherlock

329. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of private creches/playschools that have pulled out of the Government funding schemes and are now charging parents vastly increased sums for childcare. [11429/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Dillon

330. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the accommodation project for a school (details supplied); the current status of the project; when it is expected to proceed to construction; the reason a decision has not yet conveyed to the school authority to process to the procurement and construction phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11430/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

331. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans in his Department to launch a public awareness campaign of the mother and baby redress scheme opening; if there is to be a time limit on the application period given the urgency of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11454/24]

Asylum Seekers

Cian O'Callaghan

332. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action he is taking to provide appropriate accommodation for people who are seeking asylum who are currently living in rented accommodation outside the International Protection Office; what access to sanitation, food, clothing, etc. is being provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11472/24]