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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2540. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if long-term care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40725/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2324. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the issues outlined by Childminding Ireland (details supplied) as the sector is on the brink of collapse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41428/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2323. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to introduce pay parity for early years and school age care graduates (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2321. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be made available for outdoor sensory regulation equipment, such as in-ground trampolines, in Kerry, particularly for older autistic children who currently lack access to age-appropriate sensory outlets. [41386/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2320. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason such a small proportion of families accessing disability services in Kerry are currently assigned key workers under the individual family support plan model; and the steps being taken to ensure equity of access across counties. [41384/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2319. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the eligibility criteria of respite services, such as a service (details supplied), to ensure children with behavioural challenges are not excluded from accessing essential care. [41378/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2318. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efforts being made to increase capacity at overnight respite centres serving Kerry families (details supplied); and whether additional funding and staffing will be provided this year. [41377/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2317. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider implementing a national policy to review ASD diagnoses in key educational transition years, 1st, 2nd, and 6th class; and whether a pilot of such a policy could be introduced in Kerry. [41376/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2316. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason no permanent psychologist is currently assigned to CDNT teams in parts of Kerry, leaving schools and parents without professional behavioural support for children with autism; and if this will be addressed in the short term. [41375/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2315. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in accessing SLT and OT services through children's disability network teams in Kerry, due to chronic understaffing and the use of limited-hour contracts; and the targeted actions being taken to address these staffing issues in the county. [41374/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2314. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason children with autism spectrum disorder in County Kerry no longer receive the previously standard six-week block of speech and language therapy per year; and whether this level of support will be reinstated locally given the impact on early development. [41373/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2313. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a targeted rural childcare investment strategy is being considered to address specific workforce retention and sustainability issues faced by providers in counties such as Kerry. [41371/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional resources will be allocated in Budget 2026 to support the staffing and sustainability of early years education services in rural counties such as Kerry. [41370/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if his Department has costed the proposal to align pay for early years and school age care professionals with that of primary school teachers; and if so, the estimated annual cost of same. [41369/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2310. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the role her Department has played in engaging with stakeholders (details supplied) in the lead-up to Budget 2026; and whether their recommendations on pay parity and staff retention are being considered. [41368/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2309. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports being provided to early childhood education providers in Kerry, to maintain a qualified and consistent workforce, in light of high turnover rates. [41367/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2308. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider aligning the pay and working conditions of early years and school age care graduates with those of primary school teachers; and if so, the timelines and mechanisms under review to achieve this. [41366/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2307. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that Kerry has an early years staff turnover rate of 25%, above the national average; and the measures she intends to take to improve staff retention in the sector in rural counties like Kerry. [41365/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2306. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the €200 monthly subsidy for families with children attending early years and school age care, as committed to in the Programme for Government, will be implemented in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41364/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2296. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will allocate €10 million to establish local, publicly run early childhood, education and care services, beginning with areas and communities that are currently not served and experiencing high concentrations of disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41202/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2292. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will increase funding for the waiting list initiative to clear the waiting list and backlog for the assessment of need process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41188/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will make childcare affordable by increasing the subsidy and threshold for the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41047/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to providing ring-fenced funding to address the current and historic financial deficits experienced by voluntary disability service providers such as an organisation (details supplied). [40908/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2214. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to initiating a new largescale afforestation programme to reduce our carbon footprint and provide much needed income to small farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43285/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
2159. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the overdue compensation payments for a person (details supplied) for loss of livestock due to TB infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1949. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will intervene and expedite a join family visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41172/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1822. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a detailed response will issue to a carer’s allowance case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42287/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1766. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a weekly cost of disability payment of €55 to cover the additional costs facing people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1765. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government and extend the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41209/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1764. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure households are able to purchase the essential energy they need to stay warm and well, and raise the fuel allowance by €9.50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41208/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1763. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the roll-out of free hot school meals to all children and ensure ongoing evaluation of their nutritional content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41205/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1759. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will work towards aligning the child support payment to the primary social welfare payment and increase the payment by €6 per week for children under 12 and €15 per week for children 12 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41049/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1758. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the living alone allowance to ensure a targeted measure to support single adult households, in line with MESL research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41048/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1757. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the index-link of the income disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker’s transitional payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1756. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase core social welfare rates by €16 per week as part of the Government’s target to reduce consistency rates to 2% nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41045/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1488. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed progress report regarding the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; the reason Uisce Éireann is responding that it will take another seven years to complete, bring the completion time of a sewerage scheme in a small village to ten years; the reason for the lack of progress to date; when will work commence; when the work will be completed; when will the scheme be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41848/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1487. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tank grants allocated in each county since the scheme was first introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1486. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to broaden the scope of the septic tank grant, to allow all households who cannot afford to repair or replace problematic or unworkable septic tanks avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1478. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work will commence on a scheme for which funding was announced over 19 months ago by his Department; his views on whether this is now a major health and safety issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41671/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1477. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the long overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; if he will explain the lack of progress to date and confirm when will work commence on this long overdue wastewater treatment plant; when will the work be completed; when will the scheme be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41669/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1476. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1430. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a homeless prevention budget amounting to 20% of all homelessness expenditure, including provision for a prevention support worker in each local authority, and a HAP rent arrears fund to support low-income households experiencing financial difficulty and at risk of losing their tenancy due to rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41214/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1429. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income households, inclusive of new builds and vacant housing, and provide an additional investment of 10% of capital expenditure in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1243. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if three specific questions raised in correspondence (details supplied) can be addressed; and if a pathway can be provided for specialists to engage with policymakers to ensure that policy revision and policies reflect international best standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43747/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1242. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied) can be urgently addressed, and circular 0010/2013 updated as its criteria are too rigid and its parameters now outdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43746/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1049. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional resources will be allocated to help key workers in Kerry better support children transitioning between primary and secondary school, and in some cases where boys finish their placement in a school in second class and then move to another school prior to third class commencing. [41385/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the difficulties faced by schools in Kerry in recruiting and retaining bus escorts for children with additional needs; and if this responsibility can be taken out of the hands of school principals. [41383/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1047. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to expanding the number of early intervention classes in Kerry, where access remains limited despite increased demand from parents and local schools. [41382/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 July 2025
1046. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to address the increasing number of staff injuries reported in autism classes in schools in Kerry, including assaults such as biting and hitting; and if additional training, protective supports, or staff welfare measures are being introduced. [41381/25]