Liam Quaide

1081. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres; the age profile of these children, broken down by age band, including those aged under 5 years, 5 to 11 years, 12 to 15 years and 16 to 17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/26]

1082. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres who are placed within their county of origin; those living more than 50km and more than 100km from their family home, respectively, in tabular form. [40286/26]

1083. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres at the end of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the reasons identified by her Department or the HSE for any change in the number of these placements, in tabular form. [40287/26]

1084. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual cost per child of a residential placement for children in HIQA-designated disability centres in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the range of annual costs per child, including the lowest and highest-cost placements; the total expenditure on such placements in each year, in tabular form. [40288/26]

1085. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason children are being placed in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres, including family crisis, absence of appropriate community supports, safeguarding concerns, complex behavioural support needs, lack of respite, or other reasons; if these reasons are formally recorded by the HSE, in tabular form. [40289/26]

1091. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with disabilities within the catchments of the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions awaiting a residential placement, broken down by integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [40309/26]

1092. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adult residential disability places in the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health regions; the number of places provided directly by the HSE, section 38 providers, section 39 providers and private for-profit providers, in tabular form. [40310/26]

1093. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with disabilities, originally from communities within the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions catchments who are currently placed in residential disability services more than 50km and more than 100km from their family or community of origin; and the reason for these placements where recorded, in tabular form. [40311/26]

1491. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMH, per county. [40263/26]

1501. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists for 0-18 primary care speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in HSE Dublin and south-east and HSE Dublin and north-east, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health region; and the number waiting more than 12 months and more than two, five, four years and so on, in each discipline, and the longest wait for each, in tabular form. [40312/26]

1502. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved and filled whole-time-equivalent posts for 0-18 primary care speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in the Dublin south-east and the Dublin and north-east health regions, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health region; the number of vacancies in each discipline; the length of time each post has been vacant; the date recruitment was last attempted in each instance; and whether any post is suppressed, paused, left unfilled or otherwise affected by the HSE pay and numbers strategy, in tabular form. [40313/26]

91. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the role his Department plays in tackling dereliction, vacancy and underuse of buildings in rural towns and villages; the way in which his Department co-ordinates with local authorities and other Departments to ensure town and village renewal funding is linked to housing, transport, community services and local economic development; and if he will consider a more integrated, multi-annual funding model for rural towns and villages. [38128/26]

135. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department uses population growth, demographic need, deprivation, disability access, public transport access and existing amenity deficits when assessing applications under community and rural development funding schemes; whether any formal weighting is applied to large and growing towns that lack basic community amenities; and the way in which such criteria are applied across schemes including the town and village renewal scheme, CLÁR, LEADER and community centre funding. [38129/26]

152. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has carried out an analysis of community infrastructure and amenity deficits in rapidly growing towns in County Cork, including Midleton and Carrigtwohill; the funding allocated to such towns under the Department's community and rural development schemes in each of the past five years; and if he is satisfied that current funding models adequately reflect population growth and unmet local need. [38127/26]

378. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2863 of 14 April 2026, in respect of each CAMHS social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist post identified as vacant for more than one year; the most recent date on which recruitment was attempted; the recruitment route used, including whether this was through a HSE national panel, local process, agency recruitment or otherwise; the reason in any case where no recruitment has been attempted; and whether further recruitment is planned, in tabular form. [38624/26]

13. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [36949/26]

27. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [35064/26]

127. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. [31758/26]

128. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. [31759/26]

441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps taken in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to source international engineering, project-management or flood-relief delivery expertise for tranche two flood relief schemes; the date of each step of this process, the organisation or market approached, the expertise sought, the procurement or recruitment process used and whether any international expert, firm or adviser was ultimately engaged, in tabular form. [37925/26]

651. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of reports received by the NPWS concerning alleged unlawful habitat destruction in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date; the number of incidents inspected or investigated; the number that proceeded to enforcement action or prosecution; and a breakdown of data by region. [37922/26]

652. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any geographical areas that are currently without locally funded NPWS posts, as well as funded but not filled NPWS posts, for conservation ranger, district conservation officer and regional manager roles or equivalent; the length of time each area has been without such a post; if there are temporary cover arrangements in place in each case; the plans and timelines for sanctioning or recruiting to these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37923/26]

653. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the most recent date on which any NPWS posts in geographical areas currently without locally funded posts, or sanctioned but unfilled posts were advertised, broken down by region and role, for conservation ranger, district conservation officer and regional manager roles or equivalent; whether each competition remains active, has closed, or failed to fill the post; the reason any post has not yet been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37924/26]

1198. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Action 5 of the HSE Position Paper (details supplied), which was due to be completed within three years of publication, has now been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37605/26]

203. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the interim national guidance that applies where a person is clinically discharged from hospital but does not consent to admission to a nursing home or other residential care setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35344/26]