603. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by the CDNT teams 4 and 5 in south Tipperary under all disciplines including the length of time waiting, the waiting times and the numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9100/25]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
754 questions match, newest first.
604. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on CDNT waiting lists with a diagnosis or a query of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past two years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9130/25]
605. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the rules regarding the early childhood care and education scheme will be reviewed as children who do not meet the criteria in terms of their date of birth are excluded from the scheme in its current format; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9138/25]
606. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position in regard to the accommodation recognition payment due to expire at the end of March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9176/25]
607. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapist service for those with mild intellectual disability in County Clare. [9180/25]
608. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services available for children with autism in the Killarney area, to help with interacting with people, play therapy, speech and language; if there are any funding or grants available to parents to help with the costs of private therapy for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9200/25…
609. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a case of guardianship issues for persons (details supplied); the actions she will take to address cases such as this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9222/25]
610. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that should be taken by a parent in Dublin south west when no childcare places are available for children under two years-of-age; how she intends to increase the number of affordable childcare places in the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9231/25]
611. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9309/25]
612. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will not remove respite days for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9317/25]
613. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that there are enough early childhood education and care and school age childcare spaces made available to parents of children in Fingal west given the rising demand caused by rapid population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9330/25]
614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in 2024; the professions of those making the referrals; and the types of referral, in tabular form. [9340/25]
615. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an application by a person (details supplied) under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9341/25]
616. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare spaces available in County Louth from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and what actions have been taken to increase those numbers over the years. [9360/25]
617. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what leave is available to a same-sex, non-genetic-intended parent of a child born through surrogacy in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9374/25]
618. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what leave is available to a same-sex, non-genetic-intended parent of a child born through surrogacy in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9374/25]
619. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9376/25]
620. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide funding for private therapists in schools (details supplied) in the absence of HSE therapists being available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9450/25]
621. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff working in the children’s disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [9465/25]
622. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies currently in CNDT teams throughout the country, broken down by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9530/25]
623. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new staff hired in CNDT teams throughout the country in 2024, broken down by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9531/25]
624. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a group raised in correspondence (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/25]
625. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline available funding streams from her Department to support recreational activities and social spaces for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9649/25]
627. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or the Minister of State will intervene to support an organisation (details supplied) with concerns regarding funding shortfalls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9764/25]
628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for both capital and current purposes for each of its centres at Kildare, Monaghan, Mayo and west Cork, in the years 2020-2024 inclusive, and allocated for 2025, in tabular form; if there are proposes to allocate further funding to these centres…