700. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the names of the five highest-funded for-profit organisations that have received payments under service arrangements for the provision of disability services in each of the past five years (2020 to 2024); and the amount paid to each organisation annually, the CHO area under which each operates, and any changes to their funding levels or…
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701. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected service demand and planned capacity increases in the provision of disability services for the period 2025 to 2029 (details supplied); and if he will provide any published forecasts, modelling data, or strategic planning documentation that underpin these projections, including relevant content from the Action Plan for Disab…
702. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the establishment of a community neuro-rehabilitation team in the CHO9 area. [32162/25]
703. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians working at Coastal children's disability network team in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [32163/25]
704. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether provision has been made in the Health Service Executive’s draft service plan for the establishment or support of an equine therapy centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32188/25]
705. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a timeline for the roll out of an adult disability service in Wicklow Town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32190/25]
706. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) from the 2026 National Service Plan for a programme to directly employ nine senior physiotherapists nationally to enable 1,458 people living with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions to receive group physiotherapy programmes and to deliver 3,726 individual…
707. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred for assessment for ADHD/ASD, has yet to receive an appointment and has been advised that he will be waiting over two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32286/25]
708. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider, in collaboration with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, introducing or promoting workplace supports, including possible menstrual leave or flexible working arrangements, for those affected by severe menstrual-related conditions such as PMDD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32…
709. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to proposed changes to the guardian ad litem scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32316/25]
710. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the budget that has been allocated to ensure the success of the proposed changes to the guardian ad litem scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32317/25]
711. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of guardian ad litem it is proposed will be employed under the proposed changes to the guardian ad litem scheme; the number of children each guardian ad litem will have responsibility for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32318/25]
712. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the different pay bands there will be, and the criteria for each pay band, under the proposed new guardian ad litem scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32319/25]
713. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist based at Coolock children's disability network team in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32337/25]
714. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/25]
715. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of the amount spent or incurred by the Decision Support Service on PR consultants or PR advice in respect of the calendar year 2023, calendar year 2024 and 1 January 2025 to 31 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32400/25]
716. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding a review of the effectiveness of the Director of the Decision Support Service provided for under section 102(3) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; if it has been completed; the timeline for when the report of the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32401/25]
717. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will receive individual occupational therapy intervention in a timely manner; if her Department will liaise with the parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32404/25]
718. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the number of childminders who work in their own homes that are now registered under the national childcare scheme in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32412/25]
719. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have access to an appropriate preschool education in their locality. [32438/25]
720. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that the number of preschool places available in Dungarvan and west County Waterford meets the needs of the growing population in the region. [32439/25]
721. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such visits, if recorded, fo…
722. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she can outline the plans being developed by the disability unit within her Department to increase the recruitment of speech and language therapists from abroad. [20997/25]
723. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the ten years since the Marriage Equality Referendum; and if the Government intends to mark the anniversary. [21854/25]
724. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if she would be open to meeting with the family in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/25]