201. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a service (details supplied) does not have a single service level agreement with the HSE but rather numerous agreements with individual CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/25]
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202. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will include additional ring-fenced funding to an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39877/25]
203. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/25]
204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 883 of 8 July 2025, if she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [39910/25]
205. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to ensure people with cerebral palsy can adapt their cars to continue living independent lives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39916/25]
206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children’s disability network team, in each area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [39940/25]
207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting times for assessments of need completed by each children’s disability network team, in each area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [39941/25]
208. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measure being taken to address the 25% decrease in the number of services who have listed capacity for children under the age of one on their core funding application; to increase the capacity for children under the age of one more generally across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/25]
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement., in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/25]
210. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the new forward planning unit will be engaging with city and county childcare committees on the planned provision of public childcare infrastructure in light of the Revised National Planning Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40020/25]
211. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what the plans are for the operation of new public childcare infrastructure in light of the Revised National Planning Framework; if there is a preference for community-based provision or if private providers will be permitted to lease such facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40021/25]
212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the waiting list for adult disability respite in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the measures she is taking to increase respite capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40035/25]
213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to increase respite capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40036/25]
214. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to increase capacity for childcare services in Kerry; the number of families currently on a waiting list for childcare services in Kerry; the average waiting times on those lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40037/25]
215. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list, broken down by county; the length of time they have been on this waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40038/25]
216. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places for people with a disability currently being provided as of 1 June 2025 or latest date available; and if she will provide a breakdown of same, by CHO area, in tabular form. [40046/25]
217. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new emergency places provided to people with a disability as of 1 July 2025, by local health office area, in tabular form. [40047/25]
218. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for each local health area, as of 1 Ju…
219. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 June 2025 or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for each local health office area, in tabular form. [40050/25]
220. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young adults within an intellectual disability in Kerry that are on the waiting list for day services. [40082/25]
221. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) who was referred fourteen months ago to a foundation for both occupational therapy and behavioural treatment but has yet to receive one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40098/25]
222. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the support that is in place for parents who, due to lengthy waiting times, paid for a private assessment of needs for their child only to find out much later that there are questions around the bona fides of the private psychologist qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40153/25]
223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will provide an updated list of all childcare providers currently availing of the core funding scheme; if she is aware that only a relatively small proportion of providers are participating, which has led to confusion among many parents seeking clarity on available supports, in tabular form; and if she will make a st…
224. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will engage directly with smaller or community-based childcare providers as part of the core funding evaluation process, to ensure that the scheme’s accessibility challenges for providers of different sizes are fully captured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40190/25]
225. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the level of awareness and understanding among parents regarding which childcare providers are participating in the core funding scheme, given the confusion reported by some families about fee structures and eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40191/25]