281. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with her Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70431/25]
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282. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70517/25]
283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options for funding, specifically for the purchase of premises for the provision of early learning and childcare services; the application procedures; the dates for application processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70568/25]
284. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the human rights impact of proposals to penalise migrants and refugees who rely on essential social welfare supports such as disability allowance, carer's allowance or working family payment in terms of eligibility for naturalisation, if her Department was consulted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70605/25]
285. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will carry out an analysis of the likely impact on child poverty, disability rights or community wellbeing of proposals to discourage welfare access for refugees and migrants by penalising them in terms of eligibility for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70607/25]
286. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the fee increase and assessment process will be open for application for eligible childcare providers and partner services who are in the core funding scheme in Louth and elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70640/25]
287. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any circumstances through which a child can access assistive technology equipment under AIM level 5 support in advance of being enrolled in an ECCE programme; the reason eligibility for assistive technology is linked specifically to ECCE; the basis for this; if this criteria will be reconsidered given such technology would …
288. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if parents/guardians are legally entitled to see/receive medical records for their 17-year old child who has been given an ADHD diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70598/25]
289. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of medical staff that have been assaulted whilst on duty in RHO3 in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70393/25]
290. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of medical staff that have been assaulted whilst on duty nationally in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70394/25]
291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal governance arrangements in place between her Department, the HSE, and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for addressing delayed transfers of care linked to housing shortages, including reporting channels, escalation processes, and scheduled interdepartmental reviews. [70415/25]
292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not maintain national data on the number of disabled persons who have been clinically certified as medically fit for discharge but cannot leave hospitals or nursing homes due to unsuitable or unavailable housing; if her Department intends to introduce mandatory national reporting for this cohort; and the expected timeline for establishing t…
293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care recorded in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025 in the categories of Home Support Service and Homelessness or Housing for persons aged 65 and over; the annual targets her Department has set for reducing these delays; and the measures being implemented to meet those targets. [70417/25]
294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out any assessment of the financial impact on the health service arising from delayed transfers of care caused by housing shortages; and the estimated cost of acute and step-down bed days occupied by persons awaiting suitable housing in 2023, 2024, and 2025. [70421/25]
295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process used by her Department to monitor the HSE’s performance in resolving delayed transfers of care linked to housing; the frequency of internal reviews; and the mechanisms used to hold the HSE accountable for meeting its annual reduction targets. [70423/25]
296. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with her Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70440/25]
297. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an urgent appointment at Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70449/25]
298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the policy basis under which WPATH guidance and standards were incorporated into State policy on gender identity healthcare between 2018 and 2023; the departmental assessments carried out to determine the scientific, clinical and regulatory standing of WPATH before that alignment; and the documentation underpinning that policy decision. [70451/25]
299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the Government’s current policy position regarding WPATH guidance in light of the Cass Review; whether any formal review has been initiated into the suitability of WPATH standards for use in Irish clinical services; and the timeline for a revised evidence-based national clinical framework. [70452/25]
300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the governance, approval processes and risk assessments used when referring Irish children and young people to external providers, including foreign clinics; and to confirm whether any departmental policy ever permitted or endorsed referral pathways involving private clinics in Antwerp, Belgium. [70453/25]
301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to explain the contradiction between the HSE’s written assurance that no Irish child has been referred to a clinic in Antwerp and references in judicial review documentation to a care pathway involving such a clinic; and to outline what steps the Department is taking to reconcile and verify these conflicting claims. [70454/25]
302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the Department’s assessment of governance failures identified in the Cass Review as they relate to historical Irish referrals to Tavistock; the lessons identified by the Department; and the policy adjustments introduced to prevent a recurrence in Ireland. [70455/25]
303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish the Department’s analysis of the referral figures for Irish children sent to the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service, as referenced in the HSE report on the implications of the Cass Review; and to outline how these data informed policy changes since 2020. [70456/25]
304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy rationale used by the Department when approving the 2021 consultant post in child and adolescent psychiatry requiring adherence to WPATH Standards of Care; and whether this requirement will now be reviewed or withdrawn in light of international evidence and the Cass Review. [70457/25]
305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the Department’s safeguarding and clinical governance standards for gender identity services for minors; and to confirm whether these standards require full psychiatric assessment, developmental history, autism screening, and differential diagnosis before any medical intervention is considered. [70458/25]