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Alan Kelly Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
738. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists by grade posts filled at each CDNT within CHO3 as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16497/26]
Alan Kelly Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
739. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rate for CDNTs in CHO3 as of 31 December 2025. [16498/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
740. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding str…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
741. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16562/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
742. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm, in respect of her Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion s…
Ann Graves Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
743. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with intellectual difficulties awaiting residential services across the State, broken down by CHO region, in tabular form. [16600/26]
Emer Currie Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
744. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage and number of women that availed of their full entitlement of maternity leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16671/26]
Emer Currie Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
745. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage and number of women that availed of their full entitlement of parents leave in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16672/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
746. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans over the course of this Government to increase paid leave for new parents and the rate of payment they receive from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16694/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
747. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the profound worry parents of children with intellectual and other disabilities face when they consider the future and what may happen to their children and who will care for them when they cannot, especially disabled children with no siblings or wider support network; the key aspects of the Di…
Barry Heneghan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
748. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of job placements and sustained employment outcomes achieved in each of the past three years by organisations funded through her Department to support autistic adults, including an organisation (details supplied), in tabular form; the level of funding provided to each such organisation over the same period; and if she will …
Niamh Smyth Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
749. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a Tusla application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16873/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
750. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) on a waiting list for the disability network team for occupational therapy will receive an appointment. [16884/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
751. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available for parents/children while awaiting disability network team services given the length of time before they can be seen. [16885/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
752. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the ongoing case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16894/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
753. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) in Cork will receive a device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16897/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
754. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether providers delivering the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme only, are liable for commercial rates; to indicate if any assessment has been undertaken regarding the financial sustainability of ECCE-only services in light of commercial rates and other overhead costs; to clarify whether services who are permitt…
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
755. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours currently available to adults in County Kilkenny; the type of respite provided; the number who availed of this service in the years of 2024 and 2025; the number of persons on the waiting list to access this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16916/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
756. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in County Carlow; the length of time they have been on the waiting list in 2023 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16922/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
757. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding supports currently available to early years providers and crèches seeking to expand their premises in order to accommodate additional childcare places; and whether any funding streams exist to assist with the purchase or provision of temporary accommodation while permanent structures are being planned or constructe…
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
758. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapist posts within the CDNT in Longford and Westmeath; the number of these posts that are currently vacant; the steps being taken to fill these vacancies in order to reduce waiting lists for occupational therapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16985/26]
Niall Collins Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
759. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16986/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
760. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguarding measures that are currently in place for individuals living in residential disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17008/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
761. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in the instance where a PPP account is held by the HSE on behalf of an individual who is in long-term residential care, whether the individual can appoint parents, who have been lifelong carers, as a decision support to view how much money is in the account, as a safeguarding measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [170…
Mairéad Farrell Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
762. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide support in facilitating an independent review of the governance and communication structures within disability day services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17038/26]