2433. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; if consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction …
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2434. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; if he will confirm whether his Department plans to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework, to ens…
2435. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department will introduce a National Transition Framework to establish a formal planning process for adults with intellectual disabilities over 18 years-of-age; and if so, to provide a timeline for its development and implementation. [24609/26]
2436. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to indicate whether dedicated, ringfenced capital funding will be provided for small-scale, community-based supported housing for adults with intellectual disabilities; the level of funding envisaged; and the timeframe for delivery. [24610/26]
2437. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a joint taskforce between the HSE and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage will be established, with statutory timelines, to coordinate the delivery of supported housing for adults with intellectual disabilities; and to provide details of its proposed structure and remit. [24611/26]
2438. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department will publish annual data on unmet housing needs for adults with intellectual disabilities, alongside the number of new units delivered; and if so, to indicate when such reporting will commence. [24612/26]
2439. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm whether an immediate review of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the congregated settings policy will be undertaken, including consideration of parental feedback; and the expected scope and timeline of such a review. [24613/26]
2440. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability in residential placements who are living outside their home county; the number living in excess of 100 km from their family home or community of origin, in tabular form. [24615/26]
2441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time persons with an intellectual disability currently residing in out-of-area residential placements have been living away from their home community, including the number resident for less than six months, six to 12 months, one to three years, three to five years and more than five years, in tabular form. [24616/26]
2442. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability in out-of-area residential placements who have a documented plan in place to return to a placement closer to their family and community; the number of such moves completed in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [24617/26]
2443. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability who, in each of the past five years, were placed in residential services outside their home area due to a family crisis, including the death, serious illness or incapacity of a parent or primary carer, in tabular form. [24618/26]
2444. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there is a national policy, protocol or guidance governing the placement of a person with an intellectual disability in a residential setting at a significant distance from their family home and community; if so, if she will provide a copy of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24619/26]
2445. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any assessment has been made by her Department or the HSE of the impact of out-of-area residential placements on family contact, community connection and overall wellbeing for persons with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24620/26]
2446. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of any position taken by the HSE that compiling basic information on out-of-area residential placements for persons with an intellectual disability would represent an undue administrative burden; whether she considers such a position acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24621/26]
2447. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24624/26]
2448. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland regarding the operation of the HSE's Single Point of Access CAMHS, CDNTs and Primary Care Services; the dates of any such engagement; whether any concerns, reservations or conditions were raised by the college in relation to the model; whether the college ha…
2449. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work that has been undertaken to create a separate corporate category of disabled persons organisations which is in keeping with the criteria set out in UNCPRD General Comment No.7. [24679/26]
2450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department has to implement the recommendations of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032. [24682/26]
2451. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in each county who are currently living at home with parents or family carers who are over retirement age (65+); if he will further provide, where available, the number of such families where the primary carer is over 75 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2…
2452. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units currently available for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Mayo; to provide a breakdown of these units by service provider and type (group home, community house, or individual supported living arrangement); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24685/26]
2453. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported living housing units planned for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Mayo for each of the years 2026 to 2028; the specific projects in development, including those being advanced in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies and the HSE; the projected timelines for delivery; and if she will make a stat…
2454. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the submission of Disability Support Management Advisory Team (DSMAT) assessments by service providers operating in County Mayo; the compliance rate of each provider with the requirement to complete and submit DSMAT forms to the HSE; if he will indicate whether any service providers have outstanding or overdue su…
2455. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations in the Ombudsman's 'Wasted Lives' report. [24729/26]
2456. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neurorehabilitation Services in Ireland, From Theory to Action, Implementation Framework 2019-2021; and the next steps planned. [24731/26]
2457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Taskforce on Personalised Budgets. [24732/26]