Questions

502. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the clinical expertise that will be offered to the autism assessment officers, that will decide on the applications that will go onto the intervention protocol list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29470/26]

503. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the completion of the review and reform of the Equality Acts insofar as it relates to disability rights in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29478/26]

504. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has engaged with employers, trade unions, disabled persons organisations or advocacy bodies regarding the need for stronger statutory protections in employment for disabled workers seeking reasonable accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29479/26]

505. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the compatibility of current Irish employment equality law and practice with Article 27 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly in relation to reasonable accommodation, timely responses and protection against discrimination in employment; and if she will make a sta…

506. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has examined the case for requiring employers to provide reasonable accommodation passports or equivalent portable accommodation records for disabled employees across role changes, management changes and internal transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29481/26]

507. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has assessed the case for mandatory disability and neurodiversity awareness training for managers with responsibility for recruitment, supervision and people management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29482/26]

508. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has collected or requested any data on the average time taken by employers to respond to requests for reasonable accommodation from disabled employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29483/26]

509. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports that are available to separated parents who are required, by virtue of court-ordered access arrangements or the location of the other parent, to travel to and secure short-term accommodation in another jurisdiction in order to exercise access to their children; whether her Department has engaged with the issues faced by su…

510. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address staff shortages within the primary care speech and language therapy service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29511/26]

511. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether any alternative assessment pathways are being offered to children currently waiting for or primary care speech and language therapy an assessment of need or primary care occupational therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29512/26]

512. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health whether orientation and mobility services for the visually impaired and blind fall within the remit of her Department or the Department of Education and Youth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29229/26]

513. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will fund further orientation and mobility training beyond pre-existing Cork and Waterford services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29230/26]

514. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a CORU registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29235/26]

515. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide blood glucose monitors to type 2 diabetes patients with particular emergency cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/26]

516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide full medical cards to all diabetes patients who are currently referred to the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29244/26]

517. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that at present paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29278/26]

518. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive at present; the number of such properties currently vacant; the duration of vacancy of these properties, broken down into less than six months, six-12 months, one-three years, and over three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29287/26]

519. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy basis and criteria used by the Health Service Executive to classify residential properties as "surplus to requirements"; whether these criteria are set out in any formal policy, protocol, or guidance document approved by her Department; and if she will provide details of same [29288/26]

520. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal review or assessment has been conducted to determine the number of vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive and their potential use; the date, scope, and authorship of any such review; whether this review has been submitted to or approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29289/26]

521. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive that have been disposed of in each of the past five years; the method of disposal used in each case; whether Ministerial or Departmental approval is required prior to disposal of such properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29290/26]

522. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the potential use of vacant residential properties for housing or accommodation purposes; whether any formal interdepartmental framework exists governing the repurposing of State-owned residential assets; and if she will make a…

523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residential properties currently owned by the Health Service Executive which are in the process of being disposed of; whether any of these properties have been assessed for potential alternative public use prior to disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29292/26]

524. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive's management of its residential property portfolio, including vacancy and disposal decisions, has been subject to internal audit or review since 2020; the dates and findings of any such audits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29293/26]

525. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has issued any policy direction or guidance to the Health Service Executive regarding the retention, disposal, or repurposing of residential properties; whether consideration has been given to the use of such properties in addressing housing or accommodation pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29294/26]

526. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for a detailed breakdown in CAMHS waiting times per RHA, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29308/26]