Questions

520. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of posts, in each CDNT in the State, which have been removed since September 2025 under the HSE pay and numbers strategy, in tabular form. [70217/26]

521. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason private supervised-access providers, including an organisation (details supplied), can continue to be used under court orders where a State agency has raised safeguarding concerns and ceased using the provider; the regulation and oversight that applies to such providers; whether courts are notified of safeguarding or vet…

522. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the posts that are vacant in each CDNT in the State, in tabular form, which of these posts will be removed by December 31 under the HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy, in tabular form. [70216/26]

523. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will address the ongoing exclusion of counties Sligo and Leitrim as the only remaining counties without an organisation's dedicated, locally-based MS community worker (details supplied); if she will provide the specific funding allocation to the organisation to establish this full-time post for the more than 300 peop…

524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from households in which all adults are unemployed, economically inactive or otherwise not in paid employment who receive more than 20 hours per week of subsidised childcare; the average number of hours claimed; and the total cost to the Exchequer of these claims in each year from 2020 to date. [70430/26]

525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of households in which no adult is in employment that are availing of more than 20-hours-per-week of publicly subsidised childcare under the national childcare scheme or any other State-supported childcare programme; and the corresponding figure in each year from 2020 to date. [70429/26]

526. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that she will permit the extension of a sponsored claim through the national childcare scheme which is due to expire on the 13 December 2026 for a child (details supplied). [70418/26]

527. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm if a child (details supplied) is on the waiting list for an assessment of need with the local service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70368/26]

528. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason WALK was not allocated sustainability funding; the assessment undertaken of WALK’s financial position and accumulated residential deficits; the sustainability of WALK’s residential services being expected to be maintained in the absence of additional funding; the measures available to address the historic underfunding that has…

529. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence, details supplied, regarding the absence of sustainability funding for WALK's residential disability services, the impact of historic underfunding and accumulated deficits on the sustainability of those services, and the measures available to support the continuation of resid…

530. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence, details supplied, regarding proposals to develop additional respite supports for children with additional needs through facilities operated by an organisation. [70495/26]

531. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the supports available to assist an organisation in sustaining and further developing services for children with additional needs. [70494/26]

532. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made in reducing the number of children on the Swords CDNT waiting lists; the number of staff recruited to Swords CDNT to September 2026; and which vacancies remain. [70655/26]

533. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Dublin North area of CHO 9 who received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in the years 2020 to date; and the number who have not. [70652/26]

534. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is familiar with the remit of the UK Office of Public Guardian; and which Irish statutory body performs the same or similar functions by investigating allegations of mistreatment of elderly people at the hands of family members who may have powers of attorney over their affairs. [69764/26]

535. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the funding challenges facing an organisation and the proposals submitted to the HSE to support the continuation and expansion of services for children with additional needs. [70491/26]

536. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number children and families whose scoliosis care predates January 2019 will fall outside module 1; and if she will reconsider the timeframe in order that relevant children are not excluded simply because their experiences occurred before January 2019. [69770/26]

537. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Commission of Investigation and module 1, the reason the timeframe for module 1 set to commence from January 2019. [69766/26]

538. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the midwest HSE region; the number in each other HSE region; the number per head of population in each region for each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; the status of plans to increase the number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the HSE midwest region; if there is an eating d…

539. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish the complete report of the National Disability Needs Analysis 2026. [69817/26]

540. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all the hospitals which provide dermatology services in Ireland. [69816/26]

541. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the engagement she has had with the HSE in relation to the proposal to add the shingles vaccine to the reimbursement scheme. [69821/26]

542. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists on site in a hospital (details supplied). [69804/26]

543. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for a first appointment at a symptomatic breast disease clinic; the number of urgent referrals seen within the two-week target in each of the past 12 months; the number of women currently waiting beyond that target, broken down by hospital; and the steps she is taking to ensure all urgent referrals are seen on time. [69774/26]

544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for a delay of up to nine months for the HSE to reimburse patients availing of the EU cross border directive; the action being taken to help patients who avail of loans in order to access speedy healthcare due to growing waiting lists here and who find themselves considerably out of pocket as a result of the delays in reimbursement; and the re…