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Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1984. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A6.1 "Complete Personalised Budgets pilot and its evaluation, in line with recommendation of Task Force on Personalised Budgets"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1418/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1985. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A9.2 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1419/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1986. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A9.4 (details supplied); and to make the aggregated data on account scale publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1420/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1987. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 action A15.4 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1421/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1988. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the current progress in implementing the Transforming Lives/ Time to Move on from Congregated Settings strategy; the current number of individuals with a disability living in a congregated setting; the number of people with disabilities who have been transitioned to independent living from congregated settings an…
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1989. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of individuals aged under 65 residing in nursing homes; the total number of individuals who have been transitioned to their own home annually since 1 Jan 2023 to date; the average time the discharge process takes; the measures in place to improve the quality of life and independence of people under 65 who continue to…
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1990. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of disabled people who are in receipt of intensive support packages currently; the number of people who are currently on assessment/waiting lists for these packages; and number of people the Minister plans to provide packages for next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1444/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Children
1991. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details on the progress made by working groups on personal assistance and home support to define personal assistance and home care services, develop policy, eligibility and prioritisation criteria, and examine the appropriate standards and form of regulatory oversight in the light of the work underway on regulating the statu…
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Children
369. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if TUSLA intends on maintaining its services at Liberty Street House, Liberty Street, Cork city; whether she is aware of any upcoming changes to its service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73119/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
811. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied); if she is aware of the difficulties for adults accessing these supports; her Department’s plan to address these issues specifically in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70221/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Children
347. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60551/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Children
348. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60554/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59189/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
552. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of sufficient childcare services, particularly after school programmes in Cork (details supplied); the progress that her Department has made to date in expanding access to after-school childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49855/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2415. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason people with alcohol-related brain injuries are excluded from community neurorehabilitation services; to outline the rationale for the exclusion of alcohol-related brain injuries from the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; if she will commit to addressing this by including alcohol-related harm in neurorehabilitation servi…
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2416. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42623/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2417. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42624/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42625/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42626/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2421. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42641/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2422. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42643/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42644/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Children
739. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the shortage of childcare facilities available in Carrigaline in Cork; to provide an update on the predicated opening of a new childcare service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34486/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Children
1144. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on recommendation three from an Ombudsman for Children report (details supplied); if this recommendation has been implemented in full; if not, the reason for the delay in doings so and the timeline for implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30661/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Children
1207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will supply further detail on the Programme for Government commitment to provide a dedicated funding stream for assistive and digital technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30204/25]