306. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66069/26]
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612. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans and the timeline to phase out long-term care in nursing homes for younger people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47212/26]
819. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in accepting gifts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33374/26]
957. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full breakdown of legal costs and court settlements in cases involving challenges by parents regarding assessment of needs since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30488/26]
2366. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23937/26]
2367. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including children with high ability alongside additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, are appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23938/26]
2368. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department has conducted an impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs may be masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent the under-identification of such children; and if she will make a statement on th…
2369. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23940/26]
2370. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment, and the implications this may have for equitable access to services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23941/26]
2371. Deputy John Brady 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 are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23942/26]
2372. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23943/26]
2554. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the level of reliance on for-profit organisations in supporting people with intellectual disabilities; the proportion of funding allocated to Section 38 providers versus for-profit providers in each year from 2019 to 2026; the policy rationale for this shift; if her Department has plans to move away from this reli…
2555. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason Section 38 providers have experienced limited growth in residential capacity since 2019 compared to significant expansion in the for-profit sector; the plans in place to address this imbalance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26274/26]
2556. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average cost per residential placement in Section 38 organisations compared to for-profit providers; the steps being taken to ensure adequate resourcing and value-for-money in service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26275/26]
2557. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards in place to ensure that public funding allocated to disability services delivers maximum benefit to service users rather than contributing to private profit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26276/26]
2558. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to provide advance funding to voluntary disability service providers to enable them to plan for future demand, rather than responding only in crisis situations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26277/26]
820. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full breakdown of expenditure by her Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21816/26]
1513. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding funding for essential works to reopen a respite care service (details supplied); when it is likely that this service will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18670/26]
1552. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19490/26]
453. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to commit to providing a national brain injury case management service to reach every person with a brain injury regardless of location; the specific provision that will be made to care for children with a brain injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15699/26]
454. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans and the timeline to phase out long-term care in a nursing home for younger people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15701/26]
941. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers receiving core funding for each year between 2022-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63785/25]
942. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have withdrawn from core funding for each year between 2022-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63786/25]
2353. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that are on the waiting list for an appointment for the children's disability network team for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and child psychology, broken down by waiting list timeframes less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months for CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow, in tabular form; and if…
2354. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that are on the waiting list for an assessment of need with the children’s disability network team in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow, broken down by waiting timeframes less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months for CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41919/25…