Questions

1907. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the children's disability network team staffing levels, by discipline and by grade and per population size served, in each integrated health area of the south west regional health area as of 1 April 2025. [20455/25]

1908. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of recruitment drives undertaken for the Children's Disability Network Teams in each Integrated Health Area of the South West Regional Health Area for the years 2023, 2024 and as of April 1st 2025 - namely, the date each post was advertised, the discipline and grade of the post, whether the post had been …

1909. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of recruitment drives undertaken for the children's disability network teams in each integrated health area of the south west regional health area for the years 2023, 2024 and as of 1 April 2025–namely, the date each post was advertised, the discipline and grade of the post, whether the post had been offe…

1910. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, per discipline, for young people in each Integrated Health Area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area Children's Disability Network Teams, in tabular form; including the number of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve mo…

1911. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times for young people in each Integrated Health Area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area Children's Disability Network Teams, in months and years, per discipline, in tabular form; including the number of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve mon…

1912. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Children's Disability Network Team staffing levels served in each Integrated Health Area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area, by discipline and by grade, and per population size, as of 1 April 2025. [20460/25]

1913. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the Children's Disability Network Team staffing levels served in each Integrated Health Area of the West and North West Regional Health Area, by discipline and by grade, and per population size, as of 1 April 2025. [20461/25]

1914. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of recruitment drives undertaken for the Children's Disability Network Teams in each Integrated Health Area of the West and North West Regional Health Area for the years 2023, 2024 and as of 1 April 2025 including the date each post was advertised, the discipline and grade of the post, whether the post ha…

1922. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question 674 of 1 April 2025, and with regards the 30.3% of AONs completed in 2024 that indicated ‘No Disability’ in accordance with the Disability Act, 2005, the percentage of those that were subsequently diagnosed with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20543/25]

1923. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time between initial assessment and the commencement of therapy intervention within speech and language therapy services in the CHO9 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20546/25]

1925. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding media reports (details supplied), the safeguards in place to ensure that subject access requests (SARs) to Tusla are not abused by alleged perpetrators of violence; if Tusla will confirm, in line with GDPR requirements, the procedures in place to ensure that the rights and freedoms of others are not adverse…

1927. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the practical application is envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism [20561/25]

1930. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what annual funding is being provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20659/25]

1931. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she would consider annual funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20660/25]

1952. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in County Cork in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21031/25]

281. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/25]

282. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16426/25]

257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to several complaints regarding employee behaviour and the nutrition provided (details supplied); if her Department will examine these matters and ensure that people in their facilities receive an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15970/25]

630. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1056 of 19 March 2025, and the letter provided from the HSE in respect of that question, if any data exists on record in respect of a matter (details supplied); if that data can provided, however incomplete it might be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15041/25…

632. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of health and social care professional positions approved, and the number of social care professional positions filled, in each Cork city CDNT, from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/25]

639. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a full cost benefit analysis has been carried out on the use of rural hotels for IPAS accommodation; the additional cost of the provision of transport for such facilities; if the use of rural settings is a good use of public funds based on the additional costs associated with the transport and additional service…

644. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will continue to financially support, and endorse, the successful roll out across County Kerry, and throughout the country, of the School Leavers Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15393/25]

649. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children of relevant age not attending an ECCE programme in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15494/25]

670. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the 14,221 children who are now overdue an assessment of need, the engagement she has made with therapists and professional stakeholders to clarify how long an average assessment takes; the plans in place to engage therapists and professional stakeholders in future reforms, including defining what is n…

674. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need that result in no diagnosis and no need for support afterwards; for a breakdown of same, by CHO, for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15780/25]