Parliamentary questions

1023. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people currently on the waiting list for adult disability services in each county; the average wait time for services; and the breakdown of the list for each of the past ten years, by the number on the list, added to the list and seen throughout the year. [12226/26]

1024. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior staff grade physiotherapists based in each CDNT within CHO3 as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12242/26]

1025. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the difficulty posed by auto enrolment for TUSLA funded projects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12278/26]

1026. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if significant funding can now be found to alleviate the recruitment crisis of respite care staff by the HSE in Kerry, especially for those individuals with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12327/26]

1027. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans her Departmen…

1028. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way her Department intends to address the long delays for assessments and diagnoses for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12423/26]

1029. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the reason an orphanage (details supplied) has been excluded from the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12432/26]

1030. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on securing a residential placement for a person (details supplied) [12435/26]

1031. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received any update from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding Tailte Éireann sending commercial rates bills to pre-schools operating under the ECCE scheme; whether this is now the standard for all ECCE pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12439…

1032. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if additional supports will be granted to assist childcare and early learning centres unable to recruit staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12498/26]

1033. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a location (detail supplied) was omitted from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12533/26]

1034. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the current Government policy in respect of domestic adoption and intercountry adoption. [12545/26]

1035. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress made on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare since the formation of Government, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12564/26]

1036. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress made on each Programme for Government commitment relating to childcare in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12565/26]

1037. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12639/26]

1038. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any grant funding available that an organisation (details supplied) could apply for to support the provision of free Montessori facilities in their community space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12726/26]

1039. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any research carried out by her Department into the merits of banning smart phones for under 16s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12820/26]

1040. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals made to Tusla related to reported sexual abuse of children in both 2024 and 2025; the number of referrals made to Tusla for therapy following sexual abuse reports in 2024 and 2025 and, of these referrals in these years, the number of referrals that received therapy; and if she will make a …

1041. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 2 April 2025 and No. 1865 of 8 September 2025, the reason her Department has not conducted an audit comparing the number of hours funded versus the actual hours provided to disability day service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12906/26]

1042. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of disability service providers operating in the State, broken down as follows: Section 38, Section 39, private for-profit companies; and for a further breakdown of annual funding allocated to each provider, and the funding allocated to HSE disability services. [12922/26]

494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of the plans, procurement and submission of planning in relation to the proposed disability respite centre at Drumbear and Killygowan in County Monaghan. [11200/26]

495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has examined the Portuguese model for endometriosis support, specifically the provision of up to three paid days off a month for those with a diagnosis of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11202/26]

496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of the detailed plans, procurement and submission of planning in relation to the proposed disability respite centres at a location (details supplied). [11208/26]

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to introduce a paid work leave model, similar to the Portuguese system, for women with a medical diagnosis of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11211/26]

498. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting times for children awaiting a first-time appointment with a children’s disability network team for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy, by therapy discipline and by CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11516/26]