986. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of ongoing delays in accessing disability services such as assessments of need, therapies and respite, the specific actions her Department is taking to reduce waiting times; the way in which she is ensuring that children and adults are supported at key transition points where delays may have long-term developmental or soc…
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121. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of staff assigned to each regional single point of access referral pathway for children's disability and mental health services, including primary care; the number of single point of access units established to date per health region; the disciplines represented on each; and the governance arrangements in place to adjudicate c…
126. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for residential respite care for children and young people with disabilities in County Clare; and whether she will provide a breakdown of the current waiting list for respite services in the HSE Mid-West region, including the number of children waiting and average waiting times, by county, i…
130. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the huge shortage of respite beds in Kerry, where families are being allocated respite and not receiving same due to lack of availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28997/26]
131. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering additional funding for disability organisations, particularly those in the voluntary sector, to help them cope with increasing costs of operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29004/26]
132. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on any meetings she has had with disability representative organisations regarding soaring fuel costs since the outbreak of the current war in the Middle East. [29125/26]
136. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is satisfied with the delivery of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026, considering significantly lower levels of delivery to date; the additional measures she will take to achieve proposed targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29005/26]
137. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken by her Department and the HSE to ensure continuity of care for young people with disabilities transitioning from child to adult services, particularly in CHO areas serving north Dublin; whether additional residential, respite and personal assistance capacity is planned; and if she will make a statement on the …
139. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions being taken to address the issues raised by a group (details supplied) concerning ageing parents who continue to provide full-time care to adult children with intellectual disabilities, particularly in relation to planned supported housing and unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29064/26]
141. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28155/26]
146. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the status and number of operational respite beds for children with disabilities in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28742/26]
147. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific measures that are being put in place in 2026 to ensure that the additional 10,000 respite nights announced in Budget 2026 are distributed equitably across all HSE health regions, including the Mid-West; the mechanisms that will be put in place to track delivery of those additional respite nights at a county level; and if she …
154. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how her Department is working with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Health, as well as local authorities and the HSE, to ensure that adults with intellectual disabilities can access homes that meet their needs within their own communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [284…
155. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a formal cross-departmental structure is in place between her Department, the Department of Health and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to support the delivery of residential placements for persons with intellectual disabilities in north Dublin; the timelines or targets in place in relation to same; and if s…
157. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to explain the difference in early years disability support funding between CHO8 Louth/Meath and CHO1 Cavan/Monaghan, particularly regarding funded preschool and after school intervention places for children with additional needs; the reason CHO1 funds specialised services in some facilities, including 1:1 supports, while CHO8 offers …
158. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to allocate additional therapy staff to disability services in Mayo to address gaps in occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29061/26]
159. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will end the practise of people under 65 years-of-age living inappropriately in nursing homes designed for care of older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28398/26]
161. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made on the issues raised by a group (details supplied) since meeting with the group in January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29150/26]
176. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made on recruiting speech therapists for children with disabilities in Laois; the number of these posts that were advertised; the number that have now been filled in Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29031/26]
177. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to provide additional respite capacity for adults and children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [28424/26]
178. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of capital funding allocated in each of the past five years, and planned for the coming three years, to support the delivery of small-scale community based housing for persons with intellectual disabilities, both at a national level and, specifically, for the north Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
183. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will report on the current funding model for disability support groups (details supplied) in relation to the home support model; and if there are plans to alter this model to ensure the continued viability of the home support model. [29048/26]
184. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the status and number of operational respite beds for adults with disabilities in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28743/26]
186. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to meet the need for long-term residential care for disabled people in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28752/26]
188. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to identify health regions where significant discrepancies in staffing exists between CDNTs; and the recruitment steps she will take to address the matter. [28747/26]