224. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary will receive Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68296/25]
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879. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children with disabilities or additional needs which are participating in the Access and Inclusion Model across early learning and childcare settings in County Laois; the trends year-on-year; the further measures which are planned to increase inclusion in mainstream early years for children with disabilities; and if she wi…
1514. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the process for an individual to receive reimbursement for the cost of an assessment of need when the individual had to go private, due to the State not meeting its statutory requirement for a timely assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58568/25]
1520. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which additional funding to clear the backlog of assessment of need applications, allocated under Cara’s Fund, will be detailed in the National Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58670/25]
1522. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the pathways and timeframes for accessing a section 16(a) S.I. No. 704/2021 - Disability (Assessment of Needs, Service Statements and Redress) (Amendment) Regulations 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58850/25]
1523. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected timeframes for a section 16 (a) S.I (a). No.704/2021 whereby a section 16A has been granted to an individual or family member; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58851/25]
1908. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Health Service Executive disability services in the Dublin north city & west (IHA DNCW) area can receive an additional allocation of multi disciplinary staff for CDNTs in 2025, in view of the increase of 12 students at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45137/25]
1930. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the lack of external oversight or appeals process when children are expelled from ECCE-funded preschools, particularly those with additional needs. [45456/25]
1931. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to standardise policies across all ECCE providers regarding the handling of behavioural issues in children with additional needs. [45457/25]
1932. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which access and inclusion model supports are being evaluated for effectiveness when preschools expel children with ASD despite support being in place. [45458/25]
305. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if children with an ASD diagnosis can be refused access to pre-schools due to their diagnosis; to outline if children have a right to pre-school education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38518/25]
1889. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form. [20257/25]
360. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently examine and proposal in regard to a pilot summer programme in respect of a special school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14792/25]
202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children with additional needs in childcare settings where the child is too young to enrol in ECCE and cannot access AIM support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14339/25]
415. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a place will be provided at an ASD unit in Kilkenny city or Jenkinstown or Clara for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; if occupational therapy and speech and language therapy will be arranged for this non-verbal child as a matter of urgency as specified in a report; and if she will expedite a …
1454. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the current use of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary, given the immediate shortage of special school places in south Tipperary if the school could be used for the establishment of a new special school in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12954/25]
112. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of needs; the average waiting time; the measures she intends to take to tackle these waiting lists for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8180/25]