Parliamentary questions

2019. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of assessment of need referrals received each month in 2024 and 2025 by HA2 Swords and Balbriggan teams (Dublin north county); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47287/25]

2020. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for children who are accepted onto the assessment of need waiting list in HA2 Swords and Balbriggan teams (Dublin north county); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47288/25]

2021. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which resource allocations are determined for CDNT and primary care by the HSE; if they are determined on population numbers; and how often the allocation is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47289/25]

2022. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time the HSE internal recruitment process takes when one staff member is moving from one section to another, for example from mental health services to disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47290/25]

2023. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is actively working to reduce the time period for the internal recruitment process to ensure staff transfers are as efficient as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47291/25]

2024. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the incentives being offered by the HSE to entice people to work in disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47292/25]

2025. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2454 of 29 July 2025, if she will instruct the bodies under her aegis to provide the information requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47350/25]

2026. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2455 of 29 July 2025, if she will instruct the bodies under her aegis to provide the information requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47368/25]

2027. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the business case submitted by Blanchardstown children’s disability network team to the HSE regarding providing therapy supports to 12 additional children due to join a school (details supplied) this term, in order that these children are receiving the same therapy supports as the existing 36 stude…

2028. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average cost of one day of respite for a new placement in respite services. [47486/25]

2029. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average cost to deliver an assessment of need (details supplied). [47488/25]

2030. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost for the delivery of a case management system across HSE-funded disability services (details supplied). [47489/25]

2031. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total number of staff employed delivering HSE-funded disability services across the statutory, section 38, section 39 and tendered sectors, including a separate estimation of disputed numbers (details supplied); and for an approximate breakdown of the skill mix of these employees. [47493/25]

2032. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for details of any research undertaken into the workforce in the disability sector, particular with respect to determining pay offers that will bring recruitment and retention across the sector in line with targets; the cost to the exchequer of any pay uplifts; the savings to the exchequer if pay uplifts red…

2033. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made in reducing the waiting times for an assessment of need in County Offaly since the establishment of the 34th Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47542/25]

2253. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cross-departmental strategies being developed to make parenthood more accessible and less burdensome. [42553/25]

2254. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to increase support for people with disabilities to access supported independent living; the provision of supports to live at home, in order 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. [43558/25]

2255. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need overdue for completion at the end of quarter 2 2025, by area, in tabular form; and the mean time to issuing a service statement in 2025 to date. [43785/25]

2256. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) who has waited since April 2022 for an assessment of needs and was issued an assessment of needs report in May 2025 without having been seen by anyone; the reason for the delay and the report being issued in this way; and the steps she intends to take…

2257. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied) who waited over a year from May 2024 to June 2025 for assessment of needs; the reason for the delay; and the steps she intends to take to ensure the person is provided with appropriate supports. [44000/25]

2258. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in care who are in their third placement or greater within the previous 12-months in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the reasons for the increase in numbers in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40758/25]

2259. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address the problem of childcare providers exiting the core funding scheme; if a review into the core funding scheme is underway; the number of providers that have exited the scheme in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40821/25]

2260. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians, by grade based at south Louth children's disability network team in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [40831/25]

2261. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists by grade that are based at north Louth children's disability network team in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [40832/25]

2262. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend by her Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40853/25]