Parliamentary questions

2413. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the fiscal supports being considered by her Department to alleviate the burden of childcare costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42547/25]

2414. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being considered to promote more equitable sharing of childcare responsibilities between parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42549/25]

2415. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason people with alcohol-related brain injuries are excluded from community neurorehabilitation services; to outline the rationale for the exclusion of alcohol-related brain injuries from the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; if she will commit to addressing this by including alcohol-related harm in neuro…

2416. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42623/25]

2417. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42624/25]

2418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42625/25]

2419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42626/25]

2420. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over 15 months for an appointment with a psychologist under the CDNT team following a referral to CAMHS; if she will ensure that the person is prioritised for assessment before the new school year begins; and if she will make…

2421. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42641/25]

2422. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42643/25]

2423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42644/25]

2424. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in budget 2026, in line with the commitment in the programme for Government to complete the national roll-out of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42648/25]

2425. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of whole time equivalent social care worker posts filled in each children’s disability network team within CHO8 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42664/25]

2426. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of young adults with an intellectual disability in County Laois who are on a waiting list for day services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42665/25]

2427. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent data from the national federation of voluntary service providers showing that 1,500 people with intellectual disabilities are living with family carers aged 70 or older; if she will outline her Department’s plans to respond to this crisis in care and housing; and if she wi…

2428. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether the Government remains fully committed to meeting the residential and respite funding needs identified in the disability capacity review to 2032; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42673/25]

2429. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the finding of the disability capacity review to 2032 that approximately 90 new residential places are required annually to meet demographic needs in the disability sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42674/25]

2430. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential disability places that have been created since the publication of the disability capacity review to 2032, in tabular form by year;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42675/25]

2431. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Children, Education and Disability has met since the formation of the current Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42676/25]

2432. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the recent announcement by a service provider (details supplied) if she is willing to release emergency funding to address the crisis now facing hundreds of aging parents who care for their adult children with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42677/25]

2433. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding whether kinship carers with a formal agreement have the same rights as foster carers. [42773/25]

2434. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to give kinship carers without a formal agreement, the same rights as foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42774/25]

2435. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE play therapist posts that were filled at east Clare Children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42797/25]

2436. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts that were filled at west Clare Children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42798/25]

2437. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialist in intellectual disabilities posts that were filled within CHO3 children's disability network teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [42799/25]