Parliamentary questions

2463. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her position on the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43371/25]

2464. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made on the reform of Tusla and improvements to child protection services; the level of funding allocated to family support, foster care, and interagency coordination in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43387/25]

2465. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the Dublin and midlands region; and the most expensive assessment of needs, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43405/25]

2466. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the Dublin and south east region; and the most expensive assessment of needs, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43406/25]

2467. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessment of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the Dublin and north east region; and the most expensive assessment of needs, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43407/25]

2468. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the west and north west region; and the most expensive assessment of need, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43408/25]

2469. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the mid-west region; and the most expensive assessment of need, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43409/25]

2470. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the south west region; and the most expensive assessment of need, per each respective provider, in the same years.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

2471. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the responsibilities that have been devolved to the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43543/25]

2472. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline her plans regarding the ongoing research and planning on the development of assistive technologies to be used to assist therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43544/25]

2473. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will give an update on the progress of the AAC pilot with AsIAm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43545/25]

2474. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for assessing the best means of carrying out assessments of needs and therapies provision for those with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43546/25]

2475. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting assessments of needs, by time and county, the projected waiting list by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43547/25]

2476. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes she proposes to assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43548/25]

2477. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the positions that are unfilled by the CDNT team, in tabular form; the plans to fill these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43549/25]

2478. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the progress being made in workforce planning for staffing of CDNTs and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43550/25]

2479. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the engagement there has been with foster carers to deliver on their asks regarding the foster care allowance, pension issues etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43551/25]

2480. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on early child and family interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43552/25]

2481. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neuro rehabilitation teams, by region, in tabular form; the plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43553/25]

2482. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver 222 extra posts in adult multidisciplinary therapies as promised in the action plan for disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43554/25]

2483. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver around 1,200 additional day service places each year, to ensure places for school leavers who require them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43555/25]

2484. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost to deliver 800,000 additional personal assistance hours, and 110,000 additional home support hours respite services, as promised in the action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43556/25]

2485. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost for continued expansion of respite services, including alternative respite options such as 500 new community-based residential care places to replace disability care in large institutional and campus-based settings, around 900 additional residential care places to tackle unmet need and…

2486. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plan, timeline and cost for the option of personalised budgets for those with disabilities, giving individuals greater choice and control over how they are supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43559/25]

2487. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to address the cost of childcare in areas like Dublin Rathdown, where the cost is above the national average and previous interventions have been unable to bring it down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43607/25]