Parliamentary questions

478. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on CDNT waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40211/25]

479. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40276/25]

480. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role that local authorities will have in implementing the new National Human Rights Disability Strategy; if the local authorities will be resourced to implement actions included in the strategy at local level; the method by which local authorities will co-ordinate local level delivery of the st…

481. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of crèches, by county, over the past five years, in tabular form. [40294/25]

482. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports, including capital or operational funding, planned for voluntary early-years providers in Dublin south central, particularly those facing rising costs. [40310/25]

483. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of crèche facilities in Kildare that have expanded their capacity in the past five years and in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40329/25]

484. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of changes in the number of preschools every year for the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40344/25]

485. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people awaiting a home help package in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40352/25]

486. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of individuals under 65 years of age residing in nursing homes; the total number of under 65-year-old individuals who were placed in a nursing home in 2024; the number who were transitioned out of nursing homes in 2024; and the average time to process a person's transition to a residential setti…

487. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of both unfilled and filled positions across each CDNT in the State in 2024 and 2025 to date, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form. [40359/25]

488. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting to be seen by CDNTs across the State, categorised by CHO, team and number of weeks waiting, in tabular form. [40360/25]

489. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies that exist in CDNTs in County Donegal, by CDNT region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40366/25]

490. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if her Dep…

491. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40408/25]

492. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40425/25]

493. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the urgent actions her Department will take to address the backlog of over 14,000 overdue assessments of need for children requiring disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40431/25]

494. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a timeline for the development and implementation of a national workforce strategy for children's disability network teams to address immediate and future staffing gaps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40432/25]

495. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to transition away from emergency-only responses in disability support services towards a rights-based, planned model of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40434/25]

496. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how Budget 2026 will address the shortfall in residential places for people with intellectual disabilities and autism; if she will commit to funding the 280 places outlined as a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40435/25]

497. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the number of vacant positions in the Kilkenny-Thomastown CDNT area; the length of time that each position has remained vacant; the efforts being made to recruit the necessary professionals; the number of children on the waiting list; if those waiting the longest will be referred to private spe…

498. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Budget 2026 will include a 3% increase in base funding for disability services to reflect rising inflation and increased operational costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40503/25]

499. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to providing ring-fenced funding to address the current and historic financial deficits experienced by voluntary disability service providers such as an organisation (details supplied). [40504/25]

500. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding given to each county as part of the enhancing quality fund to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40525/25]

501. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding given to each county as part of the Parent Peer Support Fund 2024/2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40526/25]

502. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding given to each county as part of the childminding development grant to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40527/25]