Parliamentary questions

1160. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for the improvement and expansion of disability day services. [29167/25]

1161. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if the assessment can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29190/25]

1162. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the Midlands and North East in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29…

1163. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 20 May 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the 48% of early learning and care and school-age childcare providers with vacant places, for each area, per provider, in County Donegal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29203/25]

1164. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will investigate a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29205/25]

1165. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are in place to address the financial pressures and staff shortages currently being faced by the pre-school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/25]

1166. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29258/25]

1167. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to further reduce the cost of childcare for families under the national childcare scheme; the timelines in place for the implementation of any additional cost-reduction measures; and the specific steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and crèch…

1168. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns regarding disability services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29325/25]

1169. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the daily transport charge, which parents of adults and children with special needs were required to pay for transport to day services has been abolished as per commitment given by previous Minister of State for Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29350/25]

1170. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU member states by CORU and TUSLA, and if she considers that refusals or delays in recognising such qualifications is hindering the recruitment and retention of social workers. [29355/25]

1171. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children with disabilities on waiting list for overnight respite care in County Kildare; and the number of those who currently receiving respite care but who require more nights, in tabular form. [29376/25]

1172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a residential settings and attend a day service; the plan for the places that would be vacated by these people being forced to stay in residential settings; and if jobs will be lost in this reorganisation. [29381/25]

1173. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will approve additional home help hours for a person (details supplied). [29434/25]

1174. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in Budget 2026 to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands and north east, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29435/25]

1175. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a respite centre in Listowel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29482/25]

1176. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 24 April 2024, to provide an update on the hiring of 300 therapy assistants to work on CDNTs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29497/25]

1177. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/25]

1178. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of these vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29549/25]

1179. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with mental health issues in south Tipperary to ensure the sustainability of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29654/25]

1180. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29658/25]

1181. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of approvals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29659/25]

1182. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of refusals for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29660/25]

1183. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the budget for HSE home support (disabilities) in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29661/25]

1184. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Action Plan for Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Learning and Childcare Sector will be published; when the first actions to be taken on foot of it will be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29692/25]