1697. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in County Kildare awaiting access to disability services, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services. [43761/26]
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1724. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has undertaken a review, audit, analysis or assessment since 2020 of delays in permanency planning for children in State care; and if so, if she will provide details of the findings and recommendations. [44089/26]
483. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support the standardising and publishing of accessibility information on step-free access and toilet availability for public venues to allow people plan access in advance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40895/26]
484. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was not considered for a vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40943/26]
949. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2521 of 14 April 2026, the position regarding the complaint (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38852/26]
1081. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres; the age profile of these children, broken down by age band, including those aged under 5 years, 5 to 11 years, 12 to 15 years and 16 to 17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/26]
1082. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres who are placed within their county of origin; those living more than 50km and more than 100km from their family home, respectively, in tabular form. [40286/26]
1083. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in residential care in HIQA-designated disability centres at the end of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the reasons identified by her Department or the HSE for any change in the number of these placements, in tabular form. [40287/26]
1084. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual cost per child of a residential placement for children in HIQA-designated disability centres in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the range of annual costs per child, including the lowest and highest-cost placements; the total expenditure on such placements in each year, in tabular form. [40288/26]
1088. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of eight-week underattendance notifications Pobal has issued since the national childcare scheme commenced, by programme year, in tabular form. [40296/26]
1089. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families that have had their subsidy reduced or withdrawn under the underattendance rules of the national childcare scheme, broken down by programme year, in tabular form. [40297/26]
1091. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with disabilities within the catchments of the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions awaiting a residential placement, broken down by integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [40309/26]
1092. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adult residential disability places in the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health regions; the number of places provided directly by the HSE, section 38 providers, section 39 providers and private for-profit providers, in tabular form. [40310…
1093. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with disabilities, originally from communities within the Dublin south-east and Dublin and north-east health regions catchments who are currently placed in residential disability services more than 50km and more than 100km from their family or community of origin; and the reason for these placements where recorded, …
219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38030/26]
224. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rates for each of the twelve CORU-regulated health and social care professions in the public health service in each of the past five years, noting that the April 2025 CDNT Workforce Report recorded a 21% vacancy rate for health and social care professionals in Children's Disability Network Teams; the progress that has …
228. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm the specific plans that are in place to address the HSE Roadmap for Service Improvement Q2 2025 projection that approximately 23,903 assessments of need could be due for completion by the end of 2025, with 16,593 already overdue at the end of Quarter 2 2025; if she will outline whether sufficient resources are …
189. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding provided for childcare in each Budget between 2016 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35558/26]
190. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding provided for core funding for each year between 2022 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35559/26]
191. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding provided for the National Childcare Scheme for each year between 2019 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35560/26]
984. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of single-occupancy residential placements for people with an intellectual disability, neurodevelopmental condition or acquired brain injury provided by the HSE, Section 38 organisations, Section 39 organisations and private for-profit companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by provider type and health …
985. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost per annum of single-occupancy residential placements for people with an intellectual disability, neurodevelopmental condition or acquired brain injury provided by the HSE, Section 38 organisations, Section 39 organisations and private for-profit companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by provider ty…
422. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any review has been undertaken by her Department regarding the application of the Equal Status Acts in the context of licensed premises, particularly in circumstances where lawful refusals of entry or service are made on the basis of capacity, safety, or operational requirements; and whether any guidance exists or is planned to d…
426. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department, and bodies under her aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Carlow in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a…
427. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including early years, childcare and disability infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department, and bodies under her aegis, which have been completed on time and within budget in Kilkenny in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make…