186. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, given that Ireland ranks last in terms of European disability employment, how the Government looks to address these concerns; if the Government will consult all disabled persons’ representative organisations (DPROs) in this respect; to outline the Government’s response to the failure of the Comprehensiv…
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187. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when creating and consulting on new employment strategies for disabled people, the reason the Government is prioritising consulting from service providers (details supplied) over certain specialised disabled persons’ representative organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14311/25]
188. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to people that suspect that they are living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in particular those who are under the age of 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14312/25]
189. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken to meet the commitments under Article 21 (c) of the WHO Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14313/25]
190. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress of the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14314/25]
191. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria used and the steps taken to diagnose foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14315/25]
192. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies under her aegis to be a disability at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14316/25]
193. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth who applied for an assessment of needs for each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number of assessment of needs carried out for the each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14319/25]
194. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth that are currently awaiting an assessment of need; the number of these children that have been waiting up to three months; the number waiting between three and six months; the number waiting between six and twelve months; the number waiting more than twelve months; and if she will make…
195. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time in Louth for a child seeking an assessment of needs. [14321/25]
196. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the longest waiting time in Louth for a child seeking an assessment of needs. [14322/25]
197. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints and appeals received for each year from 2020 to 2025 respectively from persons in Louth who were dissatisfied with their child’s assessment of needs or service statement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14323/25]
198. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the current pathway in place to process assessment of need applications for children in Louth. [14324/25]
199. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown by grade of the current staffing resources in place to process assessment of need applications for children in Louth. [14325/25]
200. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans or proposals in place to ensure that children can access an assessment of need and any subsequent recommended supports within the statutory timeframes, in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14326/25]
201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a case (details supplied) in which a family have had their subsidised childcare hours slashed from 45 to 31 due to underattendance caused by frequent illness of the child; and if she will instruct her Department to look into this issue and ensure the family has appropriate childcare. [14328/25]
202. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to children with additional needs in childcare settings where the child is too young to enrol in ECCE and cannot access AIM support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14339/25]
203. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on assessment of needs in CHO9, and the estimated wait time. [14354/25]
204. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when her Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies under its remit, in terms of compliance with data protection legislation. [14435/25]
205. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when promised respite to a person (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter accounting for the delay in provision. [14460/25]
206. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as to when an assessment for ADHD will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14461/25]
207. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on when CDNT support will be provided for a person (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14462/25]
208. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on why the service statement for a person (details supplied) contradicts the assessment of needs for that person; why that contradiction persisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14463/25]
209. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to identify where appropriate clinical support should be provided for a person (details supplied); why ambiguity exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14464/25]
210. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 25 February 2025, when a substantive response will issue from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14468/25]