705. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if CDNT teams have discretion to approve in-home respite on compassionate grounds; the frequency with which this has occurred in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56863/25]
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706. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish quarterly updates on the number of children receiving respite; the number waiting, by CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56864/25]
707. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight mechanisms which exist to ensure that HSE disability managers are delivering on national respite targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56865/25]
708. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an audit of children's respite provision has been undertaken since 2022; and, if so, to publish its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56866/25]
713. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give a detailed progress report in regard to the urgent provision of respite and additional disability services adjacent to a school (details supplied); if she will outline the progress the working group has made in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57092/25]
716. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of vacancies in CDNTs in County Offaly. [57216/25]
316. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all vacancies within CDNTs in CHO7 in 2024 and to date in 2025 due to maternity leave have been backfilled; and if not, the vacancies which remained unfilled, in tabular form. [56071/25]
761. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies by job title at Kilbarrack children's disability network team; the time frame for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [54616/25]
763. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54648/25]
302. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to extend the age range of after care allowance to those leaving care to the age of 23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54307/25]
514. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has any plans to expand the use of braille signage in public spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53025/25]
515. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has received any proposals to expand the use of braille signage in supermarkets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53026/25]
517. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the difficulties in transitioning from paediatric disability services and adult disability services, particularly the lack of transition planning; if she has any plans to implement an automatic referral scheme for people transitioning from paediatric to adult disability services; if there are any plans to provide…
518. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the overseas recruitment campaigns, by location, children's disability network teams have carried out to attract qualified staff to work within CDNTs, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53152/25]
524. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1033, 1034, 1047, 1048 and 1049, of 17 September 2025, the reason single discipline waiting lists with CDNTs are not held; the way planning for each discipline takes place within this information; if she will ensure that single discipline waiting lists are compiled; if she will provide the average w…
526. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current vacancies by job title within Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team based in Donegal; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53627/25]
527. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the number of people currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months; and the number waiting 12 months plus, in tabular form. [53638/25]
528. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; the number of people currently on the waiting list for same in each LHO area; the number waiting 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and the number waiting 12 months plus, in tabular form. [53639/…
529. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places for people with a disability currently being provided as of 1 October 2025 or latest date available; and by CHO area in tabular form. [53640/25]
530. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new emergency places provided to people with a disability as of 1 October 2025; and by Local Health Office area of same, in tabular form. [53641/25]
159. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the additional funding allocated to residential placements for adults with an intellectual disability in 2025; the number of places that will be provided in CHO 4; if additional funding will be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52235/25]
168. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of persons with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of home support at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52496/25]
169. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of persons with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of personal assistance hours at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52497/25]
170. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of persons with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of respite services at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form [52498/25]
174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for initial contact with a children’s disability network team at the end of September in each year 2022 to 2025, for each team, in tabular form. [52587/25]