2519. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are any plans to collect data for individual disciplines such as SLT, OT, physiotherapy and so on, within the children's disability network teams in the Dublin and North East Regional Healthcare Area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44200/25]
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2527. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of prioritising 460 people under 65 with a disability to move from family homes, congregated settings and nursing homes into the community. [44331/25]
2528. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of transitioning all under 65s with a disability residential services need out of nursing homes and into community-based residential services. [44332/25]
2529. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability residential service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44333/25]
2530. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability respite service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44334/25]
2531. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability day service places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44335/25]
2532. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to estimate the level of need for new disability children’s services places in 2026; and the estimated costs of providing same. [44336/25]
476. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a multi-year capital plan will be developed and implemented to support residential and independent living options for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40505/25]
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]
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 strategy with national…
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]
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 specialists; and if she…
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]
196. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff grade speech and language therapists based in each children's disability network team within CHO2 in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39741/25]
200. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the strategy to ensure services, care and accommodation for disabled people does not move in large measure to the private-for-profit sector as has happened with elder care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39820/25]
212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the waiting list for adult disability respite in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the measures she is taking to increase respite capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40035/25]
213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to increase respite capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40036/25]
216. Deputy Pa 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 June 2025 or latest date available; and if she will provide a breakdown of same, by CHO area, in tabular form. [40046/25]
217. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new emergency places provided to people with a disability as of 1 July 2025, by local health office area, in tabular form. [40047/25]