80. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway. [64901/26]
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86. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for the Children's Disability Network Team services in Galway and nationally; the vacancies that currently exist within those teams; and the specific actions being taken to ensure children can access assessments and therapies within clinically appropriate timeframes. [64933/26]
89. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for enhanced services at a location (details supplied); to create a centre of excellence for respite for both adults and children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65721/26]
97. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing multi annual funding arrangements for capital projects undertaken by disability service providers and disability organisations, in order to provide greater funding certainty and enable more effective planning and delivery of essential disability infrastructure. [65122/26]
117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to increase day services for adults with intellectual disabilities in County Meath; the number of new places planned for 2026 and 2027. [64791/26]
123. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Budget 2027 will include a multi-annual funding framework for disability services, covering both current and capital expenditure; whether such a framework will set out planned investment in residential services, respite, home support, personal assistance, day services and children’s disability services over a defined number of ye…
129. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to improve transport supports for persons with disabilities accessing respite care services. [65693/26]
131. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of children in disability residential placements, the total expenditure attributable to agency staffing and directly employed staffing in 2025 and to date in 2026 (details supplied); the proportion of total staffing expenditure represented by agency staffing in each provider category; whether the HSE requires providers of comm…
139. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department is taking to provide additional respite capacity in County Galway, in view of the increasing waiting lists for these services. [64899/26]
329. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the continuing difficulties faced by children and families in South Tipperary in accessing timely disability assessments and therapeutic supports; the current waiting times for assessment of need applications and for intervention services in the South Tipperary area; the number of vacant posts across Children's Disa…
1010. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to families who must travel significant distances for access to disability and educational services. [64201/26]
1012. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for children with Down syndrome to access appropriate speech and language therapy in Tipperary. [64197/26]
1018. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to address the shortage of speech and language therapists available to children with additional needs given disability support services in North Tipperary have been impacted for a number of years by vacant posts and a lack of resources; the current waiting times for children with Down syndrome to access appropr…
1020. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staffing levels of CDNTs in County Clare; if she is aware that a vacancy has been created within the Ennis CDNT (details supplied); the steps being taken to immediately fill this vacancy to prevent further waitlist delays for children in the region; if her Department has a policy to ensure that the expansion of the education therap…
1046. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions being taken to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a three-year-old child with significant communication and developmental needs who is non-verbal and known to the Children's Disability Network Team. [65161/26]
1047. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals to the national special care referrals committee per month, over the past 24 months. [65166/26]
1061. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of current staffing across all children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA. [65297/26]
1062. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists posts, by grade that have been filled within intellectual disability services in CHO5 area as of 9 September 2026, in tabular form. [65411/26]
1063. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting physiotherapy services across children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA; the number who have been waiting between 0-6 months, between 6-12 months and in excess of 12 months. [65304/26]
1064. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children awaiting speech and language services across children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA; the number who have been waiting between 0-6 months, between 6-12 months and in excess of 12 months. [65303/26]
1065. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children awaiting occupational therapy services across children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA; the number who have been waiting between 0-6 months, between 6-12 months and in excess of 12 months. [65302/26]
1066. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of current children's disability network teams operating in the Louth Meath IHA; the location of each; the geographical area of each team service; the services currently provided by each team; and the number of children/families currently assigned to each team. [65296/26]
1067. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time from initial referral to services until initial appointment with children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA. [65299/26]
1068. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for an initial appointment with children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA; the number who have been waiting between 0-6 months, between 6-12 months and in excess of 12 months . [65298/26]
1069. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of referrals made to the children's disability network teams in the Louth Meath IHA in each of the years 2020 to 2026. [65301/26]