733. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied). [37444/25]
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736. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide respite services at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/25]
737. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide additional respite services across County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37554/25]
741. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide information on access to full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); if she will provide details of the estimated time to secure this full-time residential accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37673/25]
745. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a new healthcare facility will be established to replace outdated and unsuitable accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37692/25]
321. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the bus service for adults with special needs, who are in day services, has been cancelled for all new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36714/25]
323. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to intervene in a case where there are major safeguarding concerns in a disability services centre (details supplied). [36680/25]
325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the waiting list for adult disability respite in each county in Ireland for each of the past five years; and if she will ensure that there exists necessary resources to allow families receive respite in a speedy fashion. [36715/25]
328. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 personal assistance service hours in 2026. [36729/25]
329. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated revised cost of meeting service provision and supports identified under the disability capacity review, published in July 2021, given rising costs in the past four years. [36730/25]
333. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a person in Cork (details supplied) who requires urgent long term residential care; to advise if they are on a priority waiting list; to advise what are the long term plans for increasing and extending long term residential places in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36756/25]
206. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale behind cutting the budget for the enhanced quality of life scheme, which supports personal assistants and electric wheelchairs and so on, from €812,000 to €251,000 in the past year; if this reduction can be justified in the context of the Government’s stated aim to end the institutionalisation of under-65s, when t…
215. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting time for children’s therapy services, speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy under the early intervention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36444/25]
216. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers by grade based at the Chamber House children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36470/25]
217. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists by grade based at the Tymon children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36471/25]
627. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to providing more CDNT supports to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36101/25]
631. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1831 of 29 April 2025, the reason for the delay in providing an answer; the reason a second parliamentary question regarding the matter has been ignored; when an answer will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35294/25]
633. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of service statements issued by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35344/25]
634. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children’s disability network team in each area in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [35345/25]
641. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality as per her Department’s announcement in March, to clarify and outline on what date successful applicants of the children’s disability services grant will be provided funding under the grant; the amount of funding to be provided to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35403/25]
642. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any official within her Department was aware of the commitment given by a previous Minister of State, Anne Rabbitte, who publicly committed to funding of €200,000 for adult day care services and €150,000 for respite services at a disability services provider (details supplied) during a visit to the disability services provider…
654. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the necessary works will be carried out at the Saoirse Centre in Athboy for the adult services; if the centre will be well secured with fencing prior to doors opening (details supplied). [35828/25]
171. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for services provided by children’s disability network teams, by CHO area and by CDNT, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2024 and at the end of May 2025; the average length of time children have been waiting for services in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
172. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved full staffing complement, in WTEs, for each children’s disability network team, by staff role, for example, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, team coordinator, and so on; the actual staffing level, in WTEs, in each CDNT at the end of May 2025, by role…
173. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, in WTEs, for each children’s disability network team, by staff role, for example, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, team coordinator, and so on; the duration to date of each vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34823/2…