422. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding supports that are available to families of children with additional and high sensory needs, including any supports for the development of sensory gardens or therapeutic outdoor spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31752/26]
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423. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with a disability currently in residential care funded by the HSE and by other disability service providers in receipt of public funding, by CHO area and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31763/26]
424. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with a disability currently in residential care in a centre (details supplied); the number of additional residential places expected to be delivered by the end of 2026; the number of places currently planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31764/26]
425. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places for adults with a disability planned to be delivered in a centre (details supplied) in 2027 and 2028, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31765/26]
426. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total level of public expenditure allocated to disability services under the HSE National Service Plan 2026; the breakdown of this expenditure, by programme area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31766/26]
427. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to CDNTs in CHO9 in 2025 and 2026; and the estimated funding required to eliminate current waiting lists within this CDNT. [31796/26]
428. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts, filled at Hartstown CDNT as of 23 April 2026, in tabular form. [31797/26]
223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from Tusla care settings who were prosecuted for criminal offences in each of the past five years. [30993/26]
224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in the care of Tusla who received criminal convictions in each of the past five years; and to indicate whether those convictions occurred while the child was in care or after leaving care. [30995/26]
225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from Tusla care settings who were detained in a children detention facility, including Oberstown Children Detention Campus, in each of the past five years, by length of detention. [30997/26]
226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records and monitors the progression of children in care through the criminal justice system, including arrest, prosecution, conviction and detention; if not, the reason; and if there are any plans to introduce such monitoring. [30999/26]
227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific early intervention, diversion and safeguarding measures in place for children in Tusla care who are at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system; and to outline how the effectiveness of such measures is evaluated. [31001/26]
228. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the key measures in the Day Services Capital Plan for 2026. [31019/26]
229. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists, by grade posts filled within intellectual disability services within CHO7 as of 22 April 2026, in tabular form. [31039/26]
230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419 and 420, of 26 March 2026, the measures in place for her Department to identify twice exceptional children outside of the assessment of needs process (details supplied). [31091/26]
231. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a person fostering an 18-year-old still in school can remain on the foster care allowance until the young person has completed secondary school. [31127/26]
232. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress to date on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce paid surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31159/26]
233. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the latest engagements she had with the Minister for Social Protection and the Minster for Health on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce paid surrogacy leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31160/26]
234. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the criteria for access to respite services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31170/26]
235. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene to prevent the proposed closure of a school in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31176/26]
236. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that there are many Irish mother and baby institutional survivors living in the UK, many of whom have been deterred from making an application to the compensation scheme operated by the Government, due to the risk of losing their benefits payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31263/26]
237. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will liaise with her counterparts in the British Government to legislate Philomena’s Law as soon as possible; if she will work with survivors to ensure compensation is received.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31264/26]
238. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will advocate for Irish citizens living in the UK, who are survivors of the mother and baby institutions and who have been taken off their financial benefits having accepted redress compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31265/26]
239. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected. [31345/26]
240. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia will be appropriately identified within the system. [31346/26]