241. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional childre…
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242. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; the consideration that has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public …
243. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model. [31349/26]
244. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes. [31350/26]
245. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31354/26]
246. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31372/26]
247. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under her remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31390/26]
248. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to review the age restrictions on relevant ECCE years; and if any discretion can be exercised where a child is only a matter of hours too young to qualify for ECCE in a given term. [31408/26]
249. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the reasons for closing a Naíonra in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31453/26]
250. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Naíonra funded by her Department, broken down by county, over the past four years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31454/26]
251. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected annual cost of delivering the National LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy II up to 2028; the estimated cross-departmental funding required year on year, in tabular form. [31458/26]
910. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a dedicated speech and language (SLT) post will be in place within the HSE Mid-West Adult Disability Service, as the service does not currently have a dedicated SLT post aligned to the staffing complement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30887/26]
911. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the submission of Disability Supports Application Management Tool (DSMAT) forms by disability service providers in County Mayo; the extent to which providers are meeting DSMAT submission requirements; to identify any providers with outstanding or overdue submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
912. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding payments under the national childcare scheme; if there is any flexibility in terms of back payments for parents that missed a registration deadline or registered late for any reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29582/26]
913. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of funding provided to Blakestown children's disability network team, Blanchardstown children's disability network team and Cabra Grangegorman children's disability network team, broken down per year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29627/26]
914. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of graduate speech and language therapists that were offered placements within CDNTs in CHO8 in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29642/26]
915. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the likely impact of the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive on groups identified for protection under the directive; the findings of any such assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29647/26]
916. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any gaps have been identified between the protections set out in the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive and existing equality legislation in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29649/26]
917. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the main obstacles identified at council level to progressing the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29648/26]
918. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the State's current position in negotiations at council level on the proposed European Union Equal Treatment Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29650/26]
919. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2493 of 14 April 2026, to outline the appraisal tools that have been developed in order to select projects that align with programme objectives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29673/26]
920. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2493 of 14 April 2026, the quarter of 2026 in which decisions will be made on the specific projects agreed upon under the early learning and childcare capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29674/26]
921. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young people on waiting lists for assessment of need and for therapy services, including speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology, as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29726/26]
922. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessment of need applications overdue for completion under statutory timeframes as of 31 March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29727/26]
923. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of childcare facilities which are providing childcare under the ECCE scheme, who are now required to pay commercial rates to their relevant local authority; if her Department has had any engagement with local authorities on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29730/26]