Questions

683. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting assessment and intervention by Children’s Disability Network Teams; the average waiting time; and whether current staffing levels are considered sufficient to meet demand. [28143/26]

692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time from referral to first assessment and from assessment to intervention within Children's Disability Network Teams, nationally and by Community Healthcare Organisation area. [28280/26]

697. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on waiting times for assessments of need in CHO9; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/26]

414. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21215/26]

230. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will assist a child (details supplied) with an Assessment of Need application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15399/26]

548. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults in County Wexford with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13964/26]

280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need in County Kildare; the number waiting more than three, six and 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/26]

914. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9222/26]

1924. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young people under 18 years of age in County Mayo who have a formal autism diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74586/25]

1925. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of autism diagnoses in County Mayo by age cohort (under 5, 5-12, 13-18) this year and each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74587/25]

2317. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider implementing a national policy to review ASD diagnoses in key educational transition years, 1st, 2nd, and 6th class; and whether a pilot of such a policy could be introduced in Kerry. [41376/25]

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 883 of 8 July 2025, if she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [39910/25]

267. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of time spent per assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, where a finding of no disability or additional need was recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30912/25]

1203. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case where parents are receiving assessment of need reports stating that autism is not a disability, despite it being classified as such under the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30142/25]

1805. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young as their early 20s; if she plans to recognise lipoedema as a disability, or would consider doing so, thus enabling sufferers to qualify for social housing tr…

431. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies under her aegis to be a disability at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13233/25]

1317. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an autism assessment to the HSE in Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10836/25]

1327. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete assessment of need, as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disabi…

1413. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if endometriosis will be recognised as a disability. [12085/25]

1441. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies to be a disability at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12516/25]

201. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if and when endometriosis will be recognised as a 'disability' for those sufferers unable to work and seeking disability allowance; if this is being considered as part of the development of the National Endometriosis Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6727/25]