397. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the case of a child in County Mayo (details supplied) who has been waiting in excess of three years for clinical psychology services and over one year since an assessment of need application was submitted; the reason the child's assessment of need has not yet been completed; the reason a maternity-leave clinical psych…
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896. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting time in the Dublin North region CH09 for psychological assessments through CDNT services; the number of children waiting longer than five years for assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37128/26]
428. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised Framework for the Assessment Of Children In Need and their Families limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23489/26]
429. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be “twice exceptional” will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23490/26]
430. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; what safeguards are in place to prevent under-identification of such children…
431. Deputy Réada Cronin 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23492/26]
432. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment and the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23493/26]
433. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23494/26]
434. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23495/26]
988. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in primary care in County Longford for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48453/25]
1917. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a person (details supplied) can access psychological services to get an essential psychological report for entry into post primary education in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45297/25]
1302. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the instructions given to parents by the children’s disability network team in relation to updated psychological assessments for children diagnosed with autism in search of a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12766/25]
1303. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons that a child with autism might be denied an updated psychological assessment by the children’s disability network team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12767/25]
898. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an autism assessment will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2159/25]
1198. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a psychology session tailored for a 14-year-old ASD student (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46834/24]