685. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will investigate and address a delay in assessments of need for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53399/26]
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719. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department can investigate and address a delay in a person’s assessments of need (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49612/26]
2430. Deputy Ged Nash 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24600/26]
2431. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional (i.e. children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia), will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a …
2432. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on the way in which the revised assessment of need 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 th…
2433. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; if consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction …
2434. Deputy Ged Nash 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; if he will confirm whether his Department plans to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework, to ens…
937. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the ongoing delays in AON assessments nationwide; the plans her Department has to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9670/26]
952. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an assessment of needs will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23245/25]