Questions

766. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she has requested, or intends to request, that the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General undertake an examination of the cost-effectiveness or value-for-money of private childcare placements funded by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32440/26]

767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any internal or external review, evaluation, or audit of outcomes, cost-effectiveness, or long-term value of private childcare placements is planned; and if so, the timeline and scope; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32441/26]

768. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how children have been in residential care for each of the past five years under the National Placement Team; and the number of children that are on a waiting list for residential care for each of the past five years. [32466/26]

769. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unaccompanied minors that have been in SEAs for each of the past five years; and the number of non-unaccompanied minors that have been in SEAs for each of the past five years. [32467/26]

770. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unaccompanied minors that have been sent to IPAS for age verification for each of the past five years before being placed in a Tusla residential care unit. [32468/26]

771. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of court orders that Tusla has failed to comply with for each of the past five years. [32469/26]

772. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 29 March 2026, to provide an update on the outcome of her Department writing to all male Catholic religious congregation in Ireland seeking information on any members who are fathers; the responses received; and any follow up actions, or planned action(s); and if she will make a statement o…

773. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Tusla’s care who reached 18 years-of-age while still listed as 'missing' from State care, for each of the past ten years. [32556/26]

774. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young people that go missing in care and never re-establish contact before adulthood, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if the State tracks outcomes at all once responsibility ends. [32557/26]

775. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to extend the length of paternity leave from its current two weeks to eight weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32630/26]

776. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal clinical risk assessment has been conducted specifically examining the impact of the absence of clinician-level caseload data within Children's Disability Network Teams; if so, to provide the date, author, and findings of that assessment; and if not, the basis upon which the Department is satisfied that patient safety …

777. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality who holds formal responsibility at national level for assuring safe clinician workload levels within Children's Disability Network Teams in the absence of caseload measurement data; and the governance mechanism through which this assurance is provided. [32638/26]

778. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has undertaken any comparative analysis with other jurisdictions regarding clinician caseload measurement in multidisciplinary disability services; and if so, to provide details and findings. [32639/26]

779. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how workforce planning decisions for Children's Disability Network Teams can be validated or audited in the absence of clinician-level activity and caseload data; and whether any external body has reviewed the robustness of this approach. [32640/26]

780. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current percentage of Children's Disability Network Teams fully operational on the CDNT Information Management System; the original implementation deadline; and the reasons for any delay. [32641/26]

781. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any internal or external analysis has been conducted to estimate average waiting times within Children's Disability Network Teams, given that such data is not centrally collated; and if so, to provide the methodology and findings. [32642/26]

782. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full breakdown of the reduction in the Children's Disability Network Team waiting list from 16,522 to 8,648, including the number of cases fully treated, partially treated, reclassified, deferred, and removed without intervention. [32643/26]

783. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what clinical or governance risk assessment has been undertaken in respect of the 5,605 children waiting more than 12 months for initial contact with Children's Disability Network Teams. [32644/26]

784. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what the estimated staffing shortfall is within Children's Disability Network Teams required to eliminate waiting times exceeding 12 months. [32645/26]

785. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality what modelling or capacity analysis underpins the planned 10-week initial pathway target commencing June 2026, given current waiting times exceeding 12 months. [32646/26]

786. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of adults with an intellectual disability currently assessed as requiring residential or supported living accommodation; the number of such persons currently in receipt of appropriate residential placement; the number awaiting placement; and whether her Department maintains projections of future demand over the next five…

787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with an intellectual disability currently living with a primary family carer aged over 65 years and over 70 years respectively; the number of such cases where no formal future residential or care plan is in place; and the measures in place to prioritise this cohort. [32690/26]

788. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the State maintains a comprehensive national register of adults with an intellectual disability who require, or are projected to require, residential or supported living accommodation; if not, the reason for the absence of such a register; and any plans to establish one. [32692/26]

789. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential or supported living places for adults with an intellectual disability delivered in each of the past five years; the number planned for delivery in 2026 and 2027; and the extent to which this level of delivery meets identified national demand. [32693/26]

790. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual expenditure on private residential childcare placements for each of the past five years; the average cost per placement; and the comparative average cost of a public residential placement. [32700/26]