Questions

1553. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital disability infrastructure projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Longford for each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [41791/26]

1554. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a list of all capital disability infrastructure projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Westmeath for the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [41792/26]

1555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE maintains an internal financial risk categorisation, scoring matrix, or red-amber-green assessment system for Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers; and if she will provide details of the categories, criteria and escalation thresholds used. [41827/26]

1556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how many Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers were regarded by the HSE as financially vulnerable, financially challenged, or requiring sustainability intervention in each year since 2020. [41828/26]

1557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how many Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers received supplementary emergency funding, cash acceleration measures, or deficit-support arrangements in each year since 2020; and the total value of such supports by year. [41829/26]

1558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE has identified any risk of service reduction, service interruption, or provider failure arising from financial sustainability pressures within the disability sector since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41830/26]

1559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE has undertaken any national assessment of the financial impact of HIQA regulatory compliance obligations on Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers; and if she will provide details of any such assessment. [41831/26]

1560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any Section 38 or Section 39 disability provider has formally notified the HSE of concerns regarding inability to maintain existing service levels due to staffing shortages, financial deficits, or regulatory compliance costs since 2020. [41832/26]

1561. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families in Cork where elderly parents, particularly those over retirement age, are the primary carers for adult children with learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42020/26]

1562. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units in Cork. [42021/26]

1563. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units planned in Cork. [42022/26]

1564. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the service providers in Cork submitted disability support management advisory team, DSMAT, forms to the HSE. [42023/26]

1565. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the clinical pathways available to community-dwelling patients with chronic, non-acute brain trauma who require ongoing, long-term multidisciplinary input to maintain cognitive and physical function; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42028/26]

1566. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the clinical oversight mechanisms in place for generic, outsourced section 39 disability services being delivered in a fragmented, piecemeal manner to patients with complex neurological trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42031/26]

1567. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the policy for de-congregation of disability residential services; the way in which such a policy should best be implemented in a context where demand for residential services for disabled people is rapidly increasing and in which there is a high prevalence of disabled adults living with ageing carers; and if she will make a…

1568. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a progress report on the provision of childcare facilities at the former convent in Listowel, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42133/26]

1569. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any system currently exists for the ongoing monitoring of individuals working with children after Garda vetting has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42148/26]

1570. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Garda vetting is considered by her Department to be a sufficient standalone safeguarding measure for individuals working with children; the additional safeguards that exist to assess ongoing suitability once an individual is employed within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42150/26]

1571. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla or any State body maintains oversight where safeguarding concerns identified within one early years setting may be relevant to a person subsequently seeking employment in another setting; the way in which children are protected in circumstances where concerns may not follow an individual between employers; and if she wi…

1572. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total amount spent by her Department on public procurement in 2025; to provide a breakdown, where available, by goods, services, works procurement expenditure, by expenditure procured directly by her Department and expenditure procured through central purchasing arrangements or frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1573. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department is fully compliant with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance, issued under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, specifically the requirements under section D and section E (details supplied); to publish quarterly the contracts awarded above €25,000, exclusi…

1574. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42208/26]

1575. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average waiting time for children per county to access an initial assessment through local children's disability network teams; the longest current wait time; the number currently awaiting assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42240/26]

1576. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staffing vacancy rates across CDNTs serving counties Longford and Westmeath, broken down by occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, and physiotherapist; and the measures being taken to address recruitment and retention challenges. [42241/26]

1577. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of families across Longford-Westmeath currently awaiting respite services or emergency respite supports for children with disabilities; and whether additional funding is being considered to expand capacity locally. [42242/26]