1823. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19116/25]
Topics / Care Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCare Services
272 questions from 83 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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267 written, 5 oral
83
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 15 |
| March 2025 | 7 |
| April 2025 | 16 |
| May 2025 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 |
| October 2025 | 20 |
| November 2025 | 19 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 33 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| June 2026 | 21 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 10 |
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1824. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in CHO 8; the average wait time per case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19117/25]
1825. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer than six months, and longer than twelve months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19118/25]
2232. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours that were cancelled in 2023 and 2024 and the associated saving to the HSE, per integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19827/25]
2233. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of care hours provided, per integrated healthcare area, in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/25]
268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, as a matter of extreme urgency, a full respite service in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); if she accepts that respite for these clients once every six months is not acceptable and the fact that many clients have not received any respite in three to four years is not acceptable; if she will…
308. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health when she expects the allocation of a specialised nursing service to assist a child (details applied) to attend school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16034/25]
510. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to increase the upper age limit for domiciliary care allowance eligibility from 16 to 18 years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15423/25]
520. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to review the means testing criteria for carer’s allowance during the current Government's term; if so, if he will provide details of the plan for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15679/25]
522. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will award credit for caring role played by applicant and the special circumstances of this case to award contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15690/25]
635. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a list of respite facilities currently accessible to adults with special and additional needs in the Roscommon-Galway area; if there are plans to expand the availability of such services; and if she will ensure that appropriate transport provision is in place to support individuals in accessing res…
643. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria required for a person in County Kerry (details supplied) who wishes to set up a business to provide residential/respite services to individuals with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15347/25]
648. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure respite services are provided to families in a care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15493/25]
668. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline Tusla’s separation policy in instances where multiple siblings from a family are in State care in separate foster or residential placements; and specifically, if she will detail what steps it takes to ensure that biological siblings in different placements have access to one another, or access to…
705. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she intends introducing registration for care workers and home carers, much like registration of social care workers through CORU following qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15052/25]
747. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded day care centres within CHO7 for older persons where transport is provided to services users to and from their homes where the service user has no transport to get to and from the day care centre, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15305/25]
361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be approved for residential care at a facility in Waterford for a person (details supplied); the date when the application for funding was first submitted; and the timeline for a decision. [14840/25]
364. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case for services at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14904/25]
723. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure respite services are provided to families in a care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13530/25]
724. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the criteria, both medical and social, used in determining patient access to step-down or transitional beds in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/25]
1410. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department has taken to act on the “Wasted Lives” report and to end the practice of people under 65 years living inappropriately in nursing homes designed for care of older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12002/25]
1560. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [10937/25]
1561. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of February in the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025. [10938/25]
350. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/25]
830. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to assist a person (details supplied) who needs a residential placement, universally agreed by them and their family and all the medical and clinical professionals working with them. [7161/25]