Disabilities Assessments

158. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who have put in a complaint regarding their child not receiving an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the number upheld for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52232/25]

164. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) whose mother applied for an Assessment of Need on 16 June 2024 under the Disability Act 2005, and was notified by the HSE that an assessment will not be carried out for 32 months; the steps she will take to ensure assessments are carried out within three mont…

167. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of assessments of need completed within timelines as provided for in regulations, in each quarter for each year 2022 to date in 2025, for each service provider, in tabular form. [52495/25]

171. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of needs overdue for completion at the end of quarter three for each year to date, in tabular form [52499/25]

172. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need conducted from 2023 to date in 2025, for each local health area or community healthcare network, in tabular form; the number conducted in the first nine months of each year; and the number and percentage of assessments in each year provided publicly, privately, and the number inso…

173. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons overdue for assessment of need at the end of September in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the number for each local health area or community healthcare network or children’s disability network team. [52586/25]

176. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 on insourcing and outsourcing of assessments of need, in tabular form. [52589/25]

770. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to ensure that all public buildings, GP surgeries, churches, bars, restaurants, etc. have adequate accessible toilets, i.e raised toilet seats; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51341/25]

36. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently overdue an assessment of needs in Cork; and the number of private assessments that have been funded in Cork in the past 12 months. [50224/25]

38. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Roscommon currently awaiting an assessment of needs under the Disability Act 2025; the number of those waiting more than three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50143/25]

40. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting times for children in County Offaly to access assessments of need and therapeutic supports through the children’s disability network teams; the actions being taken to ensure compliance with statutory assessment timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50109/25]

45. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of actions underway to reduce waiting lists for assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49955/25]

79. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need; the number of those waiting over one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49906/25]

87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the waiting lists for assessments of needs in CDNTs in County Meath; the way in which the waiting lists in 2025 compares to 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49707/25]

88. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will give a commitment to not removing the six-month statutory deadline for delivering assessments of needs; the current average waiting time for an assessment of needs to be delivered; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times for delivering assessments of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

296. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to ensure that the statutory timeframes for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, and obligations under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, are aligned with school placement deadlines, in order that children with additional needs are not excluded from educatio…

297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which it is acceptable that a child (details supplied), red-flagged for developmental concerns since the age of two, whose family had to go to court to secure access to therapy and an educational report, was left waiting almost two years for a cognitive assessment only to be informed too late to apply for a special c…

993. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans for assessing the best means of carrying out assessments of needs and therapies provision for those with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47558/25]

996. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes she proposes to assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47561/25]

1056. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of outsourcing assessments of need in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by Health Region-CHO. [48141/25]

1082. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons under 18 years-of-age who are on an autism assessment waiting list in County Wexford; the length of time on the waiting list in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48457/25]

1101. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Donegal that have been identified as requiring respite in their assessment of need; the efforts being made to ensure that respite is made available to these children; what is required to bring services in Donegal up to the standard required to meet the needs of these children, specificall…

1873. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of an application for assessment of need for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44628/25]

1879. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 for each local health office area in each of the years to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [44749/25]

1989. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the assessments for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46551/25]