Disabilities Assessments

1995. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a family can avail of support through a fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46683/25]

1998. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to reduce the current waiting times for an assessment of needs from 16 months to the timeframe outlined under the Disability Act 2005, of three months following referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46839/25]

2029. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average cost to deliver an assessment of need (details supplied). [47488/25]

2033. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made in reducing the waiting times for an assessment of need in County Offaly since the establishment of the 34th Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47542/25]

2069. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason the waiting time for an autism diagnostic assessment for a person (details supplied) has gone from 24/30 months to 30/33 months; and the steps she is taking to decrease this waiting time. [44585/25]

2255. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need overdue for completion at the end of quarter 2 2025, by area, in tabular form; and the mean time to issuing a service statement in 2025 to date. [43785/25]

2256. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) who has waited since April 2022 for an assessment of needs and was issued an assessment of needs report in May 2025 without having been seen by anyone; the reason for the delay and the report being issued in this way; and the steps she intends to take…

2257. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a case of a person (details supplied) who waited over a year from May 2024 to June 2025 for assessment of needs; the reason for the delay; and the steps she intends to take to ensure the person is provided with appropriate supports. [44000/25]

2303. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children referred for an autism spectrum disorder assessment to a CNDT (details supplied) team through either the children's services disability form or through the assessment of need process in each of the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41334/25]

2304. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children formally assessed by clinicians in a CDNT unit (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if an autism spectrum disorder using ASD specific assessment tool were used such as the ADOS 2 and ADI R tools or equivalent. [41335/25]

2305. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of private ASD assessments did a CDNT unit commission and pay for in each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025; and the number of these commissioned private ASD assessments were multidisciplinary in nature i.e. more than one clinician involved in assessment, in tabular form. [41336/25]

2336. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in the CHO 7 area; the number of children waiting longer than 12 months; and the number of children waiting longer than 24 months. [41732/25]

2339. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the average time children spend on a waiting list; the plans to lower the number of children on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the …

2397. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times for children awaiting an assessment of need; the average waiting time by region and reason for variances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42377/25]

2418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42625/25]

2419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42626/25]

2421. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42641/25]

2444. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Autism Assessments and Interventions Pathway Protocol Project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42919/25]

2445. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans to introduce a tiered approach to assessment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42920/25]

2453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) will be called for their assessment of need appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43127/25]

2460. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 July 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment of need from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for the CHO2 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43350/25]

2461. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in county Galway; the length of time they have been on this waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43351/25]

2462. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need in CHO2 in each of the years from 2020 to the latest data in 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43352/25]

2465. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the Dublin and midlands region; and the most expensive assessment of needs, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43405/25]

2466. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of assessments of needs commissioned by the HSE, per each respective provider, in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in the Dublin and south east region; and the most expensive assessment of needs, per each respective provider, in the same years. [43406/25]