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]
Topics / Disabilities Assessments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisabilities Assessments
581 questions from 109 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
581
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571 written, 10 oral
109
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 13 |
| February 2025 | 49 |
| March 2025 | 33 |
| April 2025 | 28 |
| May 2025 | 24 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 53 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 23 |
| October 2025 | 24 |
| November 2025 | 34 |
| December 2025 | 33 |
| January 2026 | 23 |
| February 2026 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 61 |
| April 2026 | 76 |
| May 2026 | 16 |
| June 2026 | 13 |
| July 2026 | 22 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
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 matter. [50248/25]
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 education in breach of the E…
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 class and subsequentl…
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, specifically, the number of bed…
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]
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 to ensure the perso…