2073. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by west Cork mental health; and the body to which an assessment is outsourced where applicable, per month, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [19126/25]
Topics / Disabilities Assessments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisabilities Assessments
581 questions from 109 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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571 written, 10 oral
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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 |
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2074. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted annually from 2020 to date, by CHO, in tabular form. [19127/25]
2075. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult ADHD assessments conducted by each LHO, per month, from 1 January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [19128/25]
227. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in County Meath; the number of assessors in the county; the number of assessments carried out annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17739/25]
232. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in postal districts Dublin 1, 3, 7, and 9 who are currently on a waiting list for an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17761/25]
280. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a speech and language assessment will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16424/25]
283. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16428/25]
284. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Laois who have not received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe since 2020, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16429/25]
90. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Finance the reason for delays of several months for assessments of disable drivers and passengers scheme applications in Galway; the reason they are being offered alternative appointments in Dún Laoghaire, which many are unable to attend due to their disabilities: if consideration will be given to providing assessment clinics in Galway or alternative accessible locations…
642. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will investigate the case of a child (details supplied) with significant additional needs, who has been in the system since the age of three, and has had to have a private assessment of needs given the delay in State provision of AON, but who has now been informed that they will not be seen by the CDNT…
652. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will give consideration to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to assessments of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15555/25]
357. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 who are on a waiting list for assessment of needs for 2023, 2024 and 2025; the average number of years they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14735/25]
193. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth who applied for an assessment of needs for each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number of assessment of needs carried out for the each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14319/25]
194. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in Louth that are currently awaiting an assessment of need; the number of these children that have been waiting up to three months; the number waiting between three and six months; the number waiting between six and twelve months; the number waiting more than twelve months; and if she will make…
195. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time in Louth for a child seeking an assessment of needs. [14321/25]
196. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the longest waiting time in Louth for a child seeking an assessment of needs. [14322/25]
197. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints and appeals received for each year from 2020 to 2025 respectively from persons in Louth who were dissatisfied with their child’s assessment of needs or service statement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14323/25]
198. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the current pathway in place to process assessment of need applications for children in Louth. [14324/25]
199. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown by grade of the current staffing resources in place to process assessment of need applications for children in Louth. [14325/25]
200. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans or proposals in place to ensure that children can access an assessment of need and any subsequent recommended supports within the statutory timeframes, in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14326/25]
203. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting on assessment of needs in CHO9, and the estimated wait time. [14354/25]
206. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as to when an assessment for ADHD will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14461/25]
213. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 25 February 2025, when a substantive response will issue from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14471/25]
631. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the extremely long waiting times children are facing when dealing with their assessment of needs, which restricts their access to vital services; if she will instruct her Department to take all necessary steps to ensure waiting times are shortened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13…
638. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and language assessment; the immediate steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting times for children requiring essential developmental support; if the child will be given urgent access to speech …