Disabilities Assessments

1306. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a NEPS psychologist in a school (details supplied) will be replaced to ensure that NEPS assessments can continue as needed for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/26]

2328. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23521/26]

2329. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice exceptional (i.e. children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia), will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will mak…

2330. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment on the way in which the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23523/26]

2331. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23524/26]

2332. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department will clarify if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23525/26]

2333. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; and the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23526/26]

2334. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23527/26]

2335. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23528/26]

2336. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether, under the revised assessment of need framework, access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where clinically indicated, including where a child’s needs may be masked by high cognitive ability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23562/26]

2337. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards in place under the revised assessment of need framework to ensure the identification of children with complex or uneven developmental profiles, including twice-exceptional children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD or dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

2338. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has carried out any impact assessment, equality screening, or child-rights analysis of the revised assessment of need framework in respect of children at risk of under-identification, including those whose needs may be masked by high cognitive ability; and if she will make any such assessment…

2339. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance that is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to recognise complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, whether the implementation of the revised framework will be reviewed to ensure no cohort is excluded from identification or support; whet…

2344. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children. [23694/26]

2345. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the claims that the revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children. [23695/26]

2346. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she can outline where the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles will be appropriately identified within the system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23696/26]

2347. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any impact assessment carried out by her Department on the way the revised assessment of need framework may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23697/26]

2348. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the safeguards that are in place under the revised assessment of need framework to prevent under-identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23698/26]

2349. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality under the revised assessment of need framework, if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23699/26]

2350. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any consideration that has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; and the implications this may have for equity of access. [23700/26]

2351. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised assessment of need framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23701/26]

2352. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans regarding a review of the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23702/26]

2366. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23937/26]

2367. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including children with high ability alongside additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, are appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23938/26]

2368. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Department has conducted an impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs may be masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent the under-identification of such children; and if she will ma…