366. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the referrals to speech therapy, physiotherapy, and autism assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53981/26]
Topics / Disability Diagnoses
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisability Diagnoses
33 questions from 19 TDs, between 19 February 2025 and 15 July 2026.
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683. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting assessment and intervention by Children’s Disability Network Teams; the average waiting time; and whether current staffing levels are considered sufficient to meet demand. [28143/26]
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time from referral to first assessment and from assessment to intervention within Children's Disability Network Teams, nationally and by Community Healthcare Organisation area. [28280/26]
697. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on waiting times for assessments of need in CHO9; the efforts being made to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/26]
414. 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. [21215/26]
487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2673 of 29 July 2025, if any work has been carried out to develop standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/26]
529. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether statistics are held by her Department regarding the number of residents in Ireland diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome; and the number of adults and minors respectively. [17933/26]
230. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will assist a child (details supplied) with an Assessment of Need application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15399/26]
548. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults in County Wexford with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13964/26]
280. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on the waiting list for an assessment of need in County Kildare; the number waiting more than three, six and 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/26]
914. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9222/26]
1924. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young people under 18 years of age in County Mayo who have a formal autism diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74586/25]
1925. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of autism diagnoses in County Mayo by age cohort (under 5, 5-12, 13-18) this year and each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74587/25]
2317. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider implementing a national policy to review ASD diagnoses in key educational transition years, 1st, 2nd, and 6th class; and whether a pilot of such a policy could be introduced in Kerry. [41376/25]
2672. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41311/25]
2673. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific criteria used for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41312/25]
2676. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of babies who had facial dysmorphia associated with foetal alcohol syndrome recorded at birth in each of the past ten years, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41315/25]
204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 883 of 8 July 2025, if she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [39910/25]
883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether she will recognise obsessive compulsive disorder as a disability rather than a mental health condition. [37830/25]
267. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of time spent per assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, where a finding of no disability or additional need was recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30912/25]
1203. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case where parents are receiving assessment of need reports stating that autism is not a disability, despite it being classified as such under the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30142/25]
1634. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any progress on the implementation of a standard diagnostic regime for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30662/25]
1805. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that lipoedema (details supplied) is not recognised as a disability in Ireland even though it can severely impact mobility in patients as young as their early 20s; if she plans to recognise lipoedema as a disability, or would consider doing so, thus enabling sufferers to qualify for social housing tr…
2449. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will recognise fibromyalgia as a long-term disability for the purposes of healthcare, in line with a recent decision taken on this matter in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21038/25]
2468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if provision can be made for people living with lifelong disabilities, including polio survivors, who face unavoidable costs that are not currently recognised as allowable expenses in the medical card means test; and the steps proposed to reflect these realities in eligibility assessments. [21183/25]