2441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time persons with an intellectual disability currently residing in out-of-area residential placements have been living away from their home community, including the number resident for less than six months, six to 12 months, one to three years, three to five years and more than five years, in tabular form. [24616/26]
Topics / Disability Issues
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisability Issues
250 questions from 71 TDs, between 18 November 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2442. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability in out-of-area residential placements who have a documented plan in place to return to a placement closer to their family and community; the number of such moves completed in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [24617/26]
2443. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with an intellectual disability who, in each of the past five years, were placed in residential services outside their home area due to a family crisis, including the death, serious illness or incapacity of a parent or primary carer, in tabular form. [24618/26]
2444. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there is a national policy, protocol or guidance governing the placement of a person with an intellectual disability in a residential setting at a significant distance from their family home and community; if so, if she will provide a copy of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24619/26]
2445. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any assessment has been made by her Department or the HSE of the impact of out-of-area residential placements on family contact, community connection and overall wellbeing for persons with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24620/26]
2446. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of any position taken by the HSE that compiling basic information on out-of-area residential placements for persons with an intellectual disability would represent an undue administrative burden; whether she considers such a position acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24621/26]
2449. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work that has been undertaken to create a separate corporate category of disabled persons organisations which is in keeping with the criteria set out in UNCPRD General Comment No.7. [24679/26]
2488. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a national transition planning framework for adults with intellectual disabilities is being developed; if so, the timeline for delivery; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25209/26]
2527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the proposals of a group (details supplied) on its call to end the practice of relying on costly, for-profit emergency placements, ensuring a national transition framework to establish a formal planning process for adults with intellectual disabilities over the age of 18 and for ringfenced funding with dedicated capital for…
2546. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a condition known as functional neurological disorder where an individual has a problem with their balance is a recognised disability; if persons with this diagnosis are allowed continue in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26083/26]
3352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times for access to augmentative and alternative communication assessments and devices, nationally and by region. [27018/26]
326. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will reconsider an additional emergency winter payment for disabled people due to the current war on Iran and subsequent oil crisis which is causing very significant increases in fuel prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23242/26]
400. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with an intellectual disability currently living with family carers who have no approved future residential or care plan in place; the number of such persons aged over 25 years with high or profound support needs awaiting appropriate placements; the steps being taken to ensure continuity of care where a primary fa…
401. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a national policy or framework exists to provide forward planning for adults with intellectual disabilities living with ageing or vulnerable carers; if she will provide details of current waiting lists for residential and high-support placements, including average waiting times; the measures in place to prevent inappropriate p…
334. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the criteria by which he ensures vehicles availing of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme are genuinely and to the greatest extent possible universally accessible to wheelchair users; if his attention has been drawn to a particular vehicle type (details supplied) whose rear-loading configuration severely limits accessibility; his plans to ensure that…
335. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure only drivers who have successfully completed the approved wheelchair manual handling course be permitted to drive, operate, lease, or otherwise use a wheelchair accessible vehicle under the WAV licence scheme to ensure these vehicles are operated by drivers properly trained to assist wheelchair users safely and respectfully; and if he will m…
405. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if there will be a review of the motorised transport grant scheme to allow for the inclusion of electric vehicles (EVs), given that EVs are currently exempt from VRT and that, under the existing scheme, VAT and VRT are excluded when purchasing a petrol/diesel car for persons with a disability; if such a review is planned, when it will tak…
1500. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18510/26]
1523. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 3 March 2026, the specific location of the additional 199 new residential placements; broken down by the number in each location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18989/26]
1524. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 719 of 3 March 2026, the details regarding the allocation of €65 million for disability residential services in 2026 for new developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18990/26]
1530. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of enduring powers of attorney registered and activated under the decision support service since its commencement in April 2023 and provide a comparison with those registered and activated in 2022 under the previous system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19112/26]
1531. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current average processing time for enduring powers of attorney applications submitted to the decision support service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19113/26]
1532. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address the reported complexity and restrictive nature of the decision support service online portal, particularly for older people and those with limited digital access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19114/26]
1533. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the performance of the decision support service since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19115/26]
1534. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline any planned reforms or legislative changes to the new enduring powers of attorney regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19116/26]