Disability Services

1971. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No.14 of 8 December 2025, and the publication of the National Services Plan 2026, if she can provide assurances that a service (details supplied) will be operational until the opening of a permanent service; that sufficient funding has been made available for 2026; if she has revie…

1972. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a child who is under the care of a local children’s disability network team (CDNT), but unable to access occupational therapy through that team due to staffing shortages or prolonged waiting lists, may access occupational therapy through primary care without losing their place or ongoing eligibility with the CD…

1973. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the shortfall in respite beds across County Kerry for adults with profound disabilities; the number of additional respite beds that will be required in 2026 to adequately care for all clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1031/26]

1974. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address the shortfall in respite beds across County Kerry for children with profound disabilities; the number of additional respite beds that will be required in 2026 to adequately care for all clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1032/26]

1976. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children with profound disabilities awaiting respite in County Kerry; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of additional respite beds required in 2026 to adequately care for all clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1105/26]

1977. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with profound disabilities awaiting respite in County Kerry; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of additional respite beds that will be required in 2026 to adequately care for all clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1106/26]

1980. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the serious and ongoing concern regarding the lack of physical and therapeutic supports available through the CDNT based in east Limerick (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1370/26]

1983. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 so the action that seeks the development of a "formal policy on respite, including agreed access and prioritisation criteria"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1417/26]

1984. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A6.1 "Complete Personalised Budgets pilot and its evaluation, in line with recommendation of Task Force on Personalised Budgets"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1418/26]

1985. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A9.2 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1419/26]

1986. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 in terms of action A9.4 (details supplied); and to make the aggregated data on account scale publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1420/26]

1987. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the progress made in addressing the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 action A15.4 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1421/26]

1988. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the current progress in implementing the Transforming Lives/ Time to Move on from Congregated Settings strategy; the current number of individuals with a disability living in a congregated setting; the number of people with disabilities who have been transitioned to independent living from con…

1990. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of disabled people who are in receipt of intensive support packages currently; the number of people who are currently on assessment/waiting lists for these packages; and number of people the Minister plans to provide packages for next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1444/26]

1991. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details on the progress made by working groups on personal assistance and home support to define personal assistance and home care services, develop policy, eligibility and prioritisation criteria, and examine the appropriate standards and form of regulatory oversight in the light of the work underway on …

1993. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the time to first contact, assessment, and intervention in relation to Community Disability Network Team (CDNT) caseloads, per practitioner, by county, with regards to CDNT, vacancy rates and time-to-fill, by CDNT. [1525/26]

1994. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting any service under community disability network teams, by county; the median and mean number of days from referral to first contact, first assessment, and first therapeutic intervention; the therapies delivered under the interdisciplinary model; the proportion of cases in whi…

2148. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children awaiting an occupational therapy assessment in County Longford; the number of children currently on the waiting list; the average and longest waiting time for an assessment; the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists assigned to children’s disability services in Longford; and the meas…

2149. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an occupational therapy assessment for a child (details supplied) in County Longford who has been waiting over a year for an assessment; their current position on the waiting list; if a timeline can now be provided for assessment given that the child is due to commence post-primary education in September; and if the …

2282. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of adults whose disability-related care abroad was arranged by the State in the past 36 months, the settings and countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74935/25]

2284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of children whose disability-related care abroad was arranged by the State in the past 36 months, the settings and countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74937/25]

2307. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the lack of recognition of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, FASD, as a disability within the HSE, which is resulting in a person (details supplied) being denied access to disability services; the reason HSE disability services in some areas such as Waterford, provide supports for individuals with FASD while others do no…

2362. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the needs of a person (details supplied) and their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1102/26]

2369. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapist posts, by grade that were filled at Tramore Primary Care Centre in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1155/26]

2392. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the reason adults resident in County Carlow are ineligible to access ADHD services located in neighbouring counties; if she will review this policy with a view to ensuring equitable access to ADHD services across county boundaries within community healthcare organisation, CHO 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1344/26]