Disability Services
An official questions-paper heading. 1,918 questions (47 oral, 1,871 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 35 |
| Feb 2025 | 155 |
| Mar 2025 | 93 |
| Apr 2025 | 94 |
| May 2025 | 95 |
| Jun 2025 | 88 |
| Jul 2025 | 156 |
| Sep 2025 | 126 |
| Oct 2025 | 69 |
| Nov 2025 | 133 |
| Dec 2025 | 98 |
| Jan 2026 | 79 |
| Feb 2026 | 116 |
| Mar 2026 | 87 |
| Apr 2026 | 184 |
| May 2026 | 102 |
| Jun 2026 | 138 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Children | 1,608 |
| Health | 188 |
| Social | 36 |
| Transport | 35 |
| Taoiseach | 21 |
| Education | 8 |
| Further and Higher Education | 8 |
| Housing | 5 |
| Finance | 5 |
| Public Expenditure | 2 |
| Justice | 1 |
| Agriculture | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
466. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that some disability adult day services (Prosper) users are not being provided with transport to this service (details supplied); and the measures she is taking to ensure all adult day service users are provided with transport to attend this service. [66889/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
467. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports and funding in place for children with additional needs who transition from secondary school into an adult day service such as Prosper. [66890/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
468. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available for adults with additional needs who attend adult day services but cannot access transport to this service due to a lack of capacity on transport services equipped for wheelchairs. [66891/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
469. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of vacant posts within the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) at Gorey, County Wexford; the measures in place to address staff shortages and to ensure that children awaiting CDNT support do not experience further delays. [66899/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
470. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of vacant posts within the South Wicklow Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT); the measures in place to address staff shortages and ensure that children awaiting CDNT support do not experience further delays. [66900/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
473. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of ‘your service – your say’ complaints received in respect of each CDNT in each year since 2020 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66979/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
474. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of complaints made by ‘your service-your say’ regarding CDNTs, whether the complaints are assessed directly by the CDNT, including when operated by non-HSE bodies, or by a different authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67019/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-11-27 · to Children
479. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, the number of children on the waitlist; and the current caseload of a centre (details supplied). [67208/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-11-26 · to Social
218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of financial issues facing disabled people (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to provide additional financial supports for the cost of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66339/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2025-11-26 · to Children
288. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to expand access to early intervention therapies for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66478/25]
Mark Ward
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
748. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will review the AIM funding for a person (details supplied); the options available to the family in order that their child can remain in pre-school for a full day; the steps her Department is taking to address situations where a child’s right to equal participation is compromised due to funding or staf…
Ann Graves
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
752. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to ensure that children in afterschool care receive AIMs support; and to consider granting funding to afterschool programmes that require special needs assistants for the children that would avail of SNAs in their mainstream school environment. [65196/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
757. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy staff rate for Children's Disability Network Teams based in CHO9 as of 30 September 2025. [65271/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
758. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of student placements, by discipline that were offered for CDNTs within CHO9 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65272/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
764. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access and inclusion model support will be reviewed and increased for a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65407/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
765. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts that were filled at north Tipperary children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65456/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
771. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when transitional respite arrangements will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65572/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
773. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts, that were filled at north Kildare CDNT in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65880/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-11-25 · to Children
776. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of vacant posts within the children disability network teams in County Kerry; the recruitment strategies in place to fill these roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65960/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-11-25 · to Health
918. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for equipment for children with disabilities by CHO, RHO and CDNT; the number approved; and the average waiting time for a decision, in tabular form. [66013/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-11-20 · to Children
527. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of section 16A of the Disability Act 2005 applications made, granted and implemented from January 2021 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64643/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-11-20 · to Children
528. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the guidance, or interim guidance, which is available on the operation of section 16A of the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64644/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-11-20 · to Children
529. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight and risk management processes in place in relation to section 16A of the Disability Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64645/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-11-20 · to Children
530. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the HSE and her Department are considering the provision of an interim direction on section 16A of the Disability Act 2005 to ensure existing lawful determinations are implemented without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64646/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-11-19 · to Children
318. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in CDNT 11 (south Kildare and west Wicklow) waiting over one year for engagement with children's disability network team, CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64026/25]