Disability Services

12. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the extent to which respite care capacity for families of children with disabilities has increased over the past 12-months; whether current provision is meeting demand; her plans to expand residential and community-based respite services in areas where significant service gaps continue to exist; and if she will ma…

20. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place for additional respite places in Kerry; if St. Mary of the Angels Campus in Beaufort, County Kerry will be considered as a location for a centre of excellence for respite in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47394/26]

21. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to address the shortage of respite services in County Clare, including waiting lists for planned and emergency respite; her plans to expand respite capacity in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47275/26]

22. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential places provided at a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47397/26]

23. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite hours provided to children and adults with disabilities and their families in Dublin during 2025 by CHO area; the projected level of respite capacity and hours expected to be available in 2026 and 2027; the additional investment being considered as part of Budget 2027 to expand respite services…

63. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action being taken to address waiting times for disability services; if additional staff are being recruited in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47398/26]

65. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to expand access to respite services for families caring for children with disabilities in Galway east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47338/26]

72. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address the growing reliance on private for-profit residential disability providers; the safeguards in place regarding cost, quality, distance from home and long-term planning; whether Government policy is to reduce reliance on for-profit provision; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

74. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her proposals to provide additional respite capacity for adults and children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [47500/26]

82. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address the notable increase in the number of children in residential disability care; whether her Department will require the HSE to collect and publish age breakdowns, reasons for admission, length of stay and whether placements arise from lack of respite, home support, behavioural support, s…

593. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with intellectual disabilities currently awaiting supported living arrangements within CHO8 area, by length of time waiting. [46839/26]

600. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to investment to deliver the long-promised community neurorehabilitation team for the south-east (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46929/26]

602. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE staff by job title posts that are currently filled at Palmerstown Children's Disability Network Team as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46979/26]

603. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers posts filled at Clondalkin Children's Disability Network Team as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46980/26]

604. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts filled at Rossecourt Children's Disability Network Team as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46981/26]

605. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on a speech and language therapy appointment for a child (details supplied). [47003/26]

607. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of HSE expenditure spent on private disability services, by service type, in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47097/26]

612. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans and the timeline to phase out long-term care in nursing homes for younger people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47212/26]

616. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who availed of targeted supports under the access and inclusion model in each of the programme years 2021/2022 to 2025/2026; the number who availed of universal supports in the same period; the projected number of children to be supported in the 2026/2027 programme year, in tabular form; and i…

617. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children availing of targeted access and inclusion model supports, by county and by city and county childcare committee area in the 2025/2026 programme year; and the number of early learning and care settings in each area delivering AIM supports, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the…

618. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average and longest processing times for access and inclusion model Level 4 and Level 7 applications in the 2025/2026 programme year; the proportion of Level 7 applications processed within the published twelve-week timeframe; the number awaiting decision at the most recent date available, in tabular form; and i…

619. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications under the access and inclusion model for specialised equipment, appliances and minor building alterations in the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 programme years; the number approved; and the average time to approval, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47333/26]

620. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who availed of AIM Plus supports and AIM non-term supports respectively since their introduction in September 2024; the total expenditure on each in 2024 and 2025; the number of settings providing these supports, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47334/26]

621. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current rate of access and inclusion model level 7 additional capitation following the increase introduced in October 2025; the rate that applied beforehand; the full-year cost of that increase, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47335/26]

622. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional residential spaces for adults with intellectual disabilities that were provided for in Budget 2026; the total funding dedicated to providing these spaces; the projected cost of each additional residential space in 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47363/26]