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Disability Services

2,070 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

2,070
questions
2,021 written, 49 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
12
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202535
February 2025155
March 202593
April 202594
May 202595
June 202588
July 2025156
August 20250
September 2025126
October 202569
November 2025133
December 202598
January 202679
February 2026116
March 202687
April 2026184
May 2026102
June 2026138
July 202670
August 20260
September 202689
October 202663

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • 100% RDR11 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú56 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil517 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael258 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party17 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent135 from 12 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland80 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party107 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity45 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin666 from 39 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 99
  2. 84
  3. 81
  4. 76
  5. 65
  6. 53
  7. 48
  8. 46

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Children
145. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of children in receipt of partial services from each of the children’s disability network teams, in tabular form. [38132/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Children
147. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend on insourcing and outsourcing of disability services, by service type, in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38134/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Children
149. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of people with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of home support at the end of quarter 2 for each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [38204/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Children
150. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of people with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of personal assistance hours at the end of quarter 2 for each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [38205/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Children
151. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of people with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of respite services at the end of quarter 2 for each year 2022-2025, in tabular form. [38206/25]
Paula Butterly Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
167. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline any additional supports being considered to assist students with disabilities in their transition from secondary to third level education, particularly in areas such as academic supports, accessibility, accommodation and mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [376…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
725. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person will be examined (details supplied); if they can remain with the same service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37135/25]
Thomas Byrne Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
729. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of respite services in County Meath available for adults aged 18, with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities; and if there are plans to increase respite services in County Meath. [37355/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
731. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that some people using disability day services are being charged daily transport fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37442/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
732. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of day services for people with disabilities that charge people for their transport to and from their service. [37443/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
733. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied). [37444/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
736. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide respite services at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37553/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
737. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently provide additional respite services across County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37554/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
741. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide information on access to full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); if she will provide details of the estimated time to secure this full-time residential accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37673/25]
Brendan Smith Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
745. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a new healthcare facility will be established to replace outdated and unsuitable accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37692/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
770. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 14 May 2024, has the position of CHO DNCC changed regarding plans to develop phlebotomy, x-ray or diagnostic services in Balbriggan CHN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37177/25]
Albert Dolan Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
898. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures the Government is taking to address the unacceptable delays in accessing public psychological and speech and language therapy services for children; if a scheme will be introduced to reimburse families who are forced to pay for the provision of assessments and therapies due to the public system’s inability to meet demand; and if she will make a state…
Peadar Tóibín Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
321. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the bus service for adults with special needs, who are in day services, has been cancelled for all new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36714/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
323. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to intervene in a case where there are major safeguarding concerns in a disability services centre (details supplied). [36680/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
325. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of the waiting list for adult disability respite in each county in Ireland for each of the past five years; and if she will ensure that there exists necessary resources to allow families receive respite in a speedy fashion. [36715/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
328. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 personal assistance service hours in 2026. [36729/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
329. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated revised cost of meeting service provision and supports identified under the disability capacity review, published in July 2021, given rising costs in the past four years. [36730/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Children
333. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of a person in Cork (details supplied) who requires urgent long term residential care; to advise if they are on a priority waiting list; to advise what are the long term plans for increasing and extending long term residential places in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36756/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Children
206. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale behind cutting the budget for the enhanced quality of life scheme, which supports personal assistants and electric wheelchairs and so on, from €812,000 to €251,000 in the past year; if this reduction can be justified in the context of the Government’s stated aim to end the institutionalisation of under-65s, when t…
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Children
215. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting time for children’s therapy services, speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy under the early intervention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36444/25]