359. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of under-65s residing in nursing-homes; to provide any additional information regarding these cohorts, such as the number with an intellectual disability and the number with an acquired brain-injury; and their reasons for being in nursing-home care. [33454/25]
Topics / Disability Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisability 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.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 35 |
| February 2025 | 155 |
| March 2025 | 93 |
| April 2025 | 94 |
| May 2025 | 95 |
| June 2025 | 88 |
| July 2025 | 156 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 126 |
| October 2025 | 69 |
| November 2025 | 133 |
| December 2025 | 98 |
| January 2026 | 79 |
| February 2026 | 116 |
| March 2026 | 87 |
| April 2026 | 184 |
| May 2026 | 102 |
| June 2026 | 138 |
| July 2026 | 70 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 89 |
| October 2026 | 63 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
362. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neuro-rehabilitation team that has been promised since 2019 for the midlands northeast will be funded and put in place. [33243/25]
363. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider a request for home care respite hours (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33247/25]
374. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to develop a national pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder clinic. [33479/25]
375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Clare in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [33480/25]
418. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [33411/25]
72. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the current unfilled positions in CDNTs across the State; to outline her plans to deliver on assessments and therapies for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32285/25]
76. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that children with disabilities receive early intervention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32482/25]
77. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the extent to which parents of adult children with a disability are consulted with regard to a future plan for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32193/25]
82. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department’s work on the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. [32481/25]
84. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of community disability network teams in the State; and the number of which are fully staffed. [32442/25]
88. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the Children’s Disability Network Team in Limerick will address the shortage of occupational therapists in the region, appreciating ongoing long-term leave since March 2024 that has curtailed the ability to provide this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31956/25]
94. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to update on the number of children currently awaiting a CDNT appointment, by CDNT in Cork. [32428/25]
96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the engagements her Department has had with other Government Departments, Ministers and State agencies, in order to deliver therapies for children with autism, to include assistive technology solutions, implementation of best practice and innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32284/25]
100. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to update on the pilot therapists in special schools programme in Cork. [32427/25]
106. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline funding for a community neuro-rehabilitation team for north Dublin, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32454/25]
107. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the provision of appropriate accommodation for the children's disability network team at Gorey, County Wexford; if it will be located in the planned new primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/25]
114. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if mapping of specialist disability services (residential, day, respite, and children’s) is being considered to inform individuals and their families of the location of specialist services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32268/25]
117. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a multiannual approach to funding for disability services, which will be linked to productivity, staff levels and the delivery of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/25]
119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to address waiting lists to access CDNT services in County Monaghan. [32458/25]
123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to provide overnight respite care for children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [32457/25]
125. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the lengthy Children’s Disability Network Team waitlists arising from increased caseloads; the steps being taken to shorten these caseloads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31957/25]
131. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will introduce and fund a community neurorehabilitation team for Dublin Central and Dublin North City and East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24018/25]
240. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 29 May 2025, if pet dogs are permitted to travel without restrictions on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services. [32523/25]
533. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options open to a disability charity (details supplied) who have been refused CAS funding by two county councils to acquire properties for eight residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32661/25]