Disability Services

1794. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the grants available from her Department, or through other organisations but funded by her Department, for organisations working in the area of autism and disability, particularly those offering supports to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18726/25…

1797. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to immediately engage with all relevant Departments and Ministers and establish a super respite centre on the grounds of St. Mary of the Angels, Whitefield, Beaufort, County Kerry (details supplied). [18757/25]

1803. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of roles sanctioned and number filled, by discipline, in CDNTs in Cork, in tabular form. [18815/25]

1808. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a progress report update in respect of each of the recommendations contained within the Autism Innovation Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18955/25]

1811. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ask the HSE for updates on objective 5 of the HSE Corporate Plan 2021-2025, namely work undertaken to date by the HSE to reimagine disability services to be the most responsive, person-centred model achievable with greater flexibility and choice for the service user. [19033/25]

1815. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for health the current number of vacancies in CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19045/25]

1816. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current rate of retention of healthcare workers on CDNT teams nationally, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19046/25]

1817. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE early intervention team and the school-age team (details supplied) still exists; the way in which it engages with the wider disability sector; if it has expanded or will expand coverage outside of Ballymun, Larkhill, Santry, Whitehall, Clontarf, Killester, Marino, Drumcondra, p…

1818. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the portion of the recently announced €27 million in disability capital funding for disability projects in 2025 that will be made available for projects in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19062/25]

1829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19187/25]

1831. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of a promise made by former Minister of State at a visit to a disability services provider (details supplied) in June 2023 to fund €200,000 for adult day care services and €150,000 to fund respite services, if there is any plan to fulfil this promise; and if she will make a stat…

1832. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the 291 services that had a 80% staff turnover rate in 2023/24 (details supplied), the profile of these services in terms of size (small medium, large), ownership type (private or community) and service type (sessional, part-time, full-time), in tabular form. [19266/25]

1834. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will lead on transposing the directive establishing the European disability card given that the cards also affect public transport, culture and other services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19273/25]

1851. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently engage with St. John of Gods in Kerry to progress the development of a super respite centre on the grounds of St. Mary of the Angels, Beaufort (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19596/25]

1858. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current waiting period for children accessing speech and language therapy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19781/25]

1872. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the new National Disability Strategy; a timeline on when it is expected to be finalised and implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19926/25]

1873. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a new National Disability Strategy will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19927/25]

1874. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide some funding to an organisation (details supplied) providing essential services for those with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/25]

1877. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will make a commitment to providing multi-annual funding for residential placements for people with disabilities for the Cork and Kerry region, as there are currently 600 people on a waiting list and no placements available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20121/25]

1880. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20211/25]

1881. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies on CDNTs in the CHO7 area and the total number of assigned posts to CDNTs in the CHO7 area, by position and team, in tabular form. [20215/25]

1882. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO7 area, categorised by team and number of weeks waiting, in tabular form. [20216/25]

1888. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20256/25]

1901. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the children's disability network team staffing levels, by discipline and by grade and per population size served, in each integrated health area of the Dublin and south east regional health area as of 1 April 2025. [20445/25]

1902. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the children's disability network team staffing levels, by discipline and by grade and per population size served, in each integrated health area of the mid west regional health area as of 1 April 2025. [20446/25]