499. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of 1,000 and 100,000 personal assistance hours. [28589/25]
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500. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of 1,000 and 100,000 disability home support hours.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28590/25]
503. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of fully staffing children’s disability network teams and the number of staff required, by team, in tabular form. [28593/25]
504. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of 100 disability residential care places. [28594/25]
506. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of implementing the Action Plan for Disability Services, by measure, by year, in tabular form. [28596/25]
508. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected requirement by 2032 for children’s disability network teams; and the WTE staffing complement, by grade. [28601/25]
511. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the annualised all-in current cost of a residential service place. [28604/25]
512. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital cost of a new residential service place. [28605/25]
514. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of a day service place. [28607/25]
515. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated unmet need for adult day services. [28608/25]
516. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated annual requirement for adult day services. [28609/25]
517. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated shortfall in respite services; and the cost of providing for unmet need. [28612/25]
518. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated annual requirement in respite services; and the cost of providing for this. [28613/25]
523. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the location of each of the CDNTs that are not in the catchment area of a special school. [28781/25]
524. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the ten most expensive assessments of need commissioned by the HSE for the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the name of the private organisation carrying out the assessment in each case; and the cost associated with each. [28783/25]
525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of time necessary to complete an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, when completed by HSE staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28845/25]
526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average length of time necessary to complete an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, when completed by outsourced private companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28846/25]
426. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reform the disability allowance payment and remove anomalies in the current means test for the payment as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/25]
526. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason two organisations (details supplied) have been and continue to be excluded from the DPO Consultative Framework since October 2023; if this indirect discrimination will be remedied as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26760/25]
527. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions taken in response to the HIQA report published on 25 February 2025, regarding an organisation (details supplied) which identified serious safeguarding and governance concerns across multiple centres; the steps that have been implemented to address the identified non-compliances and protect vulnerable residents, including refer…
531. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the case of transport for a child (details supplied) and if her Department will confirm if there is a transport option in place for the child. [26933/25]
546. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE assessment officers based in CHO1 in t 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [27163/25]
547. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of many children waiting for an assessment of needs in Roscommon as of 20th of May 2025. [27164/25]
556. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/25]
557. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27567/25]