261. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health whether there is an existing panel from campaigns in speech and language therapy for CDNT and community primary care; and the number of panels formed in Laois and the number of people on each panel. [14553/25]
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
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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 |
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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.
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The questions
634. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the implementation of community-based multidisciplinary rehabilitation services in every regional health area, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13654/25]
635. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Midlands is one of only four areas of the country which have not received funding for a community neurorehabilitation team; and if funding with be provided for a community neurorehabilitation team in the Midlands as a matter of urgency. [13780/25]
636. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why the post for a second senior physiotherapist with Leitrim West Cavan Children’s Disability Network Team has not been filled; when is it expected that this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14232/25]
640. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO and LHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [13337/25]
641. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO and LHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [13338/25]
642. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by CHO and LHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [13339/25]
649. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline to ratify the second optional protocol of the UNCRC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13430/25]
662. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade, based at Blanchardstown children's disability network team, as of 18 March 2025. [13840/25]
664. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received to date in 2025 for respite care in County Meath; and the number of persons on a waiting list to get respite care services in Meath. [13922/25]
665. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate for social workers for each CDNT in CHO8, in tabular form. [13923/25]
669. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage level of staffing in each Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Fingal; the average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a child referred to each CDNT at the current staffing level in Fingal; and the estimated average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a child re…
670. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the existing disability services operating in the Louth constituency; the location of these services; the catchment area and population that each serves; the total number of staff employed within these services by grade and speciality; the number of vacant posts within these services by grade and specialit…
742. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of the national rollout of HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13647/25]
778. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health her plans for the proposed development of a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13784/25]
840. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on term-time-only afterschool services, and need further assistance when schools and afterschool are closed for holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14108/25]
401. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the Clondalkin children’s disability network team operating in prefabs on the grounds of a school (details supplied); the reason they are not operating from the new primary health care centre on the Boot Road; when they will move to the primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
402. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently intervene and ensure that a service provider who accepts funding from the HSE fulfils their obligations and contracts (details supplied); if he will accept that this day service is a lifeline for many families, and without its support many families will be left with no option but to seek residential car…
429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists based at children's disability network teams within CHO3 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13118/25]
433. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently intervene and ensure a continuation of day services in Cahersiveen, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13290/25]
448. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Donegal cannot access day or respite services; the steps they can take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13023/25]
1313. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth based on the information provided by my constituent the support services available for individuals with acquired brain injuries who are residing in nursing homes (details supplied); and how individuals like those can access these services in a timely and effective manner, given that barriers have been reported to exi…
1326. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children’s disability networks teams, by health area and wait timeband, in a direct tabular comparison for the end of February of each year 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025, inclusive; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
1335. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will be provided with transport to and from the daily unit at St. Michael’s House, Coolock hub. [11142/25]
1366. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 795 of 25 February 2025, wherein you stated that a total of €949,718.86 had been spent to end of 2024 on the administrative and staffing costs associated with the running of the Personalised Budget Demonstrator Pilot, considering that €3.5 million was made available to meet th…