Disability Services

520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to provide a breakdown of the 12+ month category to indicate the length of time individuals have been waiting, by CHO, in tabular form. [4071/25]

539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE autism therapists and disability community facilitators attached to Longford CDNT teams in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [4349/25]

541. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to develop a multi-annual approach to funding disability services; the estimated timeline for when programmes in need may gain access to such funding; and the interim funding that will be made available in the meantime. [4428/25]

543. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the progress made toward achieving the main aims of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026; and to list the specific changes that have been achieved in County Galway to date. [4430/25]

562. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4583/25]

563. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of the CDNT waiting lists for the Kilbarrack, Clontarf and Coolock teams; the number of children that were seen in each of the Kilbarrack, Clontarf and Coolock teams, each year from 2019-2024, in tabular form; the number of additional children added to each of the Kilbarrack, Clonta…

565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1200 of 22 January 2025, the date on which the relevant posts entered maternity leave, in tabular form; the date on which maternity cover was first advertised; and the timeframe for the filling of posts. [4677/25]

566. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow and the proposed children’s therapy services unit to be situated there. [4690/25]

568. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting speech and language therapy in CHO 7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months. [4692/25]

569. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting occupational therapy in CHO 7; and the number of those waiting longer than 12 months. [4693/25]

570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 22 January 2025, to detail which individual CDNTs, and their corresponding CHO areas, do not yet have a system in place to capture the level of activity requested; and to provide a timeline for the full roll out of the national information management s…

572. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will urgently intervene in the case of a section 39 respite home that requires additional funding to complete construction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4746/25]

573. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4779/25]

212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many WTE therapist vacancies currently in CDNT teams within the CHO3 area. [3769/25]

214. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what steps that have been taken by Government to have the vacant post in CDNT filled; the steps that have been taken to improve staffing levels in the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3838/25]

215. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in the Child Disability Networks Teams in County Laois; the percentage of posts filled in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology and other disciplines, in tabular form. [3839/25]

897. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive permanent respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2150/25]

905. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the care plan, including transport, being put in place for a person (details supplied) as his family are awaiting an update but to no avail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2256/25]

914. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive a therapy or other support appointment in the period after they have been referred for one following an assessment of need, by CHO and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between six to nin…

915. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average waiting time for a child to receive a therapy or other support appointment in the period after they have been referred for one following an assessment of need, by CDNT in CHO9 and age category; the number of children waiting less than three months, between three to six months, between s…

917. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a place in an ASD class will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2408/25]

924. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made to recruit staff and reduce waiting lists for the children’s disability network team assessment and intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2447/25]

925. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of funding for a PA for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2449/25]

927. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a respite care facility (details supplied) has closed; when the facility will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2542/25]

928. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the shortage of speech and language therapists and a hiring freeze, there is a growing number of children who cannot get the help they need, many of whom have been waiting on the list for years; if she will commit to ending the hiring freeze, …