1844. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health 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 referred to each CDNT in Fingal if staffing were…
Topics / Disability Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisability Services
2,070 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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2,021 written, 49 oral
140
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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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83. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place for a new attention deficit hyperactivity disorder team to provide services in Meath and the north east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10202/25]
309. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is accurately classified in their receipt of disability allowance. [10274/25]
367. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies in County Mayo within children’s disability network teams; the length of time these positions have been vacant; if they are currently being advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10249/25]
372. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in CDNTs in County Offaly, in tabular form; and the percentage of full-time posts filled for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-and-language therapists within each respective unit. [10485/25]
373. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide assurances that her Department’s exclusion of the only disabled persons’ representative organisations (DPRO) specific to visual and physical impairment, respectively (details supplied), will not be reflected in its advice on DPRO participation to other public bodies; and if she will provide a ti…
375. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has any concerns over the credibility of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy due to the exclusion of an organisation (details supplied), from the DPO Consultative Framework, these are the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing the key constituencies of visual imp…
376. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will explain to the UN Committee why the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing visual impairment and physical impairment (details supplied), have been excluded from the DPO Consultative Framework since its inception in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
377. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she considers the exclusion of two organisations (details supplied), the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specifically representing visual and physical impairments, from her Department’s disabled persons’ representative organisations-specific consultations to be case of indirect discrimination…
378. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how the ongoing exclusion by her Department of the only specialised disabled persons’ representative organisations in visual impairment and physical impairment, respectively (details supplied), is compatible with her Department’s obligations under Article 29 (b (ii)) of the UNCRPD to incentivise disabled people to …
379. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the disabled persons’ organisations/disabled persons’ representative organisations her Department is currently closely consulting with on strengthening DPOs/DPROs meet the criteria for being DPROs considering General Comment No. 7, paras. 10-4; and if she acknowled…
449. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason appellants involved in the primary disability medical certificate appeals process have to wait up to 12 months to receive an appointment for an interview; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10479/25]
450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of appellants in County Kerry waiting to be called for an appointment for their interview in respect of their primary disability medical certificate appeal; how this compares to the waiting lists for each of the other counties/regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10480/25]
451. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the waiting times for appellants, many of whom are waiting up to 12 months to be called for an appointment for their interview in respect of their primary disability medical certificate appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10481/25]
150. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10027/25]
151. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will request the HSE and other disability service providers in County Kerry to put long-term plans in place to ensure respite centres and other essential services (details supplied) remain open, even in the face of challenges and that a plan is put in place to provide additional greatly-needed respite beds i…
152. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that travelled from County Monaghan to a location (details supplied) for Saturday respite care in each week since 1 January 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10087/25]
153. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the decision to reduce the service provided to County Monaghan children to travel to a location (details supplied) for Saturday respite care; if she will intervene to restore this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10088/25]
154. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) has their previous arrangements to attend a location for Saturday respite care restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10089/25]
603. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by the CDNT teams 4 and 5 in south Tipperary under all disciplines including the length of time waiting, the waiting times and the numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9100/25]
604. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on CDNT waiting lists with a diagnosis or a query of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past two years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9130/25]
607. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide an occupational therapist service for those with mild intellectual disability in County Clare. [9180/25]
608. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the services available for children with autism in the Killarney area, to help with interacting with people, play therapy, speech and language; if there are any funding or grants available to parents to help with the costs of private therapy for their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9200/25…
611. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9309/25]
621. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff working in the children’s disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [9465/25]