999. 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, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3316/25]
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1000. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children a waiting list for speech and language therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3317/25]
1001. 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, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3318/25]
1007. 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 CHO/CDNT, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019-to 2024, and in January 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3511/25]
1008. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children’s disability network teams, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, and in January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3512/25]
1009. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need for each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, and in January 2025, in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; and the number of estimated preliminary team assessments waiting for a complete assessment of needs. [3513/25]
1012. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the improvements that are being made to disability services, including personal assistant hours and respite care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3601/25]
1122. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the services that are available or planned, to provide consultation and assessment clinics for adults with ADHD in the Cavan/Monaghan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2507/25]
1277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of the full range of respite services available in County Donegal for children and adults with disabilities and their families. [3312/25]
1385. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to the programme for Government commitment, if he will provide details as to how his Department will examine the provision of the personal assistants initiative for persons with a disability in third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3477/25]
1130. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the vacant positions in all the CDNTs around the State; the efforts being made to fill these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2096/25]
1147. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children aged 0 to 18 years who are waiting for first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention in each CHO, by individual area and by each composite LHO within each CHO; the number on the public list; the number on the children’s disability network team list in each CHO, in tabular form; an…
1148. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the occupational therapy and speech and language therapy appointment for a child (details supplied). [46438/24]
1149. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in Co Wexford in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46441/24]
1150. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average number of overnight respite beds for children and adults across Ireland; the county with the most overnight respite beds for children and adults; and the county with the lowest number of overnight respite beds for children and adults. [46451/24]
1165. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the pilots for enhanced in-school therapy supports in the 16 special schools in Dublin and Cork; and if he will provide the number of extra speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, per school, who are working in those schools because of the pilot, in tabular form. […
1166. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take to prioritise the deployment of speech and language therapy to a school (details supplied) which is situated in one of the most disadvantaged areas in the State as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46548/24]
1167. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the residential care place of a person (details supplied). [46560/24]
1168. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any further clarity can be provided at this time to explain why it has taken so long to administer the children’s disability service grant fund, especially given as this was supposed to be emergency funding in light of the significant gap in services in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4…
1170. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans he has in place to address the shocking respite care services in County Kerry, especially for those individuals with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/24]
1173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child in Donegal (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy and an appointment for awareness therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46659/24]
1174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if access to a dietitian will be provided for disability services users at a location (details supplied); and if he received a risk assessment or business case regarding same. [46661/24]
1177. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant children’s disability network teams covering County Waterford. [46666/24]
1178. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details and number of applications received, and awards made, under the children’s disability service grant fund in 2024, by county, in tabular form. [46676/24]
1194. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons accessing disability services in the community in County Meath. [46824/24]