1746. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the structural measures she is taking, in coordination with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, to compel the HSE and primary care networks to fully transition from an outdated medical model of disability to a human rights-based social model as mandated by Ireland's ratification of the UNCRPD; if she will specifically address the systemic prevalence within primary care where acute neurodivergent burnout is misdiagnosed as neurotypical mental health conditions, such as generalised anxiety disorder or clinical depression; if she acknowledges that these diagnostic errors lead to inappropriate, deficit-based treatment pathways that actively compound psychological trauma and executive function collapse; the steps she will take to establish safe, non-adversarial, and adaptive emergency therapeutic pathways for neurodivergent adults experiencing systemic crises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41437/26]

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1746. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the structural measures she is taking, in coordination with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, to compel the HSE and primary care networks to fully transition from an outdated medical model of disability to a human rights-based social model as mandated by Ireland's ratification of the UNCRPD; if she will specifically address the systemic prevalence within primary care where acute neurodivergent burnout is misdiagnosed as neurotypical mental health conditions, such as generalised anxiety disorder or clinical depression; if she acknowledges that these diagnostic errors lead to inappropriate, deficit-based treatment pathways that actively compound psychological trauma and executive function collapse; the steps she will take to establish safe, non-adversarial, and adaptive emergency therapeutic pathways for neurodivergent adults experiencing systemic crises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41437/26]

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