2984. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of personal-assistance and disability home-support hours funded, allocated and delivered in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of hours not delivered due to staffing shortages or cancelled visits; and the figures, by HSE Health Region. [58199/26]
2983. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of safeguarding concerns in disability services opened in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 that remain open for more than 12 months as of 30 June 2026; the number referred to An Garda Síochána in each year; and the figures by HSE Health Region and provider type in the services in question. [58198/26]
2982. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential disability placements for children and adolescents that ended during each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 due to provider withdrawal, service closure or the provider stating that it could no longer meet the child’s needs; and the number of children subsequently moved to another placement. [58197/26]
2981. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of additional child and adolescent residential disability places planned for 2026, 2027 and 2028; their location, provider type, expected opening date and whether each place represents additional capacity or the replacement of existing services. [58196/26]
2980. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adolescents in residential disability placements aged under six years; six to 12 years and; 12 to 17 years; and the figures by HSE Health Region and provider type. [58195/26]
2979. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adolescents currently living in residential disability placements located more than 50 kilometres from their family home; and more than 100 kilometres from their family home; and the figures by HSE Health Region and provider type. [58194/26]
2978. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current living arrangements of children and adolescents awaiting residential disability placements, including the number living at home, in respite or emergency accommodation, in an acute hospital, in a mental health facility or in another temporary placement; and the figures by HSE Health Region. [58193/26]
2977. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adolescents awaiting a residential disability placement for less than six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, and more than two years, the longest current wait and the figures, by HSE Health Region. [58192/26]
2976. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adolescents currently awaiting a residential disability placement; and the figures, by HSE Health Region and age range, in tabular form. [58191/26]
2806. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people aged under 65 residing in nursing homes at the end of each year from 2021 to 2025 and currently in 2026; the number in that age group admitted to and discharged from nursing homes in each year; the number discharged to an appropriate community-based setting; and the projected reduction in the number of people aged under 65 residing in nursing homes by the end of 2026. [55896/26]
2805. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a statutory future-planning pathway will be established for adults with an intellectual disability living with ageing family carers; the body responsible for initiating and completing each plan; the point at which planning must commence; and the timeframe for implementation. [55894/26]
2803. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure incurred by her Department on external consultancy and advisory services for each contract; the name of the consultancy firm or supplier; the title and purpose of the contract; the relevant Department or HSE division; the amount paid in each year; the number of personnel assigned to the contract and their equivalent whole-time-equivalent commitment or, where this was not specified, the number of contracted and delivered person-days, in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55865/26]
2718. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that an adult with an intellectual disability (details supplied) is facing discharge from their current residential-service provider due to the HSE's failure to provide the funding required to meet the individual's assessed care needs; the steps being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is put in place to prevent the disruption of care and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58239/26]
1293. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties facing a school (details supplied), arising from her Department’s decision to reimburse only 50% of bus escort costs at the start of the 2025–2026 school year, with the balance not due until January 2026; if she recognises the significant cash flow pressures this places on schools providing transport for children with additional educational needs; if she will ensure that the full reimbursement is paid at the beginning of the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57432/26]
879. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the current projected timeframe for each flood relief scheme intended to protect settlements in east Cork affected by Storm Babet in October 2023, including the projected dates for completion of design, submission of a required planning application, commencement of construction and completion of works; the current stage of each scheme; and the reasons for any delay or change in the previously projected timeframe. [55895/26]
342. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the basis on which funding under the 2025 SEAI electric vehicle scrappage grant scheme was allocated on the opening day of applications, including whether technical issues with the online application system affected the outcome of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58168/26]
341. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications received under the 2025 SEAI electric vehicle scrappage grant scheme, broken down by dealership and county; the number of successful applications approved for each dealership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58167/26]
79. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the documentation and procedures that will apply to Irish intended parents seeking to return to the State with a child born through surrogacy in Canada in December 2026, where Irish legal parentage has not yet been determined in respect of both intended parents; whether the Passport Service will provide advance case management to families in this position; the anticipated timeframe for issuing the child with a passport or emergency travel documentation. [58206/26]
38. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with trade union and employer representatives at the Labour Employer Economic Forum. [50818/26]
303. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities record or estimate emerging housing need among people with an intellectual disability, including through engagement with disability service providers, families, the HSE or relevant voluntary bodies; the estimated number of people with an intellectual disability who are expected to require housing in future years in each local authority area; and the time period covered by those estimates, in tabular form. [52576/26]
302. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time people with an intellectual disability have been on the active social housing support list, for each local authority; the mean waiting time; and the longest waiting time, in tabular form. [52575/26]
301. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people with an intellectual disability currently recorded on the active social housing support list in each local authority area; and whether intellectual disability is recorded separately from other disability categories in each local authority's housing need assessment, in tabular form. [52574/26]
300. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes allocated or provided by each local authority to people with an intellectual disability in each year since the publication or adoption of that local authority's current development plan; and the target or projected number of such allocations for each remaining year of the current development plan period, by local authority and year, in tabular form. [52573/26]
299. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes delivered by each local authority in each year since the publication or adoption of that local authority's current development plan; and the projected number of social homes to be delivered in each remaining year of the current development plan period, broken down by local authority, year, delivery stream and target, in tabular form. [52572/26]
213. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the workforce planning basis now used by the Department of Health and the HSE for specialist mental health services; the reason explicit multidisciplinary staffing benchmarks continue to apply in areas such as specialist mental health services for older people, while comparable national staffing benchmarks are no longer routinely published or applied across other specialist mental health services since A Vision for Change; the methodology that has replaced the staffing benchmark approach set out in A Vision for Change; whether this methodology allows the Department and the HSE to quantify the gap between current approved posts and required staffing levels by discipline, team and HSE region; whether she will publish clear staffing standards for general adult, child and adolescent, rehabilitation and recovery, crisis resolution and other specialist mental health teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52222/26]
128. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to prevent reported restrictions on HSE home support services in Dublin South City, Dublin South-West, Dublin West, Kildare and West Wicklow; whether people assessed as having high levels of need are now being refused home support unless they are deemed to be in critical urgent need or require palliative end-of-life care; whether similar formal or informal restrictions, prioritisation thresholds, waiting-list pauses or reductions in home support approvals are currently operating in any other HSE region; the number of older people and disabled people affected, broken down by HSE region; the additional funding and staffing required to ensure that people can continue to live safely at home rather than being pushed into hospitals or nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52223/26]
86. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her views on whether child and adolescent mental health services in intellectual disability, CAMHS-ID, services remain significantly underdeveloped nationally; the current number of approved CAMHS-ID posts, broken down by discipline and team; the number of new CAMHS-ID posts approved in 2026; the shortfall between current approved posts and the staffing levels recommended in the HSE model of care for CAMHS-ID, broken down by discipline and team; and the timeline for ensuring that every CAMHS-ID team has the multidisciplinary staffing required to meet the needs of children and young people with an intellectual disability and mental health difficulty. [52212/26]
207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether clinical recommendations regarding home support hours may be reduced or declined for budgetary or resource reasons notwithstanding an assessed care need; if so, the policy basis for this practice; the number of occasions on which this has occurred during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51904/26]
206. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent complement, filled posts and vacancies for HSE-employed home support workers in each HSE Health Region at the latest available date, together with the number of hours of home support unavailable due to staff shortages. [51903/26]
205. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges currently attributable, in whole or in part, to the unavailability of home support services, broken down by hospital and HSE Health Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51902/26]
204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE Health Region has exhausted, or is projected to exhaust, its allocated home support budget during 2026; whether any financial control measures have been introduced as a consequence; and if she will provide, by Health Region, the allocated budget, expenditure to date, projected year-end expenditure and estimated funding shortfall. [51901/26]
203. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons assessed as requiring home support who, at the latest available date, are awaiting a new home support package; an increase in home support hours; and commencement of an approved package, broken down by HSE Health Region and by priority category assigned by the HSE. [51900/26]
202. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether it is now HSE policy in any health region that home support services should be limited to persons requiring palliative or end-of-life care, persons at immediate risk of hospital admission, or other exceptional categories; if so, the criteria applying in each health region and the date on which they came into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51899/26]
201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for new home support hours, additional home support hours, or reassessments that have been refused, deferred, or approved at a lower level than recommended by the assessing clinician in each HSE Health Region since 1 January 2026; the reason recorded in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51898/26]
200. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued any national, regional or local instruction, circular, operational guidance or other direction since 1 January 2026 restricting access to new or increased home support hours for older people or people with disabilities; if so, to provide copies of all such documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51897/26]
870. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE purchased a property on O’Dwyer’s Road, Midleton, to accommodate former residents of the Owenacurra Centre who moved there in December 2025; the total cost including renovation of the property; the date on which works commenced to bring the property up to a standard fit for residential mental health services; the date on which the property became operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51872/26]
869. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total cost incurred by the HSE on hotel accommodation for former residents of the Owenacurra Centre from October 2023 to December 2025, broken down by month and year; the number of former residents accommodated in hotels during that period; whether they were in single or shared rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51871/26]
868. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health in respect of service-users within the Midleton / Youghal and Cobh / Carrigtwohill Adult Mental Health Service catchment areas who required residential mental health placement since the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral in February 2021; the facilities to which those service-users were referred, broken down by facility; the number of service-users and year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51870/26]
867. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the reasons a replacement of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, originally expected to be completed in Q1 2025 now has a significantly longer timeline; the way in which this timeline compares with the projected timeline for the much more extensive Midleton Primary Care Centre, where construction has not yet commenced; whether the HSE considers the current timeline acceptable given the loss of local residential mental health capacity in east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51869/26]
866. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has put in place a formal knowledge-transfer and capability-building plan as part of a strategic partner contract (details supplied) for the National Electronic Health Record Programme; the parts of the work under the contract that are intended to build permanent expertise within the HSE; whether the personnel are required to work exclusively on this programme during contracted days; the steps being taken to avoid long-term dependence on external consultancy firms for the delivery of the National Electronic Health Record; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51861/26]
865. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the assessment that was undertaken by the HSE before awarding the €8,181,530 a contract (details supplied) to establish whether the work could be carried out by staff within the HSE, eHealth Ireland, the Office of the Chief Information Officer, her Department or other public bodies; the specific skills or capacity gaps that required the use of an external consultancy firm; whether a cost comparison was carried out between external consultancy and direct recruitment or secondment of public-sector staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51860/26]
864. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of personnel assigned to the €8,181,530 National Electronic Health Record strategic partner contract (details supplied), broken down by role, grade or seniority, full-time equivalent status, location and workstream; the hourly or daily rates charged for each role or grade; the total number of consultant days or hours included in the contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51859/26]
863. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if a fixed-price contract awarded to a company under contract HSE 24608 relates solely to consultancy, advisory, business case, procurement, programme management and client-side support for the National Electronic Health Record programme; if any part of this contract relates to the purchase, licensing, build, configuration, deployment or maintenance of the Electronic Health Record IT system itself (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51858/26]
565. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a visa situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51231/26]