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Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are back here with the single transferable speech we can all take out. To a degree, at this stage I am boring myself. The problem is this issue is still impacting detrimentally on the people coming into all of our constituency offices and, I have no doubt, into the Minister of State's as well. We see from the new Daft.ie report that the average price for a new build in County Louth is...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the timeline for the review of the CDNT service model?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is good. There is a logic to the three parts. Correct me if I picked this up wrong, but we have approximately 414 positions that are unfilled in CDNTs at the moment. If those positions were filled, does Dr. Tamming have a view as to whether the CDNTs could do the work they are meant to be able to do?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree. I really appreciate that answer because I have not been able to get a Minister to answer me on that particular question. I think that is where we all lie. We are asking how many positions are unfilled, but even if they were filled, we still would not have a system that was fit for purpose. As to what Dr. Tamming said about an assessment of need not being required to access a...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Long term.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A huge piece of work on what we actually need to deliver on this is required. We are probably throwing out these terms a bit too quickly when the due diligence needs to be done.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In theory.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Without a doubt. The third part of the review and the idea of school-based therapies move that beyond where it is as a pilot. We know there are promises because there is a logic to putting the resources where the need is. The earlier the interventions happen, the better. Is Dr. Tamming happy with how school-based therapies are progressing? I might be jumping the gun as to where the review is.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Dr. Tamming sees it as working, I imagine.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Follow-up.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This only works if therapists engage with parents and the kids themselves, but also with the teaching staff and everyone. If everyone engages in best practice, the kids benefit.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: With assessments of need the big fear is that the Government is going to undermine that one right people do have. People are absolutely open to a conversation on how best to deliver assessment. What are the witnesses' views on the CDNTs and that particular question? Has there been a discussion with the representative organisations? What engagement has there been with speech and language...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I understand that. It is a huge part and there have been constant conversations about it. The Government has spoken at times about the issues with it. I have no problem with the issues being addressed if there are issues, and maybe not everybody needs a 30-hours plus assessment but my fear is that the right to it would be removed. This is where I and many others have a particular...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree. Does Dr. Hartney have a view at this stage on what could be done? Again I am jumping the gun on the best means of delivering assessments and therapies, and beyond that assistive technologies, on which the HSE is doing a piece of work. We have all seen how that can make a huge difference.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have a particular view on the CDNTs, and this is not to take away from people within them doing huge work. It is a positive model. The witnesses spoke earlier about the communication failures in relation to where parents are. In fairness, Mr. Bernard Gloster also said that those who had a more positive view of CDNTs were those who had a single point of contact or somebody they could have...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A family link worker would seem to make complete sense and would deal with that communication piece.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On some level everyone has got the issue in relation to parents that are still coming to us. I have spoken to the Minister of State about a number of issues, some of which have been somewhat settled relating to kids with challenges having an appropriate place next year. However, there is one particular issue. The easiest way to get it across is to quote from correspondence. I am not going...

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I had a question regarding a national school in County Louth, abut which I have spoken to the Minister of State previously. The mother of a student there has contacted me.

Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: May I just have ten seconds, a Chathaoirligh? I have raised a particular issue.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Outside of the issues that exist across the board of CDNTs, how many family link workers are there like that? Is every area covered in this regard?