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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to disability from 2020 to 2025, with the sub-category allocated to the following (details supplied). [8414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Roscommon and County Galway in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [8441/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the desired WTE staffing complement for a children’s disability network team, by grade, in tabular form. [8493/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children’s disability network teams which are in place, in tabular form and the WTE staffing for each team, by grade. [8494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the desired number of children’s disability network teams for the population; and the WTE staffing complement, by grade. [8495/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projected requirement by 2032 for children’s disability network teams; and the WTE staffing complement, by grade. [8496/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children, by county, waiting for an assessment of need; and the corresponding waiting time in weeks, in tabular form. [8497/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff posts filled under the children’s disability network team, by county; and the number of posts vacant, by county, including posts vacant temporarily for leave, and so on, in tabular form. [8498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children, by county, waiting for psychology speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and the corresponding waiting time in weeks, in tabular form. [8500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider changing the rules where a private assessment is not recognised by CAMHS and therefore, delays access to essential supports for children based on a parent paying privately for example in cases where ADHD is diagnosed via a private assessment and then not accepted by public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (26 Feb 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider changing the rules where a private assessment is not recognised by CAMHS and therefore, delays access to essential supports for children based on a parent paying privately for example in cases where ADHD is diagnosed via a private assessment and then not accepted by public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8499/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: As I rise to speak on statements on policing and community safety, I take the opportunity to remember an Independent councillor, Councillor Anthony Waldron, who died suddenly last month. Councillor Waldron had established the Enough is Enough campaign against rural crime in County Roscommon and it was an issue I had discussed with him at a number of events he held. I remember him here this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: First, by way of background, the accident and emergency department in Roscommon was closed in 2011. On the back of that, a commitment was made that there would need to be much better ambulance cover for Roscommon because we are farther away from the next nearest emergency department. Both Fine Gael, which was in office at the time, and the HSE committed to ensure there would be advanced...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: If patient demand for NAS services continues to rise, with nearly 430,000 urgent and emergency calls received last year, representing a year-on-year rise in volume of 8%, why then has the National Ambulance Service stopped training advanced paramedics? Why has it stopped the privileging courses? Fully qualified advanced paramedics who have trained elsewhere, some I understand in the Defence...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: The current wind energy guidelines are now 19 years old. Last year, the Taoiseach promised that the new updated guidelines would be published by the end of 2024 but the date is now quarter 1 of 2025. At the same time, rural communities are being forced to battle with large companies, sometimes after repeated planning permissions are submitted. We have a particular issue in south Roscommon...

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: I will raise a number of issues where, primarily, women are impacted by Government policy. I will start almost where the Minister started, that is, on affordable childcare. No matter how many times the Government says childcare costs have been cut by 50%, it does not make it true. A survey last year put monthly childcare in various counties at over €600, €800 and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a fund to assist schools to purchase a generator to ensure that when power is lost, they can open as normal, to ensure education for children is not interrupted as seen following storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many more households became eligible for septic tank grants since the announcement in November 2023 on changes to the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government who can apply for the septic tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (5 Mar 2025)

Claire Kerrane: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in the State in the eligible areas for septic-tank grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10037/25]