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Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: The reason I keep bringing up this topic is that it just feels like an unstoppable process now. The HSE is intent on pushing ahead with this project. I raised it with the National Disability Authority because it had the UNCRPD as a central focus of its presentation and I was disappointed its view was that it could only comment in general terms about the UNCRPD and not about a specific...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank Mr. Herrick.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: The Government has indicated that it intends to review the Disability Act 2005 and that it sees the current assessment of need process as hampering its ability to resource therapies for children with additional needs. That intention is creating a lot of concern among families, advocacy groups and clinicians. There are children who would benefit from low-intensity or short-term intervention...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the income eligibility limit for affordable cost rental in County Cork to match the household income limit that applies in Dublin, given the comparable cost of living and price of houses in both areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the report on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments; the timeline needed to consider the matter, in light of the substantial time that has passed since the undertaking was given to carry...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 810. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to complete a full health technology assessment in relation to EYLEA (aflibercept) given this was recommended by an NCPE Rapid Review assessment report in December 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/25]

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank Deputy Stanley for bringing forward the motion. It presents us with another opportunity to discuss the crisis in dental care. The Social Democrats tabled a similar motion in May of last year. Unfortunately, the challenges facing dental care in Ireland remain and urgent action on the part of the Government is still required. One significant issue relates to the number of dentists...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: There is a close relationship between this Bill and the HSE's corporate plan. In the HSE's corporate plan for 2025 to 2027, there is a stated commitment to, "Reduce waiting times for primary care therapies by standardising the management of referrals, waiting lists and discharges." There is no mention of a recruitment drive for services that have been hollowed out by years of recruitment...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: I also pay tribute to the outstanding staff in the Oireachtas, with a special mention for the excellent broadcast workers here, 13 of whom will be laid off over the summer due to the precarious and unfair nature of their contracts. Almost one year ago to the day, my party leader, Deputy Holly Cairns, raised the issue of more than 5,000 young people waiting for primary care psychology...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current funding levels of the housing adaptation grant, the disabled persons grant and the improvements works in lieu schemes for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [40287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (17 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role that local authorities will have in implementing the new National Human Rights Disability Strategy; if the local authorities will be resourced to implement actions included in the strategy at local level; the method by which local authorities will co-ordinate local level delivery of the strategy with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (15 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance if houses that were only partially built but never occupied or suitable for occupation and have sat idle for a number of years qualify for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 813. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential places provided for priority one placements and planned places for persons with disabilities delivered from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and in respect of the year, the national service plan target, the number of priority one places provided, the number of planned places provided, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 814. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason no planned places were delivered in 2023 or 2024, despite the Action Plan for Disability Services aiming for 900 places to be delivered by 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39048/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childcare Services (15 Jul 2025)

Liam Quaide: 995. To ask the Minister for Health the details of recruitment to the primary care child and adolescent services of the Dublin north west integrated health area from January 2023 to July 2025 for the disciplines of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; the date each post was advertised; the contract type that is, temporary or permanent; the grade of...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: The Minister of State and colleagues are very welcome. I will use my time to again highlight to him the clear need for increased special education provision in the Youghal catchment area of east Cork. I will go into quite a bit of detail but he will be very familiar with the case from previous engagement on it. As the Minister of State knows, I have been working with a parents' campaign...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I appreciate the broader picture. Could the Minister of State make a commitment to meeting with them in a reasonable timeframe?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: The Minister of State said the number of children without a special class placement for this school term is in single digits. It is fair to say that took us all by surprise. There is more complexity behind that figure, as alluded to by Deputies Keogh and Ó Murchú. It is a very different experience having a school placement in the community where one lives compared with having a...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: My question was whether we have data on the number of children travelling outside their locality. I mentioned earlier that there are 22 children from the Youghal catchment area travelling to Dungarvan, County Waterford. Do we have data on that situation nationally?