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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (19 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (19 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for this question and note that while eligibility criteria for different schemes and supports offered by the state can differ, in broad terms we do not define disability by way of reference to individualised impairments or medicalised diagnoses. For instance the Disability Act 2005 interprets disability as meaning a “substantial restriction in the capacity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The European Commission published a proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities on 6th September 2023. The proposal is one of the flagship initiatives of the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-30. A provisional agreement was reached on the proposed Directive between the Council and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to the service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for this question and note that while eligibility criteria for different schemes and supports offered by the state can differ, in broad terms we do not define disability by way of reference to individualised impairments or medicalised diagnoses. For instance the Disability Act 2005 interprets disability as meaning a “substantial restriction in the capacity of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (18 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 679 and 680 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I congratulate Deputy Currie on a personal level on her election in Dublin West. I know how passionate and hard-working she is. It is great to see her rewarded and sitting in Dáil Éireann today. I know her family are very proud and, in particular, I know her father would be very proud of what she has achieved. I look forward to working with her. I am taking this Topical Issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy Currie. Her passion for this issue has been very clear throughout her contributions this morning and previously. I will relay the points she has raised to the Minister, Deputy Foley, who has responsibility for this area. The introduction of core funding in 2022 brought a significant increase in investment for the sector of €259 million, paid directly to services in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 gave legal recognition to Irish Sign Language as an indigenous language in its own right, with “Irish Sign Language” meaning the sign language used by the majority of the deaf community of the State. Section 10 of the Act places an obligation on the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on its operation,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Industrial Disputes (6 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The programme for government commits to working with the voluntary sector through industrial relations mechanisms and other processes to progress pay issues that affect the delivery of disability services and the long-term viability of organisations within the sector. The agreement reached at the WRC in October 2023 provided for an 8% increase in pay for staff in Section 39 organisations....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register (5 Feb 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Live Register series provides a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social Protection. Table 1 below shows the number of persons on Live Register for County Clare classified by gender, age and duration of continuous registration for November 2020 to 2024. Table 2...