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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Programme for Government – “Securing Ireland’s Future” sets out a clear commitment to increase staffing, train more therapists and prioritise Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) to deliver supports and services. I fully acknowledge that recruitment and retention of staff is a challenge across the disability sector overall, due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2018. The UNCRPD articulates a range of social, economic, and cultural rights, as well as civil and political rights, which the State is obliged to uphold and advance in relation to disabled people. Since ratification, the State’s approach to UNCRPD implementation has been one of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (12 Jun 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 (12 Jun 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: There has been significant investment in respite in recent years. There is a commitment in the Programme for Government to continue the expansion of respite services, and the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 recommends that provision is increased by a third. While acknowledging that there is currently no formal policy underpinning Specialist Community Based Disability Respite...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Autism Innovation Strategy was published in August 2024. The Strategy contains 83 actions across four core pillars which will be delivered within the 18-month lifespan of the Strategy. 11 Government Departments and related public bodies have committed to leading on, or supporting, actions in the Strategy. This Government is committed to the full implementation of the Strategy, and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (11 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: On 1 March 2022, the Government formally decided to conduct a Census of Population in 2027, to be carried out by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The exact census date has not yet been decided. It is however expected that census data collection will run in April and May 2027. Census 2027 will be a major undertaking for the CSO as, for the first time in Irish history, the public will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (11 Jun 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: Departmental Staff (11 Jun 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: Departmental Data (11 Jun 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: Departmental Data (11 Jun 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: Departmental Data (11 Jun 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: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 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: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 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: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 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: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 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: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs). Ensuring the EPA application process is as user-centric and accessible as possible is a priority for me. EPAs are a vital advance planning tool that enable adults to plan ahead for a time when they may have diminished decision-making capacity, ensuring that a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 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: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1141 and 1142 together. I thank the Deputy for their questions regarding the Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) application process under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, 2015. EPAs are an important advance planning tool, enabling people to prepare for a time when they may have difficulty in making certain decisions themselves. Ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1143 and 1210 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.