Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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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]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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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.

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if transport will be provided to the central remedial clinic in the case of a person (details supplied). [8537/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The HSE provides specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services, and people with intellectual disabilities would form the majority of service users who are supported by these services.

While HSE Day Services funding does not extend to transport, some transport supports are provided by the HSE or funded agencies on a discretionary basis where resources permit, and a variety of transport solutions are pursued in different CHO areas. These include travel training to enable public transport to be used, where appropriate, local transport such as Local Link, private bus transport and taxis, and some service providers provide transport where capacity exists. In general, day service users are in receipt of disability allowance and are automatically entitled to the Free Travel Pass.

My Officials are engaging at a senior level with colleagues across government to map out next steps towards the development of the next National Disability Strategy. This Strategy will provide an ambitious framework for disability policy across the next five years, including in relation to transport and mobility for disabled people. The new Strategy will build on work done under Action 104 of the previous National Disability Inclusion Strategy (NDIS). Under Action 104, a Transport Working Group was established in 2020 to formulate proposals on how transport supports could be better coordinated across the state. The Final Report of the Group was published and is available on my Department’s website.

The Department of the Taoiseach has convened a Senior Officials Group to discuss how the proposals of the NDIS Transport Working Group final report can be progressed. My officials are engaging and actively contributing to discussions on this matter, and outcomes will form a key part of ongoing work for the development of transport-focussed actions under the next National Disability Strategy. As this question refers to service-related matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.