Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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1898. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline the manner in which such funding is managed and accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20409/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy may wish to be aware that my Department provides funding to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to deliver specialist disability services either directly or via Section 38 and Section 39 Voluntary Organisations. While the Department sets the strategy, policy direction and the overall allocation for the sector, funding allocations to individual service providers is an operational matter for the HSE as the funding authority. The Department does not have any funding or governance relationship with the S38s and S39s.

As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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1899. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years per discipline for young people in each Integrated health area of the mid-west regional health area children's disability network teams, in tabular form; to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time in years and months as of 1`April 2025. [20443/25]

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.

Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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1900. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years, per discipline, for young people in each Integrated health area of the Dublin and south east regional health area children's disability network teams, in tabular form; to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time in years and months as of 1`April 2025. [20444/25]

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.