2971. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting placement in residential disability services, broken down by HSE Health Region, county and waiting-time band, as of the latest date for which figures are available, in tabular form. [58153/26]

I wish to thank the Deputy for raising this question. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.