Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

Select Committee on Health

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, if it has the capacity and meets the needs of the people in the community. It is all about a person-centred approach. We are moving to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, where the person is at the centre and where we are aligned with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. Therefore, it is meeting the needs of the individual. The service provider best placed to deliver the service, be it a section 38 or section 39 organisation or the HSE, will deliver that service.

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