Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Resourcing of Personal Assistance Services: Discussion

Mr. Jonathan Angus:

Service providers sometimes use bundling as an excuse to keep funding. The funding only belongs to them if disabled people want their service, and the individuals have the right to end the contract at any time. Other young people in Ireland with similar impairments to Fionn receive an HSE budget nearly three times what he has been granted. Neither they, nor we, understand the discrepancy.