Results 261-280 of 9,532 for speaker:Hildegarde Naughton
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: The HSE is limited in its ability to disaggregate the Disability Services budget into specific service areas due to system and structure constraints. Due to this it is not possible to determine the exact cost of each category of service, but it can be estimated. Using the % breakdown supplied by the HSE, the estimated split of the total annual allocation by service area, provided by the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: In July 2021, the Government published the Disability Capacity Review – A Review of Social Care Requirements and Capacity Demand to 2032. This review set out the extra capacity requirements for community disability services up to 2032, based on an analysis of demographic trends and unmet need. In order to implement the recommendations of the Capacity Review, a detailed Action Plan...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for this question and acknowledge the challenges associated with the issue as detailed and the barriers that individuals may face, not least in relation to communication and mobility. It is important to note that while eligibility criteria for different schemes and supports offered by the state can differ, in broad terms we do not define disability by way of reference to...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS). The Decision Support Service does not, and has never, retained the services of PR consultants. In that regard the communications and marketing section of the Mental Health Commission supports the organisation’s different divisions and services. The Mental Health Commission falls under the remit of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and the statutory report regarding the effectiveness of the Director of that service. The Decision Support Service is responsible for operating many of the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended, including, inter alia, establishing a register of decision support...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: Increasing the workforce in the Disability Sector is a key priority of Government as reflected in the Programme for Government. Whilst acknowledging the challenges, it is important to recognise that the disabilities workforce is growing year on year. For example, the Children’s Disability Network Teams Workforce Report for 2024 shows that the CDNT workforce increased by 17% when...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Meetings (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: Government recognises the extra living costs experienced by people with disabilities and the ways in which these costs can negatively impact the lives of disabled people and their families, often leading to an increased risk of poverty and financial insecurity. The Cost of Disability in Ireland report (2021), commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and prepared by Indecon...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)
Hildegarde Naughton: 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.