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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024 (CES) is the primary disability employment policy initiative in Ireland. It is a cross-government strategy, bringing together actions by Government Departments and Agencies to address the barriers and challenges to the employment of persons with disabilities. Implementation of the Strategy is undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, I am acutely aware of the need to make further advances towards meeting the needs of people with disabilities in Ireland and I have consistently worked to move towards a rights based approach of support for people with disabilities. Given the interlinkages between disability equality policy and other equality areas...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I engage on an ongoing basis with a range of stakeholders, including people with disabilities and Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs), to make progress on the issues and challenges facing people with disabilities and to further realise the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in Ireland. I consider the input of all stakeholders, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that, as this is a service issue, it would be inappropriate for me to comment. However, the Deputy's question has been forwarded to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 360 to 363, inclusive, together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service issues, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The quantum of services to be provided by the HSE is considered as part of the Budgetary and National Service Planning process. The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) for 2022,  sets out, at a high level, the health and social care services to be provided within the HSE's allocated budget of €20.7bn. The HSE manages its expenditure in line with its annual funding determination. As...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The HSE has no statutory responsibility for providing transport to Day Services, and transport to day services is not usually provided for service users. A variety of transport solutions are pursued nationally, including service provider transport, and I do acknowledge that transport to day services can be a significant issue for some service users. In CHO1 however, as this is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The quantum of services to be provided by the HSE is considered as part of the Budgetary and National Service Planning process. The HSE National Service Plan (NSP) for 2022,  sets out, at a high level, the health and social care services to be provided within the HSE's allocated budget of €20.7bn. The HSE manages its expenditure in line with its annual funding determination. As...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the committee for the invitation to discuss matters relating to the progressing disability services for children and young people, PDS, programme. As one of the Co-Chairmen outlined, I am joined from the Department of Health by Ms Siobhán McArdle, Ms Deirdre Comiskey and Ms Audrey Hagerty, principal officer. The PDS programme is one of significant reform. Its aim is to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I want to comment on what Mr. O'Regan spoke about with regard to the metrics. In my meetings with the various CHOs I now get metrics on a monthly basis. I did not get them previously because it is something new that has come on board. They have been very helpful. The meetings I have with the CHOs are very focused. We can see how things are improving. The collection of data is very...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Tully for her comments. The census was conducted last October and some recruitment has taken place since, but I also secured last October an additional 180 posts which are added on to that, so the actual figure is 714 unfilled posts, to put that in context. The Deputy is right in regard to the CORU piece and this is something I and my team have taken up directly with CORU....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for his question. What have I done? In the last month I met FEDVOL and the team, including Alison Harnett, about pay. It was solely about pay around the section 39s. The figure for pay restoration is €20 million. That is required. Now I will hand it over to the relevant. I know where I am in the asking process but I will hand it over to the relevant. Pay is a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for his contribution this morning. For the Department of Health, I apologise to the Senator, his son and to other families for the lived experience that the Senator articulated. It was a very powerful contribution for the simple reason that it is the lived experience in the room. I cannot bring that type of conversation to the table. I tried to address that in my...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I was indicating to come in at the end of Senator Clonan's contribution. Deputy Ward stated that the buck stops with me, and I apologise to Senator Clonan and to all the parents for whom the system has not worked this year, last year or for a long number of years. I am trying to remedy that by moving from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Not at all, but from a departmental point of view as the person with whom the buck stops, I do not shy away from my responsibilities. Deputy Ward asked one or two important questions. He asked if I am able to do my job. The answer is "Yes". Am I meeting with all my CHOs? Yes, I am. Was I supported at my last ministerial forum? Yes, I was. Anne Burke and Michael Byrne from national...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: When I say 11 May, it was the roadmap. Everybody knows me. I say it as it is and cannot fluff it. Perhaps one day in the height of frustration, from the Cork side of things when Deputy O'Sullivan, who is not here, highlighted issues to me, I said we would just go to Cork. I talked to my adviser and it was to have a Ministers' forum, not to undermine the parents' forum that is part of the...