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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: To follow up on that point by Professor MacLachlan, when one speaks of my functions, that was a function that the Department of Justice brought into the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. I have worked on this function along with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman for the past 18 months. We secured funding not just in one budget but in two budgets. With the legislation coming before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I compliment Senator Higgins and her team on the amount of work that they done through this committee in creating not just awareness but a real understanding of the role of the optional protocol, and what is expected of Government and various Departments. First, the Senator asked whether the decision support services and legislative piece work in tandem or parallel. They work completely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely, but I again reassure the Senator that the officials are engaging with the Attorney General on the optional protocol. It is essential that we ensure that the State and all of its agencies are in line with that protocol because, as the Senator has talked about, it involves a system and we can learn from it. That is why we need to enact it but I need to ensure that every system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator. I will ask my colleagues in the HSE to answer some of those questions or to assist me in delivering answers to them. On the gaps, the disability action plan addresses some of them. However, we are aware that more needs to be done. On adult autism assessments, we secured funding in budget 2021 to commence this process. The Senator raised an issue which is critical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I forgot to mention a point to the Senator. It is important to say it at this point. One of the most progressive things I have seen as part of the PDS roll-out is that we have abolished the ageing-out aspect. That piece, in which a child fell off a cliff-edge at six years of age and had to start again, is now gone. That was one of the gaps that we identified and it has been removed. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: To follow up on what Mr. O'Regan said, I have a concern about the matter the Vice Chairman raised. It is not the first time that I have heard it. I have heard it numerous times. Correct me if I am wrong, but the health model is a needs-based delivery programme. It is for children who wish to access various levels of education, whether at a national school or when transitioning from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: From a political and Government point of view, the investment has gone into SNAs and special education teachers. There is willingness to support the family, child, individual and the school. There seem to be stumbling blocks. There are different geographical locations where we are hitting barriers, which we need to peel into.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

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: Disabilities Assessments (24 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171, 176 and 177 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172, 173 and 174 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

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: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

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: Disabilities Assessments (24 Nov 2021)

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.

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Members for their contributions. In January this year, the Taoiseach, on behalf of the Government, the State and its citizens, apologised for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in mother and baby homes or county homes. He stated categorically that the State did not uphold its duty of care and thereby failed these women and...

Seanad: Children in Care and Children Leaving Care: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Lynn Ruane ran for bringing forward these statements today. I also acknowledge Shane Griffin, and I thank Senator Fiona O'Loughlin for mentioning Shane. It was Shane who informed me the first day ever about what it was like to be a child in care. He helped me in my previous role as spokesperson on the children's committee. I would not have come with all of the knowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 498 and 499 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 and 502 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 505, 515, 533, 534 and 536 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.