Results 41-60 of 9,532 for speaker:Hildegarde Naughton

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Staff (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Departmental Projects (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: HSE-funded day programmes for people with intellectual disabilities, autism, or complex physical disabilities include a range of centre-based and community-based activities. Access to services is based on an individual’s needs rather than on their diagnosis. The focus is on supporting people to participate in the mainstream activities and in the life of their community, in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Improving the accessibility of outdoor amenities and venues, including beaches, is a very important aspect of the work involved in promoting the full participation of disabled people within their local communities. Issues relating to the accessibility of beaches as public spaces is the responsibility of the relevant Local Authority, and therefore related to the broader remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: There is a recognised need to review and update existing disability legislation, particularly following Ireland’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In this context, and in line with the Programme for Government commitment, a review of the Disability Act 2005 is a consideration as part of the development and finalisation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ensuring that disability spending delivers best results will involve many departments and public bodies working collaboratively. There are many dimensions involved in this work, going well beyond the remit of any one department or Minister. To develop and coordinate the necessary whole of government work on disability issues, my Department is leading on the development of the next...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026 represents the first phase of implementing the recommendations of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032. It sets out a range of actions designed to provide better access to disability services. It intends to maximise the impact of service delivery through strategic change and to enable better planning and management through improved...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) provide services and supports for children aged from birth to 18 years of age. In line with the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) model there are 93 CDNTs across the country, aligned to 96 Community Healthcare Networks. Currently there are no CDNTs fully staffed, however, the HSE have advised that, as the latest data from the 9th of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Reflective of issues affecting the broader health and social care sector, the HSE and lead agencies are experiencing ongoing recruitment and retention challenges in disability services. Whilst acknowledging the challenges, it is important to recognise that the disabilities workforce is growing year on year. From December 2019 to May 2025, the disabilities workforce in HSE and Section 38...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Community and voluntary health and social care workers are the backbone of essential services, and the State depends on them to deliver critical support to people across the country every day. The Government is fully committed to directly engaging with the voluntary sector and using industrial relations mechanisms to tackle pay issues that threaten disability services. In March of this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: European Disability Card (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The European Commission published a proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities on 6th September 2023. The proposal is one of the flagship initiatives of the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-30, and aims to facilitate the freedom of movement of citizens with disabilities in the EU by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Neuro-Rehabilitation Teams (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Personal Assistance Hours (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Personal Assistance is a service primarily for adults with physical disabilities that enables them to live their lives as independently as possible and to take decision making control. Typically, the person with the disability either directly employs the personal assistant or is involved in the process of selecting the personal assistant to work with them. The person with the disability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department provides funding to the HSE to deliver specialist disability services either directly or via Section 38 and Section 39 voluntary sector organisations. While this Department sets the strategy, policy direction and the overall allocation for the disability sector, funding allocations to individual service providers is an operational matter for the HSE as the funding authority. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Jul 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.