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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (27 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of planning enforcement officers in Galway County Council; if the Council has sought additional funding from his Department to tackle these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: 534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is considering extending child benefit to children aged 18 or older while they are in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: 578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regarding the future of the tendering process for the local employment service network; the status of her plans to publicly tender on a cost bid model for the local employment services; if clarification will be provided on the future of and the specific concerns raised...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Bruton for raising this issue, on which I am responding on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly. It is recognised that the waiting times for hospital appointments, procedures and services have been impacted in the past year by Covid-19. On 23 March last, the HSE published A Safe Return to Health Services plan. The plan outlined a three-phase approach for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I totally concur with the Deputy. We have a plan and the money. Now we need business management and skill sets. We need to hold the service to account and it needs to be monitored on a monthly basis. My assessment of needs is a clear demonstration of how I secured funding to clear a backlog. This was done monthly by the managers of the various disciplines in community healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (12 May 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Youth Services (12 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271, 273 and 274 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286, 287, 288 and 289 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Teaching Council; the reason there has been a delay in processing the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 May 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme is underpinned by statute and comes within the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. A requirement of the scheme involves Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors making a clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the specified medical criteria for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 May 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (11 May 2021)

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

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the committee for this further opportunity to update it on some of the issues raised in the Ombudsman for Children's report, Unmet Needs. Since becoming Minister of State with responsibility for disability, addressing and tackling the assessment of needs backlog has been and remains a top priority for me. Less than two weeks ago, I spoke at the beginning of a Private Members' motion...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Cairns and I wish her the best in her role on the committee. I cannot speak about specific cases so I will not talk about the item yesterday. However, I have taken two steps. I took the first step when I appeared before this committee on the last occasion. I have been watching and listening to how this committee has performed with its engagement with the Ombudsman, the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Health (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: At present, the independent chair and the review team are working away, but I continuously engage with the clinicians and parents. It is the feedback and delivery of services. The most important piece in all this is the timely intervention of the delivery of services. That is what this is about. That is why I am letting it go through its process at present. I will not pre-empt the end...