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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives. The Government's primary concern is to ensure the continuity of disability services delivered in line with strong governance mechanisms in a cost-effective and equitable manner consistent with care and support needs. As one of many service providers,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Report “Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion” proposes a new model of support in the community moving people from Congregated settings to the community in line with Government policy. The Report identified around 4000 people (based on 2008 census) with disabilities in Ireland living in congregated settings, defined as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Welfare Allowance Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: This lady was awarded disability allowance (DA) with effect from 26 June 2002. The debt in question occurred as the person concerned had means which was not disclosed to my Department from 11 August 2004 to 2 August 2005. The Department is obliged to recoup any debt owing to it and the method of recovery, and negotiations regarding the amount recoverable, are dealt with under the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: I confirm that an application from this lady for disability allowance (DA) was received by my Department on 8 January 2019. The application was referred to a Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for a report on the person’s means and circumstances. The SWI has submitted his/her report to DA section on 7 May 2019. Further medical evidence was received from the person concerned on 25 March...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP from the gentleman concerned on 01 March 2019. His claim was disallowed on the grounds that the contribution conditions for the scheme were not...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: I confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this gentleman on 11 March 2019. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: I confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance from this gentleman on 8 May 2019. On completion of the necessary investigations on all aspects of the claim a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: Invalidity pension (IP) is a payment for people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or incapacity and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. The department received a claim for IP for the lady concerned on 28 February 2019. This claim was disallowed on the grounds that the medical conditions for the scheme were not satisfied. She...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 11th January 2019. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 13th March 2019 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance. A review of the decision was requested on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance with effect from 26 September 2018. The first payment will be made by her chosen payment method on 5 June 2019. Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible. No application for supplementary welfare allowance (SWA) has been received from this lady. An application for SWA was posted to her on 23 May 2019. I trust this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Hospital Overcrowding (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: I thank Senator Maria Byrne for raising this very important issue concerning University Hospital Limerick. I also welcome the opportunity to address the House on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris. The Minister for Health and I fully acknowledge the distress overcrowded emergency departments, EDs, cause to patients, their families and front-line staff...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Hospital Overcrowding (28 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: Of course I accept the Senator's point about immediate short-term solutions. We need a process to resolve those issues. I will strongly convey that message to the Minister, Deputy Harris. It is widely accepted that additional beds are part of the solution for Limerick hospital. Over the past two winters, an additional 25 beds have opened in Limerick, including eight as part of this year's...

Development of Primary Care: Statements (29 May 2019)

Finian McGrath: The big guns are in now.