Results 21,501-21,520 of 22,424 for speaker:Finian McGrath
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Oct 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 (2 Oct 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 (2 Oct 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 Funding (2 Oct 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: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: This 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. The commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: Disability Allowance (DA) is a means-tested payment for people with a specified disability who are aged between 16 and 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test. The estimated annual spend on DA in 2019 is over €1.6 billion. At the end of July 2019, there were...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) is an employment support to private sector employers, the objective of which is to encourage employers to employ people with disabilities and thereby increase the numbers of people with disabilities participating in the open labour market. The scheme provides financial incentives to private sector employers to hire people with a disability for between 21...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: I can confirm that my department received an application for disability allowance (DA) from this lady on 31 July 2019. On 27 September 2019 the person concerned was requested to supply supporting documentation required by the deciding officer in order to make a decision on her eligibility. On receipt of this information a decision will be made on her DA...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: On the respite care issue, it is part of the plan for respite care services that children will stay with families. I am well aware of the issue because St. Michael's House and the COPE Foundation in Cork are involved, as the Senator said. It is part of Jigsaw. We have 8,600 people in residential care and in the region of 27,000 in day services. Within respite care services, this year...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: Yes. We are in the middle of the working on the Estimates and I fought a good battle yesterday in government in terms of those particular issues, and I will keep fighting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: I ask some of the people who have accompanied me to provide the information from the HSE; I will come back to the aspect concerning the speech and language service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: Deputy Durkan has raised an important issue about services. Families have come to me about the fact that maternity cover is provided in other professions. This is a genuine issue. We must accept that if children with disabilities miss speech and language therapy it is not a good thing. There are preschool speech and language services now. As the Minister mentioned, there is on-site...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments (3 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: This 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. The commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (3 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (3 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (3 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: I wish to inform the Deputy that eligibility for Disability Allowance comes within the remit of my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Oct 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: Disability Support Services (3 Oct 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: Disabilities Assessments (3 Oct 2019)
Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.