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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the first-year costs of providing 100, 200 and 500 additional intensive home supports; and the full-year costs of providing 100, 200 and 500 additional intensive home supports, in tabular form. [17458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital costs of providing one additional adult day service centre; the average number of places provided in an adult day service centre; the first-year current costs of providing 500, 1,000 and 1,500 additional adult day service places; and the full-year current costs of providing 500, 1,000 and 1,500...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost bands associated with providing additional adult day services places in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the average cost of providing additional day service places in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; in tabular form. [17460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated number of new day service places for disabled adults that will be needed in 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, taking into account vacancies arising and demographic change. [17461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people leaving rehabilitative training and school who were profiled for an adult day service in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the number of adult day service places that were provided in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form [17462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current costs of filling all vacant posts in children's disability network teams; the number of vacant posts in children's disability network teams where funding is already committed; the number of vacant posts in children's disability network teams where funding has not already been committed; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding provided to the DPO network in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [17464/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail, with regard to the findings of the Disability Capacity Review to 2032, the number of residential disability respite centres his Department is targeting to deliver by 2032. [17572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail, with regard to the key objectives and actions of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026, the number of residential disability respite centres his Department is targeting to deliver over the lifetime of the plan. [17573/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of residential respite centres that were delivered up to December 2020; the overnight respite capacity of these centres; and the day-only respite capacity of these centres. [17574/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of new residential respite centres that have been delivered from 2021 to date; the additional overnight respite capacity that these new centres have delivered; and the additional day-only respite capacity that these new centres have delivered. [17575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 683. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 29 November 2022, to provide an update regarding the boarding out scheme; and if his Department has considered this model of care in the context of its overall commitment to enhancing opportunities for older people to stay in their homes and communities for longer. [18005/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: 6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering the consolidation of all disability payments together into one single payment system; if so, her plans to consult and co-design this scheme in conjunction with the disability community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18411/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: Is the Minister considering the consolidation of all disability payments into one single payment system and, if so, has she plans to consult and co-design the scheme in conjunction with the disability community, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: As the Minister has said, one of the proposals was to merge the disability allowance, blind pension and invalidity pension into a single payment called the personal support payment. While the Green Paper has been scrapped, and for good reason, there were proposals within which merited further analysis and I believe this is one. In our consultation with disabled individuals and DPOs, there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (25 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Green Paper also proposed higher rates for disability payments, and that, too, needs to be progressed. The cost of disability payment needs to be looked at. The priority is to ensure no person is living in poverty. I also refer to a number of constituents who have come to my office because their payment has been cut or curtailed without any warning. There may be perfectly good reasons...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: Was there input from disabled people into the training the Garda offers in Templemore and at the university, as well as the interview techniques? Did the Garda engage with DPOs and representative organisations when putting together that training or the interview process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: When we talk about percentages within the Garda, is Chief Superintendent Jones aware of the percentage of disabled people who are actually gardaí? Does the Garda come under the public sector minimum requirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: I agree. When we talk about accessibility, it is across all levels. That includes digital formats. The NDA monitors EU web accessibility. The latter was very low for An Garda Síochána. Is that being addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Pauline Tully: Regarding the complaints' procedure, it was said there were only three complaints. How accessible is this procedure? Perhaps people are not complaining because they either do not know how to do so or find it very difficult. I ask Ms Denning to consider this aspect. My other question relates to wards of court. I know people cannot be made wards of court since the Assisted...