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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (31 Mar 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: Autism Support Services (31 Mar 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: Disability Support Services (31 Mar 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: Disability Support Services (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: A Personal Assistant (PA) is someone employed by a person with a disability to enable them to live a more independent life. The PA provides assistance, at the discretion and direction of the person with the disability, thus promoting choice, and control for the person with the disability to live independently. This may include for example, assisting with personal care, household chores,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 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: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 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: Disability Services Data (31 Mar 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: Almost ten years ago, the Time to Move on fromCongregated Settings Report identified approximately 4,000 people with disabilities living in congregated type settings. The 2011 Report expected that decongregation could happen at a much faster pace than was actually possible. Since 2014, the Transforming Lives Programme provides the framework for implementation and for putting policy into...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1050 and 1052 together. By way of background, two schemes, the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant, were put in place in 1979 and 1968 respectively, for operation by the Health Service Executive (HSE) at a time when there was limited availability of accessible public transport. The Government decided to close these administrative schemes in 2013,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Schemeis underpinned by statute and comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The extent of the involvement of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors in the Scheme relates to making a professional clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Schemeis underpinned by statute and comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The extent of the involvement of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors in the Scheme relates to making a professional clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Schemeis underpinned by statute and comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The extent of the involvement of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors in the Scheme relates to making a professional clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (31 Mar 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: Disability Diagnoses (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Schemeis underpinned by statute and comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The extent of the involvement of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors in the Scheme relates to making a professional clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (31 Mar 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: The Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Schemeis underpinned by statute and comes under the remit of the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The extent of the involvement of Health Service Executive (HSE) Community Medical Doctors in the Scheme relates to making a professional clinical determination as to whether an individual applicant meets the...
- Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: I feel and understand the heartache, worry and disgust raised by the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on Thursday last. As any parent knows, we would go to any lengths to protect our child's rights. That is why it was like a kick in the stomach to learn that a Government body appears to be impeding this process of parents fighting for their children. I was alarmed and outraged, as so many...
- Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputies for the questions they have posed to me. Deputy Cullinane talked about issues of morality, trust, ethics and culture. That is a conversation that needs to be had out in the open. I do not deny that one bit. The word I keep coming back to is "transparency". That is what everyone is looking for, a conversation in respect of transparency. Deputy Ó Laoghaire is...