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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (5 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: Health Services (5 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: 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, on foot of the reports of the Ombudsman in 2011 and 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 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: HSE Data (5 May 2021)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (5 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: Autism Support Services (5 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: Autism Support Services (5 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: Autism Support Services (5 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that I recently announced an Autism Innovation Strategy which will address the issues he has raised. The Strategy is under the remit of Department for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration and Youth.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I will take those questions if I may. I thank Deputy Canney for raising these matters. I will take his last question first. He is quite right in what he has said about primary medical certificates. There was very little movement on them up to last December and into January. I met the primary medical certificate team myself two months ago. In the past two months, 471 assessments have...

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...