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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As the issues raised in this question are service matters, I have referred this question to the HSE for direct response to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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: Departmental Bodies (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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: Disabilities Assessments (23 Mar 2022)

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: Disabilities Assessments (23 Mar 2022)

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: Disability Services (23 Mar 2022)

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: Patient Forums (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Officials in my Department are currently reviewing the correspondence received from MS Ireland and a response will issue in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question regards operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. In respect of the Deputy’s query regarding funding, the Department of Health has supported the disability sector throughout the pandemic with additional funding to help support service delivery , including an additional €10m in once-off...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Mar 2022)

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: Disability Services (23 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I acknowledge the publication of the recent report by Inclusion Ireland (PDS Services Report 2022), the issues highlighted and the recommendations contained within same. I am acutely aware of the issues that concern families with regard to children’s disability services and have engaged extensively with advocate groups and individual parents. The issues highlighted by Inclusion...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to set out a response to the question in the House. The autism innovation strategy is in development, with the current focus on design, consultation and collaborative working structures. National action in respect of autism is a firm commitment in the programme for Government 2021 and I announced an intention to develop an autism innovation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: My hope and aspiration for the entire strategy is that persons with autism will have a voice in the context of how their day-to-day living is impacted. It is also important to ensure parents have a voice. I refer to the issues of accessing services, education and housing, as well transitioning from school into higher education, the workforce and everyday life. That is the whole piece. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy is never one to miss an opportunity. Let us be clear. The strategy oversight and advisory group will comprise stakeholders and people with lived experience of autism and neurodiversity. The group will input into the development of the strategy and have an ongoing role in monitoring its implementation. The group will be established following an open expression-of-interest...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Comprehensive Employment Strategy (CES) is Ireland's key policy platform for addressing the challenges faced by people with disabilities in accessing employment. There have been a number of significant achievements under the Strategy to date. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth funds a disability information service for employers -...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: My Department provides services to children with disabilities through the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM). AIM is a programme of supports designed to enable children with a disability to access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. The goal of AIM is to create a more inclusive environment in pre-schools, so all children, regardless of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024 (CES) is the primary disability employment policy initiative in Ireland. It is a cross-government approach, bringing together actions by Government Departments and Agencies to address the barriers and challenges to employment of all persons with disabilities. The CES’s strategic priorities are to build skills,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act) is an important piece of legislation that represents significant legal reform. It changes the existing law on capacity from the status approach of the wardship system to a flexible functional approach, whereby capacity is assessed on an issue and time-specific basis. The Decision Support Service (DSS) will operate the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Ireland currently has two major whole-of-government national disability strategies, which exist to address the challenges and break down the barriers faced by people with disabilities. Both are coordinated by my Department and constitute a strategic policy and action framework for acting on disability issues, in consultation and collaboration with people with disabilities, other disability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equal Opportunities Employment (24 Mar 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024 (CES) is the primary disability employment policy initiative in Ireland. It is a cross-government approach, bringing together actions by Government Departments and Agencies to address the barriers and challenges to employment of all persons with disabilities. The CES's strategic priorities are to build skills,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

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.