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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Health published the Disability Capacity Review in July 2021. This report set out the capacity requirements for health-funded disability services for the period up to 2032. In order to drive the process of implementing the recommendations of the Capacity Review, a Working Group was set up to develop an Action Plan for Disability Services for the period 2022-2025. This Group...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue matter today, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. As the Deputy is aware, the cross-party Sláintecare report in 2017 articulated a new vision for healthcare in Ireland, including the provision of elective only hospitals and providing protected capacity for elective care. This policy has also been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. As I said in my opening remarks, I am conscious of Deputy O'Donnell's desire for new elective facilities in the mid-west. However, I would stress to him that the new facilities that are planned for the three locations in Cork, Dublin and Galway should be considered as national assets that will introduce a new delivery capability into the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I assume it is a constituent who came to the Deputy so I can only assume he is talking in the context of community healthcare organisation, CHO 4. On behalf of the Minister for Health I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. The Health Service Executive provides a wide range of medical aids under the community funded schemes to eligible persons, as set out in the Health Act...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I agree there should be common sense shown in the approach to this issue. There is a middle ground that needs to be achieved, which is called neither "maximum" nor "minimum" but is just common sense. I reiterate that the service provided by the HSE operates on a person-centred, person-specific basis to fulfil patients' clinically determined needs. I assure the House there is no rationing...

Report of the Joint Committee on Justice on GDPR: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputies for providing me with the opportunity to address the House. I am doing so on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McEntee, who sends her apologies that she cannot be here due to her attendance at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. We are here to discuss the Data Protection Commission and the legislation that underpins its work, the Data Protection Act 2018. The...

Report of the Joint Committee on Justice on GDPR: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputies for their contributions to what has been an informative and enlightening debate, at least for me. I have learned an awful lot from listening to it and reading my scripts. As I said at the outset, I am taking this debate on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee. I also extend apologies on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne. The Data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (6 Oct 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 (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Health has engaged intensively with the HSE in relation to enhancing the provision of services for children with disabilities and their families. A key part of that engagement is to ensure appropriate recruitment and retention on CDNTs (Children's Disability Network Teams). In this regard, 185 posts were allocated to Children’s Disability Services for 2021. These...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Health published the Disability Capacity Review in July 2021. This report set out the capacity requirements for health-funded disability services for the period up to 2032. In order to drive the process of implementing the recommendations of the Capacity Review, a Working Group was set up to develop an Action Plan for Disability Services for the period 2022-2025. This Group...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 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 (6 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Under the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017 - 2021, the Department of Transport has responsibility for the continued development of the availability of accessible public transport and is committed to this in recognition of the importance of such services to the lives of people with disabilities. Under the National Disability Inclusion Strategy, a Transport Working Group has been...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputies for tabling this important motion this evening. I thank the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, for being present to receive it with me. The motion before the House tonight addresses many issues regarding people with disabilities. However, I want to be clear from the outset, as Minister of State with responsibility...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler. The Government is conscious of the financial challenges faced by the nursing home sector, in particular inflationary cost increases. The Department of Health is bringing forward appropriate responses. The Minister of State is aware that a number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Ensuring the welfare and safety of residents is secured when nursing homes close is the most important thing. They and their families remain the continued focus of the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. Maximum prices for individual nursing homes are agreed with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, following negotiations based on NTPF cost criteria. It carries out this role...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I am taking this issue on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. It is important to say that often Ministers make commitments before Topical Issues are tabled and cannot change them. That is why I am here. I thank Deputy Cahill for raising these issues in the House today. Rural communities deserve to be, and to feel, safe. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy again for raising the issue. As I have already outlined, the Government is committed to ensuring An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs. We had an unprecedented allocation of more than €2.1 billion in budget 2023. Garda numbers are at the highest level with 14,283 members and 3,117 whole-time equivalent Garda staff nationwide as of 31 August....

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.