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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current designated mediation officer in his Department's Civil and Public Service mediation service; the way in which the Civil and Public Service mediation service recruit external mediators; the date of last recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a panel of mediators is used for the civil and public service mediation service panel; the number of external mediators currently on the civil and public service mediation service panel; the length of time a panel lasts; how the Civil and Public Service Mediation Service decides when to use paid external mediators; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an obligation on Civil and Public Service mediation service mediation officers to give reasons in writing directly to both parties if they do not make recommendation or do not proceed with mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy will be aware that the functions vested in the Minister for Health with respect to the Commission of Investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related matters) (“The Farrelly Commission”) transferred to my Department on 1stMarch 2023 as part of the transfer of functions of specialist community based disability services. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: A nursing home can be an appropriate care option where the person concerned has a clinically assessed complex medical and social care requirement that cannot be supported in the person’s home. The Government is providing funding to facilitate supports to people to live in their own homes with disabilities, and where inappropriately placed in nursing homes, assist young people to move...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477 and 478 together. Residential services make up the largest part of the Specialist Disability Services funding disbursed by the HSE - 58% of the total budget. Approximately 90 service providers provide residential services to over 8,000 individuals throughout the country. Across the four years from 2020 to 2023 budget, funding was provided to the HSE to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 481 together. As these questions refer to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to action on autism. The development of a new national autism strategy, the Autism Innovation Strategy, is currently underway and I expect to be in a position to publish a draft strategy text early next year. This is an important priority for me as Minister of State. The Autism Innovation Strategy will identify ways to address the bespoke...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to action on autism. The development of a new national strategy, the Autism Innovation Strategy, is currently underway. This is an important priority for me as Minister of St While actions in the strategy, and the costs of delivering such actions, are still being finalised at present, it is anticipated that efforts under the strategy will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to action on autism. The development of a new national strategy, the Autism Innovation Strategy, is currently underway. This is an important priority for me as Minister of State. An important issue raised in the public consultation to assist development of the strategy was the need to improve the collection of data on autism to inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international treaty that establishes two procedures aimed at strengthening the implementation and monitoring of the Convention. The first is an individual communications procedure allowing individuals to bring petitions to the Committee claiming breaches of their rights; the second is an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is committed to better meeting the needs of autistic people in the State. Action on autism, as with action on disability more broadly, is advanced on a mainstream first basis, with individual departments and agencies supporting persons with disabilities within their areas of responsibility. My Department acts as a central coordination point to support these efforts. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I am acutely aware of the impact of staffing issues within the Disability Services sector and am wholly committed to ensuring the continuation and growth of Disability Services, in-line with population needs. Following the Capacity Review undertaken by the Department of Health (DOH) in 2021, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth’s (DCEDIY's)...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is committed to better meeting the needs of autistic people and their families in the State. In the context of the development of the Autism Innovation Strategy, work is underway to explore methods of providing enhanced information, signposting of information, and supports regarding autism for autistic people and their families. The Programme for Government contains a...