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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (24 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The Decision Support Service (DSS) is the organisation charged with operating the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), and as such are required to respond to the complex decision-making needs of people with capacity difficulties. Where persons lack decision-making capacity and require decision-making supports to meet their ongoing needs, they can...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. St John of God Community Services delivers essential disability and mental health services on a daily basis up and down the country. I want to acknowledge the challenging nature of this work and the high quality services provided by its staff. A Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) process between the HSE and Saint John of God Community...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Care Packages (25 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (25 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Under the Health Act 2007, the Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) is legally responsible for the monitoring, inspection and registration of designated centres for adults and children with a disability. Additionally, HIQA has responsibility for setting standards for healthcare services, and monitoring compliance with those standards. It also regulates facilities providing care for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (25 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy is aware, the Disability Act 2005 predates the transfer of functions for specialist disability services which transferred from the Department of Health to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in March 2023. My Department is aware of the recent High Court judgment in relation to the HSE (as respondent) and the NCSE (as notice party). The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I can confirm that my Department is is fully aware of the recent ruling in the High Court Case relating to a case that challenged the legality of the NCSE (National Council for Special Education)'s devolving of their legislative responsibility for the Assessment of Children with Additional Needs on to schools. I am aware that the High Court found in favour of the applications under four...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Jan 2024)

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. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the committee about the budget for disability services in 2024 and the important work it is funding. The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities that will allow them to live ordinary lives in ordinary places, in line with commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised) (30 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chair for the opportunity. It is a very welcome time to bring her up to date on this issue. If I work backward, even from the Christmas period, the HSE ran a very active campaign, and when I say active, I mean that from the end of December to the middle of January it ran a very open campaign that was all about recruitment for disability services. A total of 425 open...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: A review is taking place in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and not only is there a review of thresholds but also a review of what specifics can be included in the way of hoists and so on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: It is very close to completion.

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: It is.

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank everybody for their contributions and those who have stayed for the whole time. I thank Senator Seery Kearney and her colleagues for putting down this motion and affording us the opportunity for the conversation this evening. There have been valuable contributions made. The one that stuck out for me was that of Senator Victor Boyhan. He has taken me to task to talk through what...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: At this moment, it is a "No".

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I want to-----

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I hope I have addressed the issues that were raised. Senator Boyhan challenged me to go down through the motion line by line and say what is going on. That is what I have set out here. I have not actually read my script, because it is worth responding instead to all of the Members' contributions. With regard to where Senator Currie came from, in wanting to know that the person has...