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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy was speaking, I was reminded of people in a similar situation who have come into my constituency office. Often they are parents who have a grown-up adult child. Their question is what will happen to their child when the parents pass away. We cannot always answer those questions, but they will be looked after. It is all about this forward planning and having the data. As...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Both Deputies have raised important points. For example, when somebody is leaving the school setting, there needs to be a transition. We are doing work in that regard. The person-centred plan has been developed with each person, his or her family and his or her support person, looking at ensuring that this person with a disability is making informed choices about what he or she wants to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, in 2018. Since ratification, Ireland's approach has been to ensure cumulative advancements over time. The programme for Government commits to delivering a new national disability strategy that will provide an overarching framework for advancing the State’s obligations under the UNCRPD....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will answer the Deputy's last question first. Housing and disability are absolute priority for the Government y. We all know knocking on the doors in the general election campaign the importance of disability right across the sector. Last week, I attended the United Nations disability conference in New York. The Irish delegation travelled with leading disability groups from Ireland who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: There has been, and there will continue to be, robust consultation with all the key stakeholders, disability groups and DPOs. To give the Deputy an example of our track record on that, for this disability strategy we had extensive public consultation, which concluded last year. That included 34 focus groups and almost 500 responses to a national questionnaire. We had town hall events in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The overarching aim of the neuro-rehabilitation strategy is the development of neuro-rehabilitation services to improve patient outcomes by providing safe, high-quality, person-centred neuro-rehabilitation at the lowest appropriate level of complexity. It straddles acute hospitals and primary care as well as specialist community-based...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: This is a new structure being rolled out. It has taken the team a little time to set up the structures. The funding was in place and they are now rolling out those teams across the country. We will complete the national roll-out of the HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams. We will develop more regional inpatient rehabilitation beds as well, implement community-based, multidisciplinary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank both Deputies. I am looking forward to my visit to An Síol tomorrow morning and to seeing the Deputy there. I know they are doing fantastic work there on the ground. I am visiting these services throughout the country. When I am in these services, I meet people who have acquired brain injuries. I see the results of road traffic accidents and the importance of these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Senator Rabbitte for raising this issue and offering me the opportunity to respond. The Government is fully committed to supporting efforts to ensure the necessary supports for people with disabilities, along with their families, and to ensuring they are provided in a timely manner, not just in our home county of Galway but right across the country. As the Senator is aware, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senator again for raising this issue. I am keen to ensure all opportunities are explored in regard to the Toghermore campus and that the services are provided for the benefit of the locals and the surrounding communities. I reiterate this Government's commitment to delivering real and tangible solutions to enhance services and to better support the needs of adults and children...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question regarding the staffing of Children’s Disability Network Teams. There are 93 Children’s Disability Network Teams and in line with the Progressing Disability Services model these 93 teams are aligned to 96 Community Healthcare Networks across the country. CDNTs provide services and supports for children aged from birth to 18...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Both the Government and the HSE are acutely aware of the ongoing challenges in the recruitment and retention of therapists across the 93 Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs), including those in Limerick. Nationally, the CDNTs continue to support over 43,000 but I do recognise the need for more therapists in CDNTs and the impact these delays have on children and young...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: This Government absolutely recognises that waiting times for assessment of need are far too long and have a significant impact on delivering on the needs of children and their families. Both this Department and the HSE have been working intensively to progress measures to reduce and waiting times. I really want to emphasise to parents that while children have a right to apply for an...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Children’s disability services are primarily focused on therapeutic supports for children and young people with complex requirements, including those with autism and other neurodiverse needs. The National Programme on Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People is the guiding policy for children’s services. The policy aims to provide for all children with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: My department has engaged significantly with stakeholders to address the needs of children with disabilities, including those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Since becoming Minister of State for Disabilities, I have worked with key partners across government and the HSE to ensure the delivery of therapies through the 93 Children’s Disability Network Teams. The Service...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: In August 2024, the Government agreed to support the special schools’ pilot for enhanced in-school therapy supports. The pilot is delivered by Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) led by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and its funded agencies, in 16 selected special schools in Cork, Dublin and Galway and is supported by the National Council for Special Education...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Autism Innovation Strategy was published in August 2024. The Strategy contains 83 actions across four core pillars which will be delivered over an 18-month implementation period. 11 Government Departments and related public bodies have committed to leading on, or supporting, actions in the Strategy. This Government is committed to the full implementation of the Strategy, and this is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Geomaps, also known as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), is a technology that offers numerous benefits by making information accessible in a visual format. In relation to specialist disability services, this could assist individuals and their families to access information on services in their local community. Options for a mapping project are currently being explored with the aim...