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Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) provide services and supports for children aged from birth to 18 years of age. In line with the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) model there are 93 CDNTs across the country, aligned to 96 Community Healthcare Networks. Currently there are no CDNTs fully staffed, however, the HSE have advised that, as the latest data from the 9th of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Reflective of issues affecting the broader health and social care sector, the HSE and lead agencies are experiencing ongoing recruitment and retention challenges in disability services. Whilst acknowledging the challenges, it is important to recognise that the disabilities workforce is growing year on year. From December 2019 to May 2025, the disabilities workforce in HSE and Section 38...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Community and voluntary health and social care workers are the backbone of essential services, and the State depends on them to deliver critical support to people across the country every day. The Government is fully committed to directly engaging with the voluntary sector and using industrial relations mechanisms to tackle pay issues that threaten disability services. In March of this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: European Disability Card (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The European Commission published a proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities on 6th September 2023. The proposal is one of the flagship initiatives of the EU Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-30, and aims to facilitate the freedom of movement of citizens with disabilities in the EU by...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Neuro-Rehabilitation Teams (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Personal Assistance Hours (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Personal Assistance is a service primarily for adults with physical disabilities that enables them to live their lives as independently as possible and to take decision making control. Typically, the person with the disability either directly employs the personal assistant or is involved in the process of selecting the personal assistant to work with them. The person with the disability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (15 Jul 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department provides funding to the HSE to deliver specialist disability services either directly or via Section 38 and Section 39 voluntary sector organisations. While this Department sets the strategy, policy direction and the overall allocation for the disability sector, funding allocations to individual service providers is an operational matter for the HSE as the funding authority. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Jul 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, Disability and Equality: Care Services (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: This Government is committed to the expansion of specialist services for people with disabilities and to support people with disabilities to live meaningful and fulfilling lives, with a person-centred approach across all services provided.  In Budget 2025, €27 million has been allocated for capital projects in disabilities services. This represents a €4 million increase...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (8 Sep 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, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for this question. Ensuring that disabled people have their rights protected and promoted on an equal basis to all others is a priority for Government. An important dimension of ensuring this equality is the availability and accessibility of appropriate channels of complaint and redress regarding equal access to infrastructure, services and information. Government is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and decision-making assistance agreements (DMAAs). A DMAA is the lowest tier of decision support provided for under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and can be registered with the DSS appointing a decision-making assistant, who can gather and explain material to the person, and can communicate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and co-decision-making agreements (CDMAs). A CDMA can be registered with the DSS appointing a co-decision-maker, who can jointly make a decision with the relevant person, and also gather and explain material to the relevant person, and communicate the decision on behalf of the relevant person. Please see...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and decision-making representation orders (DMROs). A DMRO is the highest level of decision support arrangement provided for under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and enables a decision-making representative appointed by the Court to take decisions on behalf of the relevant person, in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs). EPAs are a vital advance planning tool that enable adults to plan ahead for a time when they may have diminished decision-making capacity, ensuring that a person’s wishes are known and respected. Please see below information as requested in tabular form. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Reviews (8 Sep 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding a review of the Decision Support Service (DSS). Ensuring that the needs of both service users and practitioners is met is a priority for my Department. The DSS is responsible for operating many of the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended, including, inter alia, establishing a register of decision support...