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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I reassure the Deputy that, as David Walsh said, this should ideally encompass residential, respite, personal assistance day services and CDNTs. He also said it would be limited to roles to which he referred. The entire disability service, be it respite, residential, personal assistance day services or CDNTs, the HSE and section 38 and section 39 organisations will continue to recruit....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this important question. The Department, along with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has engaged with the HSE to ensure the recruitment pause for certain grades does not unduly affect the provision of existing disability services. On the day we launched the roadmap, the Minister and I met Bernard Gloster, Bernard O'Regan and David Walsh. The whole purpose of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: That is ridiculous.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I appreciate exactly where providers are coming from and the uncertainty that correspondence caused, but I do not accept it will take months upon months for staff organisations were interviewing to be taken on for posts. Disability services is probably one of the only services across the HSE that is recruiting at this moment in time and it is doing so across all the posts I laid out for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: Over the past three years significant resources have been invested in disability services, with core funding increasing from €2.2bn in 2021 to €2.8bn in 2024. The increase in 2024 includes €131m for existing level of service funding and €64m for new development measures . This represents a €195m or 7.6% increase on 2023 funding levels and reflects the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: On 26 of April this year I commenced the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, along with the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022. Since commencing the Act, a total of 631 completed applications for a range of decision support arrangements have been submitted to the Decision Support Service (DSS). Of those applications, 67 have so far been fully processed and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (7 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: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, it is very important to me that we address the most significant challenges and barriers that people with disabilities face on a daily basis across Ireland. Continuously advancing in terms of the rights and obligations set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is a priority for my Department. ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 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: Disability Services (7 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: Disabilities Assessments (7 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: Disability Services (7 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 Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is aware that staff working in Section 39 and Section 56 funded organisations have been employed using a multiplicity of terms and conditions, including different rates of remuneration, with the organisations largely dependent on the State for funding. Following intensive talks convened under the auspices of the Workplace Relations Commission last month, parties to the process,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 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: Disability Services (7 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 Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building works applications for modular units in a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for a school bus; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ancillary and IT grant for a school (details supplied); the reason the grant has not been issued; when the payment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47441/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made on a transfer/relocation scheme for secondary school teachers (details supplied); what are the plans going forward in addressing the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48820/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a school bus; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47706/23]