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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is an allowance established as a recognition of the extra care and attention that is provided by parents in their home for a child with a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention which is substantially in excess of that normally required by a child of the same age. I wish to confirm for the Deputy that the issue he raises has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Funding (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Housing Adaptation Grant (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: Policy, including in relation to means testing, for Housing Adaption Grants for People with a Disability is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. Families of children requiring adaptions may also wish to contact their Local Health Office to determine the full range of supports and services available from the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned has been awarded disability allowance on appeal with effect from 14 February 2018. This was the first Wednesday after the date of receipt of his original application. The first payment will be made by his chosen payment method on 6 March 2019. Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible once any necessary adjustment is calculated and applied in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (7 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Illness Benefit claim from the person concerned is currently paid and medically certified as unfit for work up to the 1st March 2019. If the person concerned remains ill and unfit for work, a further medical certificate should be submitted to the Department as soon as possible in order for further payments to issue. I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is one of the rarest neurological conditions, with a poor prognosis; 70 per cent of people with the most common form of MND (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)) will die within three years from becoming symptomatic. In Ireland, approximately 110 people die each year from MND. The Health Research Board (HRB) is Ireland's lead agency for funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: My Department is committed to making decisions on entitlement as quickly as possible.   In general, social welfare schemes with a number of complex qualifying conditions can take longer to process.  Before a decision can be made on entitlement to disability allowance (DA), evidence must be provided in respect of the person’s medical condition, the extent to which it restricts...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (6 Mar 2019)

Finian McGrath: The gentleman referred to has been awarded invalidity pension with effect from 31 January 2019.  Payment will issue to his nominated post office on 14 March 2019.  Any arrears due from 31 January 2019 to 14 March 2019 will issue as soon as possible.  The gentleman in question was notified of this decision on 27 February 2019. I hope this...