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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works at a school (details supplied), which were approved on 17 November 2022 and approval for further works given on 10 March 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34431/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides financial assistance to organisations by means of a grant under section 39 of the Health Act 2004 for the provision of services similar or supplementary to a service that the HSE may provide.  In 2022, the HSE provided in excess of €675m to Section 39 providers for Specialist Disability Services. I acknowledge the hugely...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As the query 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: Health Services Staff (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this 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 (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this 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: Disabilities Assessments (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this 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: Disabilities Assessments (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this 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 (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this PQ refers to an individual's case and is a service issue, I am referring it to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: HSE-funded day service programmes for people with intellectual disabilities, autism, or complex physical disabilities include a range of centre-based and community-based activities. The majority of young people due to leave school in a given year that require a HSE funded day service have been profiled by the end of the previous year to establish their support needs. Once needs are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As the query 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 (12 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising the question. As Minister of State with responsibility for Disabilities, my primary concern is the safety and protection of vulnerable people in the care of our disability residential services and I take any issues regarding their care most seriously. Camphill Community, Mountshannon is a Section 39 organisation operating in County Clare and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. Drumlin House training centre provides rehabilitative training and day services for adults with an intellectual disability, some of whom have autism, physical and sensory disabilities, and complex needs. The service has been one of the main providers of places for school leavers in the past 20 years. The Senator is quite right that we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator. It is also important to note that Ms Edel Quinn in CHO 1 is working closely with Ms Breege O'Reilly, and working locally with the Cavan-Monaghan disability service leads in the HSE to ensure that we have a building that is fit-for-purpose for the people in the area. They are working to ensure that we can build up the hubs and the satellites but also to make sure that we...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Clonan for the opportunity to come here this evening. Good evening to him and to his family who are present. I know more than Senator Ruane, yet I too find it all confusing. I will bring Members to where some of this confusion has come from and then I will address the Bill. I have spent the past two and three quarter years trying to get out of the Department of Health. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the NCSE has failed to reply to a representation (details supplied) as indicated by her in correspondence dated 23 February 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 589 and 600 together. HSE-funded day service programmes for people with intellectual disabilities, autism, or complex physical disabilities include a range of centre-based and community-based activities. The majority of young people due to leave school in a given year that require a HSE funded day service have been profiled by the end of the previous year to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I understand the Deputy is referring to the Ombudsman's Wasted Lives: Time for a better future for younger people in Nursing Homes which looked at the appropriateness of the placement of people under 65 in nursing homes. I recognise that nursing homes can, at times, be appropriate care options where the person concerned has a clinically assessed complex medical and social care requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The delivery of services for people with disabilities is a matter for the HSE, funding is provided by way of the agreed annual National Service plan. At this time, engagement continues between The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEIDY) and key stakeholders, and with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the HSE, in relation to the 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Services (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As this 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 (11 Jul 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: As the query refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.