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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: We are working on that.

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the motion and using their Private Members' slot, which comes around once every six weeks, to put this on the agenda. I have been finding this Private Member's motion to be one of the more difficult I have dealt with because, if I were in opposition, I would be standing alongside the Deputies and in support of them, as I did many a year. That is...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I am also responsible for the people of south-east Galway, and the Senator is quite right. We attended that meeting the other night and it is important to share here that a selection of GPs from right across the Ballinasloe, Kilconnell, Kiltormer, Eyrecourt, Lawrencetown area were in attendance. There was one outlier, a Dr. Fahey, who came with me came from Portumna to attend. The whole...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Let us be very clear. The Department funds the HSE. We give the HSE the money and it is up to it to operationalise it. How the HSE decides to do this is out of my control as much as it is out of the control of the Senator. In any case, the HSE get the funds to operationalise it wherever it deems it necessary. The HSE obviously does not deem south-east Galway a priority within its...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy again for raising the issue. As I have already outlined, the Government is committed to ensuring An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs. We had an unprecedented allocation of more than €2.1 billion in budget 2023. Garda numbers are at the highest level with 14,283 members and 3,117 whole-time equivalent Garda staff nationwide as of 31 August....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I am taking this issue on behalf of the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. It is important to say that often Ministers make commitments before Topical Issues are tabled and cannot change them. That is why I am here. I thank Deputy Cahill for raising these issues in the House today. Rural communities deserve to be, and to feel, safe. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler. The Government is conscious of the financial challenges faced by the nursing home sector, in particular inflationary cost increases. The Department of Health is bringing forward appropriate responses. The Minister of State is aware that a number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Ensuring the welfare and safety of residents is secured when nursing homes close is the most important thing. They and their families remain the continued focus of the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. Maximum prices for individual nursing homes are agreed with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, following negotiations based on NTPF cost criteria. It carries out this role...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Health published the Disability Capacity Review in July 2021. This report set out the capacity requirements for health-funded disability services for the period up to 2032. In order to drive the process of implementing the recommendations of the Capacity Review, a Working Group was set up to develop an Action Plan for Disability Services for the period 2022-2025. This Group...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Supplementary Blind Welfare Allowance is a means tested weekly payment paid by the HSE to eligible recipients who are blind or visually impaired and who are aged 18 years and over. The adult weekly rate is of this Allowance in under review in the context of Budget 2023 measures.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputies for tabling this important motion this evening. I thank the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, for being present to receive it with me. The motion before the House tonight addresses many issues regarding people with disabilities. However, I want to be clear from the outset, as Minister of State with responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (11 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on 20 March 2018. The Government has made a commitment in the Programme for Government to ratifying the Optional Protocol to the UNCRPD, following the first review of the state before the UNCRPD Committee. Although the Programme for Government signals that ratification will occur after the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.