Results 21-40 of 64 for rural transport speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Oct 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport supports...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The HSE has no statutory responsibility for providing transport to Day Services, and transport to day services is not usually provided for service users. A variety of transport solutions are pursued nationally, including service provider transport, and I do acknowledge that transport to day services can be a significant issue for some service users. In CHO1 however, as this is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (10 May 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ..., which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Ryan. I understand the Deputy’s question is in regard to the extension of the recently introduced 20% fare reduction initiative on public transport services to include private transport operators. Commercial bus and coach operators are an integral part of the overall public transport system in Ireland. They play a pivotal...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...Over 27,000 people have arrived in Ireland from the Ukraine to date. Nearly 18,500 require immediate accommodation but they all need help in some shape or form. Homes, healthcare, education, transport and work; the list is endless. This requires a whole-of-government response, and it needs to continue for the foreseeable future. It is evident from my colleagues here today that we...

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Today’s motion relates to the important issue of improving transport options for people with disabilities. I thank the Regional Group for giving me the platform to speak about what is going on in my Department with regard to this matter. We have to recognise that there are transport challenges for people with disabilities, which I and my Government colleagues are addressing. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Ombudsman issued commentary on three transport support schemes for people living with a disability. Those are the Motorised Transport Grant and Mobility Allowance Schemes, which are now closed and the Revenue Commissioners Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme, which comes under the remit of the Department of Finance. The Government decided to close the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...flourish, grow and support people with disabilities and their families. The Bill is a step in the right direction and a very welcome one. The Disability Act 2005 already requires the Minister for Transport to create a sectorial plan. This Bill amends the 2005 Act to allow a transfer of certain responsibilities, but does not alter or weaken any existing requirements on sectorial plans. ...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Strategies (9 Feb 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...the Senator for raising this matter. I know it is an issue she is continuously working on and trying to progress so it is great to have the opportunity to provide the House with an update. The transport working group was established in 2020 to support work action No. 104 of the national disability inclusion strategy, NDIS, the whole-of-government strategy which is tasked with tackling a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: ...for raising this matter. She has acknowledged that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is away. The response I have comes from him and his Department. The national roads programme is managed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and is delivered in line with Project Ireland 2040, the national planning framework and the national development plan. Once funding arrangements have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (14 Dec 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Ombudsman issued commentary on three transport support schemes for people living with a disability. Those are the now closed Motorised Transport Grantand Mobility Allowance Schemesand the Revenue Commissioners Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Scheme. The Government decided to close the Motorised Transport Grantand Mobility Allowanceadministrative Schemes in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (2 Dec 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...and Ireland. The Senator has asked three valid questions of me. It would be remiss of me not to address all three of them. I will use my time appropriately to do that. He referred to transport and the challenges for persons with disabilities and how it is not just an urban issue but that there also is a real rural issue in this regard. When he mentioned there might be two or three...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Dec 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 189 together. The Government decided to close the Motorised Transport Grant and Mobility Allowance administrative Schemes in 2013.  This was on foot of the reports of the Ombudsman in 2011 and 2012 regarding the legal status of both Schemes, in the context of the Equal Status Acts. The Government also decided to continue payment of the monthly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: By way of background, two schemes, the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant, were put in place in 1979 and 1968 respectively, for operation by the Health Service Executive (HSE) at a time when there was limited availability of accessible public transport.  The Government decided to close these administrative schemes in 2013, on foot of the reports of the Ombudsman in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport supports...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport supports...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport supports...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: ...HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. The HSE has no statutory obligation to provide transport services and no funding is allocated for this. Transport is not considered a core health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Some transport...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: By way of background, two schemes, the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant, were put in place in 1979 and 1968 respectively, for operation by the Health Service Executive (HSE) at a time when there was limited availability of accessible public transport. The Government decided to close these administrative schemes in 2013, on foot of the reports of the Ombudsman in 2011 and 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Health and the HSE provide specialist disability services, including Day Services and Rehabilitative Training, to people with disabilities who require such services. Transport is not considered a core Health service and as such Day Service funding does not include transport. Community Healthcare Organisation (CHO 1) works with Local Link to provide a co-ordinated and...