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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the application made by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Agreements (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on 20 March 2018. This marked an important milestone in a process to strengthen the rights of people with disabilities in Ireland that has gathered momentum since Ireland became a signatory to the Convention in 2007. Ireland's approach to meeting the obligations of the UNCRPD is one of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that there are currently no plans to review the Disability Act. However, the Department does keep its legislative programme under ongoing review. In the context of improving services, the Department of Health is currently working with the HSE in order to bolster the capacity of the respective Children's Disability Network Teams throughout the country, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The independent Look Back Review and a further review by the National Independent Review Panel (NIRP), related to a period in a certain residential service for adults with a disability at Ard Greine Court, Stranorlar, Co Donegal.  A further file review was then conducted covering the period 1991 to 2002, the purpose of which was to screen all relevant records for any notations referring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As the question relates to an operational matter, I am referring this question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I am referring it to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Pringle for raising this issue. Earlier today I had a meeting with the HSE to get an update on that validation report. I have sought further information which the HSE will revert with in the next ten days and I will keep the House updated.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy's question relates to a service issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Jun 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: Primary Medical Certificates (16 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 and 543 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service issues, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this question and it is not the first time she has raised it here. I have also heard the Deputy talk about it locally. As the Deputy has said, St. Monica's ward in University Hospital Galway was temporarily closed on 23 March this year, but I am pleased to report the ward reopened on 13 June. I reassure the Deputy that during this time all gynaecology...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: No, they have not.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy. She is right that it is unacceptable that a ward would be closed and that we would not be communicated with on it so that we would know how many beds were closed. I do not know today how many beds have reopened other than I have been told the ward is open. I will find out for the Deputy. When we talk about spin and everything else, I know the Minister, Deputy Donnelly,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As I have repeatedly stated, it is my job to seek funding for the HSE through the good offices of the Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Michael McGrath, and then to operationalise that funding. For the past two years, I have been successful in the funding I have acquired. While I am grateful for that, it is disheartening to secure enough funding for 475 posts but for it not to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and for giving me the opportunity to speak on it. She is right that I take this issue very seriously. A script has been circulated but I am not going to stick to it. I would like to tell the Deputy the case she has raised is unique. I would like to say that parent is the only parent in the country who is experiencing this. I would hate...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care of the Elderly (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 does not directly address protection of liberty safeguards. However, it will allow for the full commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2015 which will abolish the wards of court system for adults by repealing the Lunacy Regulation (Ireland) Act 1871.  Adults currently in wardship will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (15 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: The Transport Working Group of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy (NDIS) commits that a review will be conducted of existing transport schemes, and a coordinated plan will be developed to enhance the options for transport to work or employment for people with disabilities. Following engagement from my colleague the Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe T.D. last year, it was decided...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (14 Jun 2022)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1196 and 1197 together. The National Disability Inclusion Strategy (NDIS) is one of two national policy frameworks through which the rights of people with disabilities are advanced in Ireland. Implementation of the NDIS is monitored by the NDIS Steering Group, which I chair. A Transport Working Group was established in 2020 to drive Action 104 of the NDIS but...