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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: On assuming Ministerial responsibility for Disabilities in the summer of 2020, one of the issues I immediately sought to remedy was the number of overdue Assessments of Need for children across the country. At the end of June 2020, this backlog, for a number of reasons, had risen to approximately 6,500. By working with Minister Donnelly, I secured Sláintecare funding of €7.8...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Nov 2021)

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: Care Services (17 Nov 2021)

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: Health Service Executive (17 Nov 2021)

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: Health Services Staff (17 Nov 2021)

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: Departmental Data (17 Nov 2021)

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: Psychological Assessments (17 Nov 2021)

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.

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I will come to that next. A number of elements need to be there. There is a different hierarchy within the EMTs, the paramedics, the advanced medical practitioners, and a broader advance of other groups like the community first responders, CFRs. We have 275 CFRs. They were stood down during the Covid period, but 125 of them are working again. I hope that will come to bear when there is...

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: That seems to be the case, given what has been said about an ambulance going from Donegal to Tipperary. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion this evening. I am glad to say we are not opposing it. No differently from anybody else in the Chamber, I have listened to the debate on the motion in its entirety. I have a record of answering debates on ambulance services in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Conway for the opportunity to address the House on this important matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly.I assure the Senator that the Government remains fully committed to improving patient-centred care and services across the country. That commitment is seen in the unprecedented level of funding that is being targeted across...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I again assure the Senator that the Government and Department of Health remain fully committed to improving services and having patient-centred care in Limerick and throughout the country. This includes diabetic services. It is clear that significant efforts are being made to ensure such services are being progressively developed at the University Limerick Hospitals Group. The group is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator again for raising the topic of diabetes. It is incredibly timely, especially in view of the fact that we celebrated World Diabetes Day last Sunday. I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. Some of the questions the Senator asked reach into other areas of health and I will hopefully get the chance to respond to them when I have read...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: It would not be within my gift to put a timeline on it. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, would have to speak to that piece. The Senator was correct in saying funding has been allocated for the e-budget. However, when there is a slippage in the numbers the Senator mentioned, one would have to ask how that happened and what the long-term costing of care is within that. Is our system not...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this Commencement matter. I am taking it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. As the Senator will be aware, publication of the assisted human reproduction legislation is a priority for the Department and the Government and a commitment to enact the legislation is included in the programme for Government, Our Shared Future. The Department...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Policy (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: It is not possible to give a definite timeline for the completion of the AHR Bill and its subsequent passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas. However, as the Senator said, it is on the priority list for drafting and publication during the current term. I understand intensive work on the Bill is being undertaken by officials to finalise the legislation before the end of this year....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Boyhan for raising this Commencement matter today and I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting it. The Senator has a direct question that quite rightly, deserves a direct response. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and his officials are actively considering the contents of the report in advance of bringing it to Government and publishing it. The Minister intends to engage with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Registration of Births (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I will articulate everything the Senator has said here today following his meeting with the seven individuals only yesterday. When in opposition, during the previous Government I spoke ad nauseamon illegal births. We cannot shy away from this. What has happened is wrong and now it is time to tell the truth, lay it bare and give people back their identity.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Educational Psychological Service (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: My Department’s National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) provides educational psychological support to all primary and post-primary schools including the school in question. This involves direct support in the event of a critical incident, access to national and regional support and development work to build school capacity to support students, access to a NEPS psychologist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Almost ten years ago, the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings Report identified approximately 4,000 people with disabilities living in congregated type settings. The 2011Report expected that decongregation could happen at a much faster pace than was actually possible. Since 2014, the Transforming Lives Programme provides the framework for implementation and for putting policy into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Nov 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 526 and 527 together. As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.