Results 521-540 of 10,824 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth do not plan to change the process to certify the level of vision for those applying to the Blind Welfare Allowance. To qualify for Blind Welfare Allowance, the clinical requirement is that an applicant’s best vision must be equal to or less than 6/60 in the better eye or, if the field of vision is limited, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: The Government remains committed to the implementation of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024–2026 as the first phase of the implementation of the Disability Capacity Review, as set out in the Programme for Government. €74m has been allocated in 2024 for new development measures which will provide greater investment across a range of disability services and contribute...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is a commitment in the Programme for Government, and I remain committed to delivering on this at the earliest possible date. As I have set out previously, there is a long-standing position of the state in relation to honouring international agreements. As a matter of...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Government policy is to continually increase the number of people working in rural Ireland, by creating an environment that supports the growth of entrepreneurship and enterprise and increases employment opportunities. Within the framework of the Department of Rural and Community Development’s blueprint on rural development - Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 - my...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 594 together. As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: I was pleased to launch the Autism Innovation Strategy on 26th August. This Strategy provides a strong framework for cross-government action on autism which can make real improvements in the lives of autistic people throughout the country. A strong focus of the Strategy is improved autism training and understanding for workers across the public sector, including among healthcare workers....
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Safeguarding adults at risk against abuse is of paramount importance and I take the matter very seriously. This Department (DCEDIY) is actively engaging from a disability perspective, with colleagues in the Department of Health, who are the lead on policy proposals for adult safeguarding in the health and social care sector. It is expected that the Department of Health’s sectoral...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question 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 Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.