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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Sep 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 (29 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 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: Disability Services (29 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives. The Deputy has clarified that the question refers to funding for private...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Day services re-opened at 39% capacity at service locations throughout August and early September of 2020, and by end of January 2021 this had increased to 51%. The combination of supports in the location, outreach supports, and remote supports provides an overall quantum of support to service users of over 60% at the end of January. The increase in day service capacity was supported by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy again for raising this issue. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle and I know the roads around Galway very well. I expect there are many people who use the N73 who have far more sway than I in advancing the project. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, who has responsibility for this matter, has set out that under the HD 15 network safety analysis programme, safety works are based on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I will just go back to exactly how I started my previous commentary, which was that there is no change. The policy of 2013-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: There is no change whatsoever-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: -----and the Department of Health has set out since 2013 that there is no policy to close Navan hospital's accident and emergency department.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I will make a suggestion. I am only a junior Minister in the Department of Health and I think this is a senior Minister's conversation. With the support of the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Byrne - I know they have a meeting organised with the Minister next week to discuss this again - perhaps the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, could open the matter up to other Oireachtas Members to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: With the height of respect, I would like the Deputies across the House to take me in good faith until the Minister can meet with them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes. I have a specialty in roads as well as everything else. I do understand the value of a secondary national route. I have loads of them around my area, so I totally understand. Deputy Sherlock has been to all the Ministers in respect of this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Transport. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. As he might be aware, the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy again for raising this very time-sensitive issue. I will take on board everything he has said. Before I came in this evening, the Minister reiterated to me that he is hopeful the HSE can achieve a positive outcome concerning the drug. I will ensure he gets the HSE actioned and keeps that continuous engagement and communication open at pace. The Deputy is right that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Before coming to the House, I took advice in the Department. I spoke to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and my colleagues, the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Thomas Byrne, to gain a good understanding of what this issue was about. Deputy O'Rourke asked me a straight question and I am giving him a straight answer. No, it is not the case. The long-standing policy still...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter tonight. I am taking this debate on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly. I do not know what context the Deputy has or how much he knows, so I will read out the script that has been prepared but I do so while very conscious that there are two families watching us tonight, those of the parents of Kate and Theo, whom the Deputy is representing in...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: The main point I want to address is the Opposition's claim that children with additional needs are forced to wait an average of 19 months for an assessment of need, despite the legal right of three months. As I have said in the House a number of times, one of my priorities on assuming ministerial responsibility for disability was to remedy the number of overdue assessments of need for...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: That is a personal attack.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Just before I came to the House today, I met the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, because I was taking this Commencement matter and the issue raised is a serious one. I have two girls and I have inquired about the cost of getting the vaccine. Senator Conway is correct; it is between €400 and €600. I want my daughters vaccinated but like many other parents, I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Sep 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes. That is the hope.