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Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy may be aware I have been engaging with the HSE for a number of weeks now in relation to the Progressing Disability Services Programme (PDS), which I believe to be the most equitable system for children with complex disability needs. However, we must also ensure that the PDS model will continue to provide vital interdisciplinary supports to children with complex needs and who are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 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. I met with representatives of the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 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 Provision (21 Apr 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 Data (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Apr 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 HSE to respond to the Deputy directly,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Apr 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 HSE to respond to the Deputy directly,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As the Deputy will be aware, I have agreed with the HSE to pause the removal of therapists from all Special Schools who deliver on-site therapies while further engagement takes place. It is an issue for the HSE to engage with stakeholders in the relevant areas to ensure the rollout of the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) programme continues in light of this change to its implementation,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 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 2011 Report 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: Blind Welfare Allowance (21 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As the issue regarding the Supplementary Blind Welfare Allowance raised by the Deputy is a service matter, I have referred the question to the Health Service Executive for consideration and direct reply to the Deputy.

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: As I said earlier, I want to apologise to the families who watched the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last week for any upset that was caused, and for any questions I could not answer today. It is my ambition to get those answers and to put them into the public domain because I believe that is how we will build trust and ensure there is transparency. I will start there. I thank the...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for his comments and questions. Perhaps I should have started by apologising but I will certainly do so in my concluding remarks. The Deputy asked some very direct questions. For example, he asked how many live cases there are. There are four dozen live cases. This is a clear answer. My concluding statement sets out a list of questions that I have asked, no...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: In the few seconds left to me, I will respond to the Deputy's final question on whether the families can be contacted. I have requested that this should be done and it is going to happen. They will be contacted and a liaison person will be put in place. For anybody among the wider public who has a concern, there will be an email facility put in place to facilitate contact with the Department.

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for his very direct questions. In regard to the expert review, my understanding is that barristers were brought in over the weekend and are still working through all of the files in order to present us with the information that is needed. The Deputy asked a very clear question about the difference between ethical and lawful. The whole thrust of my opening statement was...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Anne Rabbitte: I am joined by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, in which Department I am also Minister of State. I would like people to understand that what I am tasked with doing as we move forward is to take disability provision out of the Department of Health and apply to it a more person-centred and rights-based approach under the remit of the new...