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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I asked this question because of a constituent, who was mentioned in the question, and because 40% of those surveyed by the ESRI in 2022 felt their lives had been significantly impacted by insufficient PA hours. The Irish Wheelchair Association estimates that more than 60% of individuals currently receiving personal assistance services or home support require significantly more hours than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: With regard to the individual case the Deputy mentioned, officials in the Department have contacted the HSE and a response will issue to her in due course. It is being dealt with, therefore. There is no doubt we do not have enough PA hours or personal assistants to provide them. Nevertheless, as part of the transfer of function, this was one of the issues on which we were able to shine...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I do appreciate the work the Minister of State has been doing and I have recognised that a light has been shone on this issue, especially in respect of PA hours and in separating, as she pointed out, the issue of home support. In regard to my constituent, the Minister of State has indicated the Department will be in contact, which is positive news to hear, and I really appreciate the work...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. On the reform of PA hours, even though we are spending so much on PAs, at in excess of €60 million on PA support, we do not have it underpinned with a proper framework, so work is ongoing in that regard and we are engaging with stakeholders on the review while, at the same time, ensuring we do not stop the delivery of hours or the roll-out. We are also looking to see what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister of State. The Deputy who submitted Question No. 49 is not present.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Question No. 49 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

Childcare Services

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of registered childcare providers who are not taking part in the core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: How many registered childcare providers are not taking part in the core funding model? Is the trend going up or down? Have any registered childcare providers opted out of the core funding model? In general, how is the model progressing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Core funding has been in operation since 15 September 2022 and has achieved significant successes in terms of the high level of participation we are seeing. Right now, 4,632 services nationwide are eligible to partake in the core funding scheme. Of those, 4,369 are partner services, meaning 267 services have not signed up to core funding. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and congratulate him on the work he and his Department are doing on this important area. Has he or his Department carried out any audit of areas in the country to identify black spots where it is very hard for people to find childcare, crèches and so on, and if so, is that information available? One thing I came across when I was canvassing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: There were a couple of questions there. We have some information about black spots, mainly through the city and county childcare committees. We have just set up a new unit in our Department, a bit like the forward planning unit in the Department of Education, very much designed around a better understanding of where pressure spots are, and we are feeding that information into local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: My own connection with Variety is that I fund them. For clarity, it is the guts of €440,000 annually.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Personally.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: It is from the Department, thanks to the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. We play an important role. It is also important to inform the House that in recent weeks, we signed an agreement with the WHO, which has given us a lever into the next five years of assistive technology and looking at best practices, new models and how we can partner with a larger grouping to see where the best models for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Questions Nos. 41 to 44, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

International Protection

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on plans to house direct provision, temporary and international protection applicants in reception centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister to provide an update on plans to house direct provision, temporary and international protection applicants in State-run reception centres. It is moving away from the issues that exist with the private sector, whether the loss of hotel beds as regards the D Hotel and other hotels throughout County Louth and across the State. There are probably other places that are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy knows, on 27 March 2024, the Government agreed a new comprehensive accommodation strategy, CAS, for international protection applicants. This has a twofold aim. The immediate aim is to deal with the situation where we are not able to offer accommodation to everybody right now, and a significant number of people were sleeping rough on our streets. The secondary aim, as the...