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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Canney. I agree with him that there is much not to be proud of and much change needs to happen. He is dead right. Coming from Galway county and from east Galway in particular, when people do not have respite services for children and they must ship them down to Limerick to get an overnight stay, it is not good enough. Unfortunately, we are not unique. That is the sad part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Senator referred to holding other Departments to account and asked how I would do so through my chairing of the steering group. I have a solution to that issue, which I discussed at a previous meeting of the committee. Every second meeting of the steering group will be thematic. I will take a thematic approach at those meetings. For example, if the issue of transport is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I will discuss the local matters outside the committee if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: We are still working on the case we discussed in the Commencement Matter, as the Senator knows. Hopefully, we will get a meeting with the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to try to progress it. I welcome the Senator's comments on the fact that it is rights based. That is where the Minister and I are coming from and it is the reason we are excited about it moving to the new Department....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I will respond to Senator Alice-Mary Higgins first. I will speak to some points and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, will address the legal side. The Senator talked about community participation. This year, for the first time ever in the budget, we managed to get a line which acknowledges the funding for disability community integration. Even though it was within a health budget, we will be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Speech and Language Therapy (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: Deputy Funchion is right about therapists. Budget 2021 included a commitment to recruit an additional 100 therapists. That number will include speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists. I want to have fully staffed children network disability teams, of which there will be 91 throughout the country. However, there is no point in having leads if we do not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Speech and Language Therapy (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. It is not the first time that community healthcare organisation, CHO, 5 has been mentioned by her or her colleagues. The HSE and its funded disability partners will continue to provide therapeutic supports in line with the public health guidance and direction while also bearing in mind the availability of staffing resources. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: Almost nine 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: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The HSE began planning for the resumption of adult disability day services in May, and services have now resumed nationwide. Public health guidance was specifically developed to underpin the safe resumption of services, and this guidance was published in July. The guidance developed to support the resumption of adult day services has had to take account of social distancing rules which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

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 Disability Capacity Review which was prepared by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (3 Nov 2020)

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 the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government – Our Shared Future’, includes a commitment for advancing neuro-rehabilitation services in the community. The Health Service Executive is leading on the implementation framework in respect of the recommendations of the National Policy and Strategy for the provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011-2015. The focus of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

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 Disability Capacity Review which was prepared by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Services (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The HSE began planning for the resumption of adult disability day services in May, and services have now resumed nationwide. Public health guidance was specifically developed to underpin the safe resumption of services, and this guidance was published in July. The guidance developed to support the resumption of adult day services has had to take account of social distancing rules which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future,recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each child,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Compulsory Purchase Orders (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: 359. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body responsible for replacing wooden fencing on land that has been compulsorily purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (3 Nov 2020)

Anne Rabbitte: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, recognises the need to improve services for both children and adults with disabilities through better implementation and by working together across Government in a better way. The Government commits to prioritising early diagnosis and access to services for children and ensuring that the most effective interventions are provided for each...