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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Autism Innovation Strategy was published in August 2024. The Strategy contains 83 actions across four core pillars which will be delivered over an 18-month implementation period. 11 Government Departments and related public bodies have committed to leading on, or supporting, actions in the Strategy. This Government is committed to the full implementation of the Strategy, and this is...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Geomaps, also known as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), is a technology that offers numerous benefits by making information accessible in a visual format. In relation to specialist disability services, this could assist individuals and their families to access information on services in their local community. Options for a mapping project are currently being explored with the aim...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: A substantial budget of €3.2bn is provided by my Department for HSE Disability Services in 2025. The allocation is exceeding €3 billion for the first time ever. This represents an increase of €330 million, or 11.6%, over the 2024 allocation. It follows several year-on-year funding increases into the sector. Funding is maintaining existing levels of disability service...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am advised by the Health Service Executive that the most recent data for Monaghan Children’s Disability Network Team recorded 61 children on the waiting list at the end of May. I recognise the progress made by Monaghan CDNT staff to tackle the waitlist. During April, 508 children and/or their parents were offered an initial contact, an individual or group intervention...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Autism Innovation Strategy was launched on 26 August 2024. This ambitious Strategy contains 83 actions formulated to make a meaningful difference to the lives of autistic people over the 18-month timeframe of the Strategy, and which provide a solid foundation for improved mainstream accommodation of autism. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to the full implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Progressing Disability Services (PDS) Roadmap 2023 – 2026, launched by the HSE in October 2023, focuses on the ongoing development of Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) services to meet current and growing demand. As Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, I acknowledge the current delays for children with disabilities across the country in accessing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Finalisation and publication of the new National Disability Strategy is a clear priority for Government, and publication is expected in early course. In keeping with the Programme for Government, work is ongoing to establish robust delivery and monitoring structures that will include enhanced political oversight and clear mechanisms for accountability, including with the involvement of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: As per the 2025 National Service Plan, the HSE is committed to developing Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Teams (CNRTs) in line with the Neuro-Rehabilitation Implementation Framework and enhance capacity for its implementation nationally. The Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy Implementation Framework (IF) was launched in February 2019. The overarching aim of the Strategy is the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: The criteria for the award of incremental credit are set out in the Department of Education’s Circulars 10/2001 for Primary teachers, and 29/2007 and 29/2010 for Post-Primary teachers. The criteria for the award of incremental credit to recognised teachers was agreed under the auspices of the Teachers Conciliation Council (TCC). These circulars provide for the award of incremental...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS). The DSS was established under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, 2015 which commenced in April 2023. The DSS began carrying out its statutory functions upon commencement of the Act, however there was a period in advance of this during which the organisation was preparing for operationalisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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: Departmental Budgets (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: A personalised budget is an amount of funding allocated to an eligible person with a disability to enable them to make their own arrangements to meet specified support needs. On foot of a commitment in the Programme for Partnership Government (2016) to introduce personalised budgets for persons with disabilities in Ireland, the then Minister of State for Disabilities, Finian McGrath T.D.,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 679 and 680 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 681 and 682 together. As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly.