Results 781-800 of 1,150 for speaker:Frank Fahey
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 87a: In page 15, to delete lines 27 to 35 and substitute the following: "(e) in the case of a service to be provided by or on behalf of the Executive, the need to ensure that the provision of the service would not result in any expenditure in excess of the amount allocated to implement the approved service plan of the Executive for the relevant financial year,". This is a...
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: The liaison officer will be subject to the service plan for the HSE, which will be handed down to the executive at regional level. Under the normal financial planning exercise, the amount of money made available for disability services will be made known to the liaison officer who will draw up a service plan in accordance with that resource provision.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: At the beginning of each year the Minister will be obliged to state the level of resources made available for disability services. The HSE will be the direct beneficiary of that legislation but it will not be ring-fenced because changes may take place during the year. Given that I am taking a transparent approach to this Bill, the amount for the disability must be stated at the beginning of...
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: It may not.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 88a: In page 15, line 41, to delete "without undue delay". I brought forward an amendment on Committee Stage to ensure applicants would receive copies of their service statements without undue delay. That amendment was in response to a proposal by the National Disability Authority. During the Committee Stage debate, Deputies sought a change in the amendment so that both...
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: Deputy Stanton is incorrect in his interpretation. I have taken legal advice on this matter.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I am prepared to withdraw the amendments if Deputies are unsatisfied. I included them at their request.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: That is exactly what these amendments provide.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I devised these amendments in response to the views expressed by Deputy Lynch and others on Committee Stage. Now I am told I have not made the correct change.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I will withdraw the amendments if Deputies are unsatisfied with them.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I reiterate that both the preparation of the statement and its communication to the relevant parties must take place without undue delay under the provisions of these amendments.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 88b: In page 15, line 44, to delete "concerned" and substitute "concerned without undue delay".
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: The provisions of section 12 look beyond the health and education sectors and provide a mechanism to allow the supply of relevant information in order to facilitate access to other services. The section is a significant and practical response to the concerns of the disability sector that the Bill should foster appropriate linkages to mainstream services. Amendments Nos. 90 to 93, inclusive,...
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: Section 8 deals with the parameters for applying for an assessment of need. Section 9(1)(a) provides that a person who is of opinion that he or she may have a disability may make an application for assessment. Amendments Nos. 61 and 114 seek to include a person who has a disability as well as a person who is of the opinion that they have a disability. The current text is inclusive of such...
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: It is an opinion because one does not know for certain if one has a disability until one has an assessment.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: If one is of the opinion that one may have a disability, one may make an application for an assessment. There is no mystery about it.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: The idea behind this provision is to include a person who has a disability as well as a person who is of the opinion that he or she has a disability. In other words, we are providing for both.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: People may be of the opinion that they have a disability but they may not have one.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: On a point of clarification, the parent of a child with late developmental issues would be covered by the Bill.
- Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 May 2005)
Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 62a: In page 13, lines 18 and 19, to delete "(within the meaning of the Comhairle (Amendment) Act 2005)".