Results 101-120 of 9,362 for speaker:Hildegarde Naughton

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

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for this question and acknowledge the challenges associated with the issue as detailed and the barriers that individuals may face, not least in relation to communication and mobility. It is important to note that while eligibility criteria for different schemes and supports offered by the state can differ, in broad terms we do not define disability by way of reference to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS). The Decision Support Service does not, and has never, retained the services of PR consultants. In that regard the communications and marketing section of the Mental Health Commission supports the organisation’s different divisions and services. The Mental Health Commission falls under the remit of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for their question regarding the Decision Support Service (DSS) and the statutory report regarding the effectiveness of the Director of that service. The Decision Support Service is responsible for operating many of the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 as amended, including, inter alia, establishing a register of decision support...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: Increasing the workforce in the Disability Sector is a key priority of Government as reflected in the Programme for Government. Whilst acknowledging the challenges, it is important to recognise that the disabilities workforce is growing year on year. For example, the Children’s Disability Network Teams Workforce Report for 2024 shows that the CDNT workforce increased by 17% when...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: Government recognises the extra living costs experienced by people with disabilities and the ways in which these costs can negatively impact the lives of disabled people and their families, often leading to an increased risk of poverty and financial insecurity. The Cost of Disability in Ireland report (2021), commissioned by the Minister for Social Protection and prepared by Indecon...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (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: Departmental Data (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: Nursing Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.

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

Hildegarde Naughton: This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Legal Cases (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 Staff (12 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: Childcare Services (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: I want to be clear that the delivery of appropriate and accessible services for children with disabilities and their families is a priority of this Government, my Department, the HSE and its lead agencies. The core principle of the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) policy is to achieve fairer and more equitable access to services for children with disabilities based on their needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (12 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 Data (12 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 Strategies (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Publication of the next National Disability Strategy is a key priority for me as Minister and for the Government more broadly, and I expect it to be finalised and published shortly. The development of the next National Disability Strategy is a Programme for Government commitment and will be a milestone achievement, representing a step-change in how we deliver disability policy in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Jun 2025)

Hildegarde Naughton: Personal assistance is a service primarily for adults with physical disabilities that enables them to live their lives as independently as possible and to take decision making control. Typically, the person with the disability either directly employs their personal assistant or is involved in the process of selecting a personal assistant to work with them. The person with the disability...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 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, bringing about the establishment of the Personalised Budgets...