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- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: The witnesses referred to increasing the number of places in training. Is the biggest barrier the number of people training to be SLTs?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: So there is no real analysis yet of where that cohort of new trainees each year is going.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: The applicants are there; it is the places that are not.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Is there a lack of universities offering the course?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: There are probably deals within Dublin universities then for them not to offer the courses. Are there?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Sometimes University College Dublin does veterinary and Trinity does dentistry. I wonder if there is a reason some of the other universities have not got them. Sometimes there are internal agreements, which might be something to look at in terms of opening up spaces in other universities.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It is the oversight piece.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It is okay if the witnesses cannot answer these questions. If there are not enough people, is it because we cannot locate them all because some of them are private?
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Some of my other questions concern development and early intervention. Early intervention and ongoing support will produce better outcomes for people and their families, especially heading into adulthood. Will the witnesses elaborate on the impacts it can have beyond the physical? There is co-morbidity when we talk about arthritis, diabetes and other conditions that people with...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Maybe Ms Steinmetz, Ms O'Donovan or somebody from the Cork side can answer my final question because their membership is so much bigger. I have worked as a community worker with Traveller families over the years who really struggled when they had kids with additional needs, including Down's syndrome. What are the outcomes and extra layer of difficulties for a family coming from low levels...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Moran. I have one final question, if I have time.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It is in relation to young people entering into adulthood who want to go on to third level or further education. Trinity has a specific programme for people with Down's syndrome. I wonder is there much access in other places in the country, such as west Cork, that do that style of college education for people with Down's syndrome.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms O'Donovan and Ms Flanagan for that.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: It is still like a charitable model in some senses. The parents are looking for good old integration in their community but it is more of a charitable model that is coming at them.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: The expense is not taken into account when it comes to the threshold. This is something I have been looking at in relation to my child maintenance Bill when people are applying for child maintenance and there has been a breakdown in the family relationship. Child maintenance and those supports should look different if one has a child who needs different financial support in relation to, as...
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: I thank Ms Flanagan and Ms O'Donovan.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: We should also write to the Joint Committee for Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to take on looking at the offering of courses in higher education.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Yes, so people do not have to continuallly come up and tell the committee how desperate the situation is. We need to start to focus on the solutions.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: We need to sort it.
- Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Disability Services: Discussion (31 Jan 2023)
Lynn Ruane: Imagine investing that recruitment money in social care workers who have maybe done Further Education and Training Awards Council, FETAC, level 5 and level 6 courses in community work. Imagine investing in those young people already living in communities to actually work in that area. It would be much better spent in the long run.