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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I confirm that an application from this lady for disability allowance (DA) was received by the Department on 26 March 2019. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the three main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and the information they provide in support of their claim The application has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: The person concerned is currently a qualified adult on her partner's Invalidity Pension claim. This means that her partner is in receipt of a payment in respect of her. A claim for Illness Benefit by the person concerned has been received and the monetary difference between the Invalidity Pension qualified adult allowance and her Illness Benefit entitlement is currently being calculated and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (26 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: Backdating of the Invalidity Pension claim of the gentleman concerned has been considered and the claim has now been awarded from 11 October 2018, i.e. from the first Thursday following cessation of his self employment. Arrears for the period 11 October 2018 to 26 June 2019 will issue as soon as possible to his nominated bank account. He was notified of this decision on 21 June 2019. I...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “recognises: - the invaluable work carried out by homecare support assistants; - that the Home Support Service is a core service for older people and is highly valued by service users, their families and by the Health Service Executive (HSE), providing supports which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I thank Deputies Healy and Mattie McGrath for raising this important issue and for giving the opportunity to clarify and outline the position on St. Rita's respite service in Clonmel. One of the issues that I put on the Estimates debate last year was an extra €10 million for respite services and I opened the 12th respite house in recent weeks. There is investment going on in respite...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Deputies for their responses. When I leave this Chamber, I will be asking who put the parents through that particular situation. I am very much aware of the importance of access to planned respite, which ensures that people with disabilities receive opportunities to socialise and facilitates families to receive a break from caring, to preserve the family unit and to provide...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I agree with Deputy Eamon Scanlon that this issue cannot be ignored. I appreciate his contribution and the discussion on this important issue. The focus of the Department of Health and the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme is the provision of cancer services and specifically the implementation of the national cancer strategy. I take the Deputy's point on the Travel2Care...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I thank Deputy Scanlon for raising this issue. I acknowledge that a cancer diagnosis is a difficult time for patients and for their families. There are also costs associated with a cancer diagnosis, as with any serious illness. The Department of Health and the HSE’s national cancer control programme have worked together to improve the quality of cancer services through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Closure (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: The Deputy will be familiar with the background to the closure of both the Mobility Allowance and Motorised Transport Grant schemes in 2013. The Motorised Transport Grant scheme operated as a means-tested grant to assist persons with severe disabilities with the purchase or adaptation of a car, where that car was essential to retain employment. The maximum grant payable once to an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 to 324, inclusive, together. 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. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327 to 329, inclusive, together. 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. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Data (25 Jun 2019)

Finian McGrath: 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. This commitment is outlined in the Programme for Partnership Government, which is...