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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (29 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6 October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: In relation to Tusla, the Minister has put it very well. There is a joint protocol there and we are both in the one Department with the two line agencies reporting straight in. This means that it will be far more cohesive. When I came into the Department in 2020, the line of sight was not as clear as it is now and the funding was not as great as it is now. My budget was €2.3...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for her volume of questions. I will start by answering the most pressing one, which is clarity around the recruitment post. In regard to management and administrative, the other day when I read out the list I still did not bring enough clarity to the matter. It is easier to say that the pause is on management and administrative. Though the pause is on management and...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: That is exactly why PDS was rolled out in the first place. There was an inequality in that there was the postcode lottery and it was not standardised. There were not X number of therapists to whom children could have access. In Cork, there could have been OT and speech and language, but from a multidisciplinary point of view, there might not have been psychology, whereas, in Galway, there...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Creed for his question, which gives me the opportunity to speak on this matter, because I share his frustrations. To be quite honest, I do not believe the one model works when it comes to residential care on a number of fronts because most of it only responds to crises and we are not building capacity in the system. That is why I welcome the fact that, on 13 December, we are...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Supplementary)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the committee here today in relation to expenditure for disability services and the important work it is funding. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the location of the published annual reports of the mediation officer pursuant to the Civil Service grievance procedure Circular 11/2001; the reason the latest available report dates from 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52382/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Reports (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of reports from personnel officers and mediation officers received in 2022; the Departments the reports were from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current designated mediation officer in his Department's Civil and Public Service mediation service; the way in which the Civil and Public Service mediation service recruit external mediators; the date of last recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a panel of mediators is used for the civil and public service mediation service panel; the number of external mediators currently on the civil and public service mediation service panel; the length of time a panel lasts; how the Civil and Public Service Mediation Service decides when to use paid external mediators; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an obligation on Civil and Public Service mediation service mediation officers to give reasons in writing directly to both parties if they do not make recommendation or do not proceed with mediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: The Deputy will be aware that the functions vested in the Minister for Health with respect to the Commission of Investigation (certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related matters) (“The Farrelly Commission”) transferred to my Department on 1stMarch 2023 as part of the transfer of functions of specialist community based disability services. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: A nursing home can be an appropriate care option where the person concerned has a clinically assessed complex medical and social care requirement that cannot be supported in the person’s home. The Government is providing funding to facilitate supports to people to live in their own homes with disabilities, and where inappropriately placed in nursing homes, assist young people to move...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477 and 478 together. Residential services make up the largest part of the Specialist Disability Services funding disbursed by the HSE - 58% of the total budget. Approximately 90 service providers provide residential services to over 8,000 individuals throughout the country. Across the four years from 2020 to 2023 budget, funding was provided to the HSE to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 481 together. As these questions refer to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6thOctober, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Anne Rabbitte: 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. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.