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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I am answering on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. I will read her script and then address some of the points not covered in it. I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. With regard to the introduction of a special rate of pay for teachers in rent pressure zones, pay and workplace reform measures for public servants have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The Minister, Deputy Foley, provided me with these closing remarks. Housing remains a priority matter for Government, led by my colleague the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The Housing for All strategy delivers on the programme for Government commitment to step up housing supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system. Rent pressure zones were...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...for raising this important issue. As I said earlier, I am taking it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Foley. The Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, is also in that Department and I am replying on her behalf too. Meeting the needs of children with complex special educational needs and children at most risk of educational disadvantage is a priority for Government. I want to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Funding (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...constant review. If we do so, it will ensure that no child will be left behind, regardless of the uptake by schools. It is fantastic to see €2,000 per child being made available through grants and that this funding can be used to support children in the home or in education, depending on the needs of the family and the child concerned, in conjunction with SNAs. The Senator...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...Foley. It gives me an opportunity to update the House on the position regarding the planned construction of the new school for the Gaelscoil in Kilbride, County Wicklow, which has 279 pupils and was established in 1998. The school project is part of a campus project on a greenfield site with a Gaelcholáiste at Kilbride, County Wicklow. It has been devolved for delivery to Kildare...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Acting Chair and Senator Byrne. I will certainly bring back to the Minister the Senator's request for a meeting. I have no doubt that she will facilitate him in that regard. What jumps out of the script that I just read into the record is the overreliance on the word "wayleaves". It is incumbent on the Department of Education and its planning team to knuckle down and to work...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...with operating the provisions of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (the 2015 Act), which includes to promote public awareness of the Act. Section 95 of the 2015 Act specifically mandates the Director of the DSS to promote awareness of the 2015 Act and to promote public confidence in the Act. The DSS is also obliged to provide information regarding the various decision...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 374 and 375 together. 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: Disability Services (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth acknowledges the essential role provided by the staff in organisations who provide services to some of the most vulnerable people in our society and recognises that the ability of community-based organisations to pay their staff is largely dependent on State funding. To support the sustainability of services,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...directly on this portion of the question, as soon as possible. In 2013, the Government decided to close the Mobility Allowance administrative scheme, on foot of the Ombudsman reports in 2011 and 2012 regarding the legal status of the scheme in the context of the Equal Status Acts. The Government at that time also approved the continuation of Mobility Allowance payments to existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: ...the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for bilateral knee replacement; if he has been placed on the NTPF waiting list for surgery in a private facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23919/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Irish Sign Language (22 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 was signed into law on 24th December 2017 and in December 2020. The Act recognises the right of ISL users to use ISL as their native language, and to develop and preserve it. The Act places a statutory duty on all public bodies to provide ISL users with free interpretation when availing of or seeking to access statutory entitlements and services provided by or...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this matter and for being so open in telling me of the diagnosis. Regrettably, before coming here today I did not know the diagnosis and did not know what treatment was being made available.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this issue today. If the family are watching now or will watch the recording later, I acknowledge their involvement in their son's and brother's care. I have to apologise for the lack of engagement, communication and consultation with the family. I will take more details from the Senator when we finish. If there is a timeline, as has been put on it, and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator. I take on board everything she has said. I would welcome working with her and assisting the family because this is an extreme case. When a person has to access residential care, that is extreme at any time. It is ten times more extreme when a person has to leave their jurisdiction in order to access care. It is my prerogative and that of the Government to ensure we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue. As he said, he and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, have at all times been championing this project. The Senator referred to Touching Hearts and I know Deputy Butler often talks about her niece, Amy, who attends its services. I will be honest and give the Senator some information that will not be in my script. I really...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I will work with the Senator and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to convene that meeting of all the relevant stakeholders. Accountability is where it is at. I hope CHO 5, under the new leadership of the RHA, prioritises disabilities. For far too long in regions of this country, HSE estates did not prioritise capital development for disabilities. I welcome that I have my own budget...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Local Link service between Tuam and Athenry in Galway; the date for its launch; the details of the planned route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans being made to provide a Local Link service in the Lisheenkyle-Derrydonnell area of Galway; the work being done to enable this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22400/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (21 May 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: Given that the question relates to Primary Care and CAMHS, two care groups not under my remit, I will have to defer this question to my colleague, the Minister for Health.