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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: ...for giving me the opportunity to update the House on the four children’s disability network teams, CDNTs, in County Meath. Network 2, where the HSE is the lead agency, covers Kells, Oldcastle and north Meath, while network 6, also led by the HSE, covers Athboy, Dunboyne, Enfield, Summerhill and Trim. Enable Ireland is the lead agency for network 4, covering Ashbourne, Duleek,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: It is difficult capture all the details and I would appreciate getting the tables. I asked the same question a year ago. Similar to the picture across the State, there is a significant vacancy rate. Whatever about posts being allocated, 36% were vacant, which is more than one in three. CDNT2, which covers a large urban area, had 49% vacancy. I recognise that funding is provided for posts...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State and I look forward to getting those figures. It is the exact same paragraph as I had from last year on the significant recruitment challenges. Will the Minister of State speak to the issue of recruitment and retention? She may be checking figures. While I do not want to put her on the spot, they are a long way off what I have here. If she has clarification...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Anne Rabbitte: Let me be very clear. The wording here is "Notwithstanding those challenges, staffing numbers across the four CDNTs now sits at 70.3 whole-time equivalents". It is not a percentage but whole-time equivalents. Are we training enough staff? In the past 12 months, I have set up a workforce planning group that I chair. All the lead agencies are part of it, along with the Department of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: 86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Meath in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19187/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Apr 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I am interested in the strength of those teams and the vacancies there as it relates to the huge demand for services.