Written answers
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Department of Health
Services for People with Disabilities
8:00 pm
Derek Keating (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Counties Clare, Galway and Limerick included on the intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability strategy for this region; the services offered to those persons on the database; the body that provides disability services in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/11]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly in relation to the questions raised on the HSE's disability strategy for Counties Clare, Galway & Limerick and the bodies that provide disability services on behalf of the HSE in those Counties.
With regard to the Deputy's question on the number of persons in Counties Clare, Galway and Limerick on the Intellectual Disability Database and the services offered to those persons, I wish to advise the Deputy that the National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) is maintained by the Health Research Board (HRB). The HRB have advised me that the number of individuals registered on the NIDD in 2010 for Counties Clare, Galway & Limerick are as follows:
| Clare | Galway | Limerick | |||
| Male | 268 | Male | 928 | Male | 638 |
| Female | 225 | Female | 604 | Female | 423 |
| Total | 493 | Total | 1,532 | Total | 1,061 |
According to the HRB, the Services being provided are as follows:
| Clare | Number |
| Home support | 1 |
| Mainstream pre-school | 1 |
| Mainstream school | 33 |
| Special class - primary | 9 |
| Special class - secondary | 3 |
| Special school | 94 |
| Rehabilitative training | 49 |
| Activation centre | 52 |
| Programme for the older person | 11 |
| Special high support day service | 13 |
| Special intensive day service | 13 |
| Sheltered work centre | 41 |
| Sheltered employment centre | 1 |
| Multidisciplinary support services | 14 |
| Outreach programme | 76 |
| Other day service | 16 |
| Supported employment | 14 |
| Open employment | 4 |
| Vocational training | 4 |
| Generic day services | 40 |
| Not receiving service | 4 |
| Total | 493 |
| Galway | Count |
| Home support | 13 |
| Home help | 2 |
| Early services | 38 |
| Mainstream pre-school | 8 |
| Special pre-school | 37 |
| Child education and development centre | 49 |
| Mainstream school | 117 |
| Resource teacher | 68 |
| Special class - primary | 17 |
| Special class - secondary | 19 |
| Special school | 143 |
| Rehabilitative training | 90 |
| Activation centre | 423 |
| Programme for the older person | 63 |
| Special high support day service | 35 |
| Special intensive day service | 19 |
| Sheltered work centre | 172 |
| Sheltered employment centre | 5 |
| Multidisciplinary support services | 70 |
| Centre-based day respite service | 1 |
| Outreach programme | 3 |
| Other day service | 28 |
| Supported employment | 38 |
| Open employment | 10 |
| Vocational training | 18 |
| Generic day services | 13 |
| Not receiving service | 33 |
| Total | 1,532 |
| Limerick | Count |
| Home support | 12 |
| Early services | 8 |
| Mainstream pre-school | 8 |
| Special pre-school | 6 |
| Mainstream school | 52 |
| Special class - primary | 2 |
| Special class - secondary | 3 |
| Special school | 197 |
| Third level education | 3 |
| Rehabilitative training | 81 |
| Activation centre | 196 |
| Programme for the older person | 42 |
| Special high support day service | 19 |
| Special intensive day service | 15 |
| Sheltered work centre | 250 |
| Sheltered employment centre | 1 |
| Multidisciplinary support services | 71 |
| Day respite in the home | 1 |
| Outreach programme | 1 |
| Other day service | 20 |
| Supported employment | 15 |
| Open employment | 2 |
| Vocational training | 13 |
| Generic day services | 1 |
| Not receiving service | 42 |
| Total | 1,061 |
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