Written answers

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Department of Health

Disability Services Funding

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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66. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide adequate supports for much needed disability services in the Carlow and Kilkenny area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/15]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Government is committed to protecting frontline health and personal social services needs for people with disabilities. The Government currently provides funding of approximately €1.5 billion to the Disability Services Programme through the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2015.

In 2015, the HSE is seeking to maximise the provision of services within available resources and to maintaining a consistent level to that provided in 2014, by providing the following specialist disability services:

- residential services to around 9,000 people with a disability;

- day services to over 22,000 people with intellectual and physical disabilities;

- respite residential support of 190,000 overnights for people with intellectual and physical disabilities;

- 3.9 million hours of Personal Assistant/Home Support Hours.

Additional funding of €6 million has been allocated in the HSE National Service Plan in 2015 to provide day places for an estimated 1,400 young people finishing school and rehabilitative (life-skills) training. €4 million in additional funding has also been allocated in the Plan to deliver an increase in the services for children with disabilities and reduce waiting lists under the Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18s) Programme.

The financial position in relation to the HSE National Service Plan for 2016 has yet to be finalised. It is not possible at this time to give an indication of the funding to be allocated by the HSE through the Disability Services Programme in the Carlow and Kilkenny areas.

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