Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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535. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons with Down syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46524/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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In line with Government policy, disability providers are delivering an increasing proportion of services and supports which are individualised, person-centred and community-based from the block grants allocated to them by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The Government’s policy is this area is set out inthe Report of the Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services in Ireland (VFM Review)which recommends migration from an approach which is predominantly organised around group-based service delivery towards a model of person-centred and individually chosen community-based supports underpinned by a more effective method of assessing need, allocating resources and monitoring resource use. Transforming Lives,the programme to implement the recommendations in the VFM Review is a key priority in the HSE's National Service Plan for 2016. The HSE is actively working with disability providers towards the migration of more services in 2016 to this person-centred supports model for all people with disabilities, including those with Down Syndrome.