Written answers

Wednesday, 14 July 2021

Department of Health

Disability Services

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown by specific therapy category of the 100 therapy posts that were allocated to children’s disability services under the HSE National Service Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31010/21]

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1014 and 1015 of 31 March 2021, the number of children’s disability network teams that have currently been established; and his views on whether the remaining 60 teams will be established by end Q2 2021. [31013/21]

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 346 and 349 together.

As these Parliamentary Questions relate to operational issues, they are a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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347. To ask the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent therapy posts in Children’s disability services in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31011/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point.

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