David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1798. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service providers by type of provider contracted by the HSE to provide rehabilitation services by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35538/21]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, 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.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1799. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost required on top of budget 2021 commitments for the National Office for Home Support in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35539/21]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Enabling people with care needs to continue to live independently at home for as long as possible is a priority for the Government. To advance this, the Government is committed to establishing a new, statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home-support services, which the Department of Health is currently developing. It is envisaged that the new scheme will provide equitable access to high-quality services based on a person’s assessed care-needs.

Work is on-going within the Department to determine the optimal approach to the development of the new scheme within the broader context of the Sláintecare reforms. This work encompasses the development of the regulatory framework for the new scheme; the examination of the options for the financing model for the scheme; and the development of a reformed model of service-delivery to underpin the scheme.

Funding was provided in 2021 for the HSE to progress the development of a reformed model of service delivery. This includes the roll-out of interRAI as the standard assessment for care-needs in the community; the testing of a reformed model of service-delivery for home-support; and the establishment of a National Home Support Office.

Within this context, funding of €1m was allocated in 2021 to establish the National Home Support Office to support the testing of the reformed model of service delivery and to work with the Department on the development of all aspects of the scheme. 2022 funding requirements will be considered in the context of this year's estimates process.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1800. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be made available for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/21]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, 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.