Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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2456. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with disabilities currently being provided as of 1 July 2021 or the latest date available by CHO area in tabular form. [37878/21]

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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2457. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability as of 1 July 2021, by local health office area in tabular form. [37879/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 2456 an 2457 together.

As the Deputy may be aware, an additional €100 million was provided in the 2021 Budget for new disability developments, reflecting the strength of the Government’s commitment in this area.

This investment includes provision for increasing capacity within residential services in a planned way, continuing to respond to the need for crisis residential placements and bringing more intensive support packages on stream this year.

The HSE is currently supporting in the region of 8,115 residential places for people with a disability with a full-year target of 8,130 for 2021. A tabular breakdown by CHO is provided in Table A below.

Furthermore, the HSE's National Service Plan 2021 provides for a total of 102 additional residential places for people with a disability, including 44 emergency residential placements. As of the end of April 2021, 27 of those placements have been provided, with a breakdown by CHO provided in tabular form below in Table B.

As the Deputy will be aware, the HSE infrastructure was recently subject to a serious cyber-attack which has impacted email and other communication systems. This has resulted in delays in performance data gathering, and as a result the most up-to-date information available relates to the end of April 2021.

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