Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Department of Health
Disability Services
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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1036. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional €100 million for the disability budget announced in 2020 for 2021; and the amount of such monies that has been spent to date in tabular form. [52973/21]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Government is committed to providing services and supports for people with disabilities which will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they choose, and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives.
An additional €100 million was provided in the 2021 Budget for new disability developments, which will see? the budget for specialist disability services exceed €2.2 billion in 2021. This additional funding was allocated as outlined below.
| Support/Service | Amount in € millions |
|---|---|
| To support the resumption of Day Services taking into account Covid-19 social distancing advice. | 30 |
| To provide Day Services and Rehabilitative Training for 1,700 school leavers. | 17.4 |
| To provide additional Emergency and planned residential places for people with a disability. | 11 |
| To support a pilot to relocate U65’s inappropriately placed in Nursing Homes | 3 |
| S39 Pay restoration | 10 |
| To provide additional 214 intensive in-home respite packages. | 6 |
| To provide for an additional 10,400 respite nights in 9 newly acquired respite houses. | 5 |
| To support children with disabilities in Tusla/HSE care | 4.2 |
| To Support Transitions from Tusla to adult services | 1.0 |
| Decongregation - to support a further 144 people with a disability to move out of congregated settings into residential settings in the community. | 4.1 |
| To recruit 100 additional multi-disciplinary therapy post (50% cost) | 3.5 |
| Integration Fund | 2.5 |
| To provide an additional 27 expert staff to process assessment needs | 1.7 |
| To provide 40000 additional personal assistance hours | 0.6 |
The Department of Health and the HSE engage in a Performance Management process where HSE performance and outputs are reported and monitored. As progress is reported in arrears, and in view of the fact that there were certain delays in reporting because of the impact of the cyber-attack earlier in the year, the detail on spend to date requested by the Deputy has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
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