Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1088. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the delivery of the Disability Capacity Review published in July 2021; the various work streams and the timeframes involved; if workforce planning has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53199/21]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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A Review of Disability Social Care Demand and Capacity Requirements up to 2032, was published by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, Minister of State for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman on 15th July 2021.

This Report quantifies and costs future need for disability support services. A Framework Action Plan was published alongside it detailing progress to and the priorities to underpin the preparation of a detailed Action Plan covering the years 2022-2025.

An Interdepartmental Working Group is now preparing the Action Plan for consideration of the Cabinet Social Policy SubCommittee by the end of the year. This work was enhanced by the views of service users and representative organisations who were consulted in September of this year.

Further information on the Working Group can be found at the following link:

www.gov.ie/en/publication/f7943-the-disability-framework-action-plan-working-group/.

Further information on the public consultation can be found here:

www.gov.ie/en/consultation/e9193-public-consultation-on-disability-social-care-services-to-guide-plan-for-the-next-4-years-2022-2025/

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1089. To ask the Minister for Health if a comparison was carried out in the context of the recent unmet needs identified in the Disability Capacity Review across the various CHO areas; if so, if the comparative analysis will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53200/21]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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The Disability Capacity Review sets out estimates of future disability service needs based both on the changing size and age structure of the population requiring specialist disability services, and on the level of currently-unmet need.

The paper draws significantly on the data in the Health Research Board’s disability databases - the National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) and the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database (NSPDD), along with the Census and the CSO’s population forecasts, as well as administrative data from the HSE. The Disability Capacity Review was based on national-level forecasts.