Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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485. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the health budget that was allocated to disability services in the budget in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/22]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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The 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. Our determination to improve services and supports for people with disabilities and their families is clear in our Programme for Government, our objective is to put the rights of people with disabilities at the heart of Government policy.

The table below illustrates the Net Current Health budget for each of the years 2018 to 2022. This includes Current HSE, Department of Health, Covid-19 and Supplementary funding. It excludes any element of the Capital budget.

Year on year additional funding has been provided to Disability Services with €115m secured in additional funding in Budget 2022, which will significantly increase the disability services budget to €2.35 billion (€10m of which is one-off Covid funding in 2022).

Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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486. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 936, 937, 938, 939, 940 and 941 of 22 March 2022, if the staffing census of the children’s disability network teams has been finalised and published; if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the census; if it has not been finalised and published, the timeframe for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21964/22]

Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a comprehensive overview of all staff within each children’s disability network team indicating each post title and grade level in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/22]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 487 together.

As these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.