Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progressing disability services roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52172/22]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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The implementation of the Progressing Disability Services for Children & Young People (PDS) programme is agreed Government and HSE policy and seeks to address the previous inequity in service provision whereby there may have been an excellent service for some children and little or no service for others. However, it has been acknowledged that the transition to policy-based Children’s Disability Network Teams under the PDS Programme has been challenging for many families and staff

Following a meeting between Mr Paul Reid, the then CEO of the HSE and Ministers Donnelly, O’Gorman and I earlier this year, it was agreed by that an overarching document / roadmap would be developed to support all stakeholders to progress the next phase of implementation of PDS model. 

The document will set out the actions being proposed by the HSE to improve services for children with disabilities and developmental delays as well as their families.  

I wish to advise the Deputy that, following feedback received from the above Ministers on an early iteration of the roadmap, the HSE is currently finalising the roadmap document and will submit a revised document to the Department of Health in the near future.