Written answers
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Disabilities Assessments
Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will take place for a child (details supplied) in order to facilitate early intervention if needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4310/24]
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. The Deputy will be aware that due to the ongoing industrial action by FORSA administrative and management grade staff in the HSE (which commenced on 6 October, 2023), delays remain in receiving answers to parliamentary questions and ministerial representations. The HSE has been engaged with Forsa through the auspices of the WRC in an effort to resolve the dispute but a resolution has not been reached as of yet.
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to amend the Health (Corporate Bodies) Act 1961 to expand the role of the NTPF so that they may facilitate a subvention of public funding to provide private assessments of need for the 20 children waiting the longest in each county each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4324/24]
Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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This is a matter for my cabinet colleague, the Minister for Health.
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