Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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1121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 14 December 2023, the proposed location of the standalone respite service for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14440/24]

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.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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Residential services make up the largest part of the Disability funding disbursed by the HSE, 58% of the total budget, and approximately 90 service providers provide residential services to approximately 8,400 individuals throughout the country. The bulk of these are provided by the 50 highest funded agencies (comprising both Section 38 & Section 39 organisations).

It is important to note that residential capacity in the system can be reduced. When residents of congregated settings sadly pass away, their places are not ordinarily re-utilised. This is in keeping with Government policy which is to move away from institutionalised settings (i.e. Time to Move On from Congregate Settings).

I am informed by the HSE that as of February 2024, there were 8421 residential places for people with a disability.

The table below shows the number of residential places available at end of February 2024, broken down by CHO Area. This is the latest available data.