Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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1917.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number attending disability day centres for persons with disabilities, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33037/24]

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.

Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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1918.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies in children’s disability services for the past twelve months for CHO3, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33066/24]

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.

Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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1919.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 25 June 2024, the status of the development by his Department of a working paper on respite provision; the expected timeline for the completion and publication of the working paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33079/24]

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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The Action Plan for Disability Service 2024-2026 is a plan for increasing capacity in and access to disability services. The plan outlines actions for the period 2024-2026 under three key areas – providing better access to services, maximising impact of service delivery and improved planning and management through better information and systems.

As per action A7.2, the Department is preparing a working paper on respite provision.

At national level, a Monitoring Group has been set up to review progress with the Action Plan twice-yearly. The Monitoring Group is chaired at Ministerial level and membership includes representatives from relevant stakeholders such as Disabled Persons’ Organisations, provider umbrella bodies, and the National Disability Authority. The focus of its work will be to review progress and identify emerging risks or difficulties, in particular those affecting major items in the Action Plan, or where delivery is well off course. Where appropriate and relevant, the Group may make recommendations on how risks or difficulties can be addressed.

Progress on actions in the Action Plan for Disability Services will be presented to the Action Plan Monitoring Group when it meets in September, following which a report detailing progress will be made available. It will meet again to review further progress on 2024 actions in early 2025.

The working paper being prepared under action A7.2, expected before year-end, is intended as a means to inform discussion on respite provision. It is envisaged that there will be stakeholder engagement on the matter of respite with the paper informing same.