Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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795. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the individualised personal budget pilot programme currently being trialed by the HSE; the number of persons at the various stages of the programme; and the total cost of funding provided in each of the years since the commencement of the pilot. [4521/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The Personalised Budget Demonstrator Pilot was established to test the delivery of personalised budgets in an Irish context with a view to identifying the best approach for a wider roll-out of the model. Led by the National Disability Authority, the evaluation of the Pilot is due to commence shortly.

As of 12 February 2025, there are 130 active participants in the pilot with 50 currently participating in the final Stage 4, the 'Living Life Phase'.

While the Pilot operated on a cost-neutral basis, with no additional expenditure in terms of the actual personalised budgets, the administrative and staffing costs associated with the running of the Pilot each year are outlined in the table below.