Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 9 September 2024
1514. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has reviewed the cost of day service placements, including high-cost ones, to support equitable and cost-effective service delivery, in line with Action A3.4 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35725/24]
View answer1516. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has assessed the requirements for the provision of additional community hubs to provide for greater numbers of day service users, to reflect anticipated population growth, in line with Action A3.6 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35727/24]
View answer1517. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has commissioned a review of the rehabilitative training programme, in line with Action A3.7 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35728/24]
View answer1518. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the requirements for capital investment in new day service locations have been scoped out by the HSE, in line with Action A3.8 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35729/24]
View answer1519. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has conducted a policy review of personal assistance services, in line with Action A4.2 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35730/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 1514 and 1516 to 1519, inclusive, together.
The Government remains committed to the implementation of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024–2026 as the first phase of the implementation of the Disability Capacity Review, as set out in the Programme for Government. €74m has been allocated in 2024 for new development measures which will provide greater investment across a range of disability services and contribute to the progressive realisation of the Action Plan.
At national level, a Monitoring Group has been set up to review progress with the Action Plan twice-yearly. The Minister of State for Disabilities chairs the Monitoring Group 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 including identifying any 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 will be presented to the Action Plan Monitoring Group when it meets on September 19th, following which a report detailing progress (including in relation to the measures which the Deputy has referenced in her questions) will be published. The Monitoring Group will meet again to review further progress on 2024 actions in early 2025.
