Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 July 2025
495. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to transition away from emergency-only responses in disability support services towards a rights-based, planned model of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40434/25]
View answerService planning is principally an operational matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE). In that regard, I have referred this PQ to the HSE for direct response to the Deputy.
This Government is committed to delivering a ‘step-change’ in disability services and providing services and supports for disabled people that will empower them to live independent lives, provide greater independence in accessing the services they chose and enhance their ability to tailor the supports required to meet their needs and plan their lives.
In addition to the existing work in this regard, the forthcoming National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People, expected to be published later this year, will contain whole of government commitments for improved supports for independent living and to advance more inclusive services for disabled people, to be delivered more strategically over the course of the coming years.
