Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 9 September 2024
1515. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has reviewed the learning from remote, technologically-enabled delivery of services during Covid, and service user experiences, in line with Action A3.5 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35726/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1525. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has initiated a pilot of building capacity to deliver an evidence-based Harvard programme to prevent, respond to and intervene intensively, for behaviours that challenge, in line with Action A11.1 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35736/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1527. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date on Action A12.2 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35738/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1529. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has progressed the plan for the implementation of the Person-Centred Planning Framework, in line with Action A15.1 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35740/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1530. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the national and regional structures that were put in place in 2024 to ensure that people with lived experience of disability are included in the decision-making that is relevant to them, in line with Action A15.3 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35741/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1531. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has initiated a pilot of the local area co-ordination model in line with Action A15.4 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026; and the CHO in which this pilot was initiated. [35742/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1532. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on Action A15.6 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35743/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1533. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on Action A16.1 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35744/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1534. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date in reviewing the current legal framework and system for regulating disability services in line with Action A17.1 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35745/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1535. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made to date on ensuring pathways to mainstream services for persons with disabilities, in line with Action A18.1 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35746/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1536. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date on Action A20.2 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35747/24]
Amharc ar fhreagra1540. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date on achieving comprehensive coverage of the National Ability Supports System database, to provide a reliable source for future service planning, in line with Action A20.10 of the Action Plan for Disability Services 2024-2026. [35751/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1515, 1525, 1527, 1529 to 1536, inclusive, and 1540 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.
