Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004
100 Mr. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 241 of 19 October 2004, if a reply will issue immediately; if action will be expedited in the case to resolve the issue raised; if the appropriate supports and educational training will be put in place for the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33106/04]
View answerThe provision of health services for people with a physical and-or sensory disability is a matter for the health boards and the Eastern Regional Health Authority in the first instance. Accordingly, a further copy of the Deputy's Question on 19 October 2004 has been forwarded to the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority with a request that he examine the matter raised as a matter of urgency and reply directly to the Deputy.
101 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time residential care places nationally funded by her Department in 2004 for persons with intellectual disability; the number of persons on the waiting list for such a service; the number of day care places nationally; the number of persons on the waiting list for such services; the number of respite places nationally; the number of persons on the waiting list for such services; the number of persons deemed to be inappropriately placed and in need of appropriate service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33119/04]
View answerThe most up-to-date information available to my Department concerning services for persons with an intellectual disability is contained in the national intellectual disability database committee's annual report for 2004 which was published on 26 November 2004.
This report states that in 2004, 23,843 people with intellectual disability are receiving services. This accounts for 93.8% of the total population registered on the database and is up from 91.8% in 2003. A summary of the overall level of service provision in 2004 is as follows:
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Attending services on a day basis |
15,709 |
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Receiving five or seven day residential services |
7,619 |
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Resident in a psychiatric hospital |
474 |
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Receiving residential support services only |
41 |
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Total |
23,843 |
Furthermore, 4,415 day attenders and 483 full-time residents receive residential support services in addition to their principal service. Some 7,936 full-time residents receive a day service in addition to their full-time residential service.
The 2004 report indicates that 1,893 new residential and 347 new day places are required over the period 2005 to 2009 to meet the needs of those who are without any service and those who are without a major element of service such as day or residential service. Some 1,763 people also require access to residential support services — respite — over the same period. Details of the numbers of people who require a service change over the same period are also outlined in the report.
The data from the national intellectual disability database for 2004 identify 474 individuals with intellectual disability — all aged 20 or over — accommodated in psychiatric hospitals. Of this group, 315 individuals have service requirements in the period 2005-09, of whom 286 have an appropriate alternative residential facility identified for them and two require residential support services to assist them to live semi-independently in the community; 24 have identified day service requirements, two of whom also require a residential support service and one of whom also requires increased support within a psychiatric hospital; three require increased support within a psychiatric hospital; and 27 of the 315 individuals who require services will continue to reside within the psychiatric hospital. My Department has arranged for a copy of this report to be sent to the Deputy.
102 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of rehabilitative training places available nationally funded by her Department in 2004 to persons with a disability; the number of hours of home and personal assistance available in 2004 to persons with physical and sensory disability; the number of persons with significant disability currently in inappropriate settings who will need to be given an appropriate service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33120/04]
View answerThe number of rehabilitative training places nationally funded by my Department in 2004 is 2,565. The figures for the number of hours of home supports and personal assistant services available in 2004 are not available to my Department.
The number of people with an intellectual disability currently residing in psychiatric hospitals who require alternative accommodation is 315. The current identified need for alternative residential accommodation for people with a physical or sensory disability relates to 106 people. However, this figure is subject to amendment as work on the finalisation of the national physical and sensory disability database is ongoing.
103 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the way in which she proposes to provide for the needs of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33124/04]
View answerResponsibility for the provision of services to persons with an intellectual disability and those with autism in the Dublin region lies, in the first instance, with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply directly to him.
