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Services for People with Disabilities

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2013

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Questions (536)

Joan Collins

Question:

536. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 is entitled to funding from the Health Service Executive. [44438/13]

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Written answers

The general position regarding funding is set out in the Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review of Disability Services which I published last year. The VFM Review found that HSE funding is based on an incremental determination process with relevant adjustments made to the previous year's baseline allocation. In recent years, the funding of new places has been made at local level on the basis of providing services to named individuals, but, once allocated, the funding does not remain associated with or follow that individual but is absorbed into the agency's base.

The move towards a model of funding which is linked to individual need, and which by definition will follow that individual, is encompassed by the recommendations in the VFM Review. It is intended that the actions recommended in the VFM Review will lay the groundwork for individualised budgeting once sufficient analysis of the benefits is carried out in the Irish context and adequate financial management, resource allocation and governance structures are in place to ensure its long-term viability. The priority is to further improve current services, while expediting the analysis of the benefits to be gained from a person-centred supports model and developing the administrative and governance infrastructure necessary for a more accountable and individualised service.

With regard to the individual query raised by the Deputy, as it relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

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