Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
969. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities in receipt of home support services in each LHO for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the number of applications for such a service for children with disabilities received in each LHO in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [13947/17]
View answerIn the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2016, the HSE's funded priority was to provide 2.6 million Home Support hours to over 7,300 people with a disability, including children with a disability. The actual number of Home Support hours provided in 2016 was higher, at 2.9 million hours. This reflects the responsive nature of the service and takes account of the fluctuation of assessed need over time, as the needs of individual people change. In 2017, the HSE is committed to the provision of 2.75 million Home Support Hours to people with disabilities, including children with disabilities, which is an increase of 150,000 hours over the target for 2016 of 2.6 million hours.
As the Deputy's question relate to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
