Disability Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 September 2021

Tuesday, 28 September 2021

Questions (650, 651, 652)

Neale Richmond

Question:

650. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if the progressing disability services programme has been stopped in respect of its application to special schools and that special schools that heretofore had school based clinicians prior to the programme will continue to have clinicians based on site in accordance with the advice given to the HSE in the December 2009 Report of the National Reference Group on Multidisciplinary Disability Services for children aged 5 to 18; if this has been confirmed with special schools throughout Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46135/21]

Neale Richmond

Question:

651. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if all special schools previously being brought under the progressing disability services programme will receive the same number of clinicians of the same grade and same skill set specialisation based on-site for the same number of clinical hours, not allocated hours, as they had pre-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46136/21]

Neale Richmond

Question:

652. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) was initially told that it would not lose services, after the pausing then stopping of the progressing disability services policy applying to special schools has had a reduction in their service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46137/21]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 650 to 652, inclusive, together.

As these are operational matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Question No. 651 answered with Question No. 650.