A Review of Disability Social Care Demand and Capacity Requirements up to 2032, was published by myself, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman on 15th July 2021.
It's important to note that this Report quantifies and costs future need for disability support services from a 2018 baseline. That is, the funding requirements as set out in the Report are relative to 2018 expenditure. In order to drive the process of implementing the recommendations of the report, the Ministers have also published a Framework Action Plan setting out key priorities over the period to 2025.
An Interdepartmental Working Group is now preparing the Action Plan for consideration of the Cabinet Social Policy Sub- Committee. This work was enhanced by the views of service users and representative organisations who were consulted in September of this year.
Further information on the Working Group can be found at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/publication/f7943-the-disability-framework-action-plan-working-group/
Further information on the public consultation can be found here:
www.gov.ie/en/consultation/e9193-public-consultation-on-disability-social-care-services-to-guide-plan-for-the-next-4-years-2022-2025/
I engage regularly with my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on funding for disability services, and am pleased to note we have secured a funding package of an additional €115m for disability services in 2022. As the work on preparing the Action Plan progresses, I will be continuing that ongoing engagement.
