Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2022
786. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of disability residential places which would be required to meet the disability capacity review’s pre-recession scenario target of 3,900 additional places; the estimated cost of providing these places; the wholetime equivalent staffing requirement of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37060/22]
View answerTo meet the target of 3,900 places, 3,900 places would be needed.
The annual revenue cost of a residential place reflects the support needs of the particular individuals involved, and the staffing required. At the beginning of this year, it was estimated that a weighted average annual revenue cost of a new place, reflecting the support needs mix of the individuals awaiting a residential place whose support needs profile had been assessed by the HSE, was circa €173,000. Estimated capital costs at the start of 2022 were in the region of €182,000.
To meet 3900 places, the HSE has estimated a requirement of approximately 14,200 WTEs.
Work is being finalised on the Disability Services Action Plan to provide the first phase, to 2025, of addressing the capacity shortfalls set out in the Disability Capacity Review to 2032.
