February 18 2010

Parliamentary Questions

• Percentage of HSE disability fund used to purchase services from private for profit disability organisations
• Number of persons on disability payments who are engaged in rehabilitative employment

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS

• Percentage of HSE disability fund used to purchase services from private for profit disability organisations

Deputy Mary Upton (L): asked the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the Health Service Executive disability fund that has been used to purchase services from private for profit disability organisations; the providers used to provide these services and the amount each service provider received in payment for the services; the planned spend by the HSE on such services for 2010; the service agreements required to be entered in to by the providers; if they are required to provide annual audited accounts; Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (Deputy John Moloney): As the Deputy’s question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.  

• Number of persons on disability payments who are engaged in rehabilitative employment

Deputy David Stanton (FG): asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on disability payments who are engaged in rehabilitative employment; the percentage of these persons of the total number of disability payment recipients; the number of persons who engaged in rehabilitative employment each year respectively since 2005; the numbers who returned to work each year respectively following successful rehabilitative employment; the percentage of persons who successfully return to work following rehabilitative employment; if she conducts reviews and so on of the success of rehabilitative employment as a means of getting persons off disability payments and returning to work;

Minister for Social and Family Affairs (Deputy Mary Hanafin): Due to staff action currently being taken, I regret that I am unable to provide the information sought by the Deputy.

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