Politician(s) lobbied: Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: Improved respite facilities / Improved HSE systems to support changing needs in services / Inform and improve 'KOSI' process.
Methods: Email
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The need for additional respite services. The need to improve processes to support enhanced and changing need within services. The challenges facing disability providers via WRC agreement for section 39 providers while engaging with KOSI (agency engaged to deliver the agreement).
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: The aim of of the lobbying was to progress the development of another regional respite house for people with disability in the south east area to meet the identified need in the area by the HSE and existing disability service providers in the Carlow and Kilkenny area.
Methods: Email
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The need for additional respite services in the south east to support individuals with disabilities and their families avail of appropriate scheduled respite breaks
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Health; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Improvement of service provision for people with disabilities availing of support services from Section 39 agencies
Methods: EmailMeeting
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Challenges facing Section 39 Disability Service providers /Staffing turnover across the sector / Service users choosing to receive their day services from their residential setting / Enhanced need / Pension Auto enrolment /Planning for residential placements. /requirement for a second respite house /Improved access for families to transport supports. /Unanswered DSAMTs submitted to the HSE/Additional Social worker
Politician(s) lobbied: Natasha Newsome Drennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: To highlight the aforementioned issues at national level so as to improve services for people with disabilities.
Methods: Meeting
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The need for additional respite services. The need to improve processes to support enhanced and changing need within services. The challenges facing individuals
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families and service providers trying to meet the needs of people requesting access to residential support services.
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The aim of this exercise was inform regarding the challenges facing the sector in the hope that the issues can be addressed and over all services for people with disabilities can be improved.
Methods: Meeting
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Challenges facing Section HSE funded 39 organisations including issues with service provision i.e.
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funding deficits regarding enhanced need of service users and transport shortfalls and salaries of employees in Section 39 agencies verses HSE/S38agencies
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resulting in major issues maintaining quality service provision and in recruitment and retention of staff which in turn has potential negative impact on the quality of services to people with disabilities
Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: That the individual would be able to stay in the area and continue his employment with the service
Methods: Email
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One of our employees who is here on international protection received 3 days notice of a move from the area and is now not available to work in our service. In a time when Section 39 health care agencies are struggling to retain employees
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this is creates a further challenge regarding delivering quality services.
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Politician(s) lobbied: David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Increase awareness of the challenges faced by people with disability, their families and Service providers.
Methods: Meeting
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Challenges facing HSE funded Section 39 organisations including inflation costs and their impact on Disability providers.
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