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‹ Order of Business Disability personal budgets
Summary
Willie O’Dea asks when the promised personal-budget model for people with disabilities will become reality; the Minister has no information and will revert to him.
There is a commitment in the programme for Government to review the provision for people with disabilities. It states specifically that as part of the review the Government will move a proportion of public spending to a personal budget model in order that people with disabilities and their families will have the flexibility to make choices that best suit their needs. I agree with the proposal which is a very good one, but we are now three years down the line. When might it become a reality?
Comment on this
I have no information on that matter today. We will revert to the Deputy on it.