Increase personal assistance and home support hours for disabled people

What this means

• This is a government commitment to increase personal assistance and home support hours for disabled people in Ireland, made in the 2025 Programme for Government.[source]
• The goal is to help disabled people live independently in their own communities rather than relying on institutional or residential care.[source]
• The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, led by Minister Norma Foley, is responsible for delivering this commitment.[source]
• The commitment was first stated on 23 January 2025 and is currently listed as in progress, with no fixed deadline set for full delivery.[source]
• Tracking this commitment matters for accountability because disabled people and their families need to know whether promised support hours are actually being delivered.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and YouthBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Norma FoleyOfficeholder

Indirect impact (10)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via norma-foley
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-children
  Policy for children, equality, disability and integrationMandate
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-children
  Regulation and funding of early learning and childcareMandate
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality2-hop via dept-children
  Emer HigginsOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Secretary General, Department of Children, Disability and Equality2-hop via dept-children
  Kevin McCarthyOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-children
  Expand the network of autism one-stop shopsCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-children
  Double capital investment in specialist disability infrastructureCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-children
  Reduce childcare fees to a maximum of €200 per monthCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-children
  Build a State-led childcare provision strandCommitment
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-children
  Explore an additional ECCE hour in the second preschool yearCommitment