National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016

Name of CentreNo. of long-termresidents 2008CountyDamien House Clonmel 11 TipperaryCarriglea Dungarvan 63 WaterfordFerrybank 27 WaterfordCheshire Waterford 8 WaterfordLough Sheever Centre 28 WestmeathCastlepollard 71 WestmeathDelvin 47 WestmeathSt Senan’s Enniscorthy 21 WexfordSt John of Gods Enniscorthy 8 WexfordCarmona Bray 38 WicklowSunbeam Valleyview Rathdrum 15 WicklowSunbeam Dunavon Rathdrum 11 WicklowSunbeam Arklow 12 WicklowCheshire Shillelagh 26 Wicklow10.11 The Congregated Settings Report was published on 28 June 2011 by the HSE. Thechange programme will be supported through the findings of the Department of Health ledValue for Money and Policy Review and will be informed by the Congregated SettingsReport.Historical Perspective10.12 Historically, in Ireland, most people with intellectual disabilities have had all theirservices provided by one organisation. This would include accommodation needs andmedical and social services or, where they live in a private home, day services and medicaland social services. Service providers receive funding from the HSE to provide all a person’svarious needs and the individual had very little, if any, influence on how this allocation wasspent. This has had the effect of tying the person to a particular service provider, oftenfrom early childhood, leaving the person with few options for changing aspects of their care.The National Disability Strategy (2004) gives effect to the Government’s mainstreamingpolicy, which includes the mainstreaming of housing provision for people with disabilities.Moreover, Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, whichIreland has signed, states that people with disabilities should be supported to live in the130130