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(2) The ACT Pacific Islands United Council applied for $8000.00 in the 2018/19 National Multicultural Festival Grants and was granted $4000.00 towards the cost to participate at the 2019 National Multicultural Festival.
The reported detailed breakdown of expenditures has not yet been submitted for either organisations. The acquittal for the 2019 Multicultural Festival grants is not due until 30 June 2019.
Questions without notice taken on notice
Disability services—specialist accommodation
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Ms Lawder on Tuesday, 2 April 2019):
In response to the Member’s questions, I can inform the Assembly:
1) The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has advised that six National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants in the ACT have Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) incorporated into their NDIS plans.
SDA funding is only provided to a small proportion of NDIS participants with extreme functional impairment or very high support needs who meet specific eligibility criteria. SDA funding under the NDIS is intended to stimulate investment in the development of new high-quality dwellings for use by eligible NDIS participants. It does not refer to the support services, but instead to the homes in which these services are delivered.
2) The NDIA has advised there are five dwellings enrolled as SDA in the ACT to date.
Canberra Health Services—unauthorised examinations
Ms Fitzharris (in reply to a question by Mrs Kikkert on Tuesday, 2 April 2019):
On 12 March 2019 the CEO Canberra Health Services, Women, Youth and Children Executive Director and Clinical Director met with staff to discuss their concerns. The CEO indicated that her expectation is that all staff report any concerns either via Riskman (ACT Health’s incident notification and reporting system), with their manager or independently through the Health Service Commissioner.
Staff were asked during the forum if they had any specific issues or concerns they wished to raise.
Centenary Hospital for Women and Children—examinations policy
Ms Fitzharris (in reply to a question by Mr Milligan on Wednesday, 3 April 2018):
Having a midwife or chaperone present during vaginal examinations represents good practice. When patients/clients are being cared for in the health system they are often
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