Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They will be held by the HSE. The delivery of the services and the responsibility will still be held by the HSE. However, some will fall within the Minister for Health's responsibility. We talk about that and about the primary care function. That falls within the remit of the Minister for Health. However, in relation to specialist disability services, they will fall within the remit of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Specialist disability services are what are transferring over, but the functions and responsibility of accounting in relation to certain aspects of the HSE will still fall back to the Minister for Health. That is why there will be two separate service plans - one for the Minister of Health and one for the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. However, the delivery of it will still be by the HSE. Nothing will change in that regard. The delivery of services will all be through the HSE. If the HSE, from community specialist point of view, provides them through the section 38 and section 39 organisations, subcontracting them out, that will be part of the its service plan return to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.