Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The plan also provides €3.2 million to commence the sequential and simultaneous bilateral cochlear implant programme, with particular focus on those aged between five and six. That is an issue which Deputy Adams himself raised in this House. While we do not have all of the money to do all of the things we would like to do, these are key service initiatives which will take place in addition to effective delivery of front-line services for patients in 2014.

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