Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister of State to make sure that this does happen. The national policy and strategy for the neuro-rehabilitation services 2011-2015 was published by the Department of Health and the HSE almost seven years ago to the day, on 16 December 2011 with an implementation plan promised within six months. Seven years on, however, this four year plan has no implementation strategy. The Minister of State announced in February 2017 that the plan would be published before the end of that year. A Dáil motion debated and approved this time last year called for it to be published this year. We are nearly at the end of 2018 now and nothing is happening. No date is available for the publication of the plan even though I understand the Minister of State received a completed plan from the HSE in July. Can he confirm this please?

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