Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the areas in which the additional funding for disability services announced in the 2005 budget has been spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20916/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The additional revenue funding of €70 million provided in 2005 for services for people with disabilities will provide a broad range of new and enhanced services including residential, respite and day services; home support and personal assistance services; multidisciplinary support services; aids and appliances; additional beds at the Central Mental Hospital; child and adolescent psychiatric treatment services; and additional community-based adult mental health teams and community residential places. The capital funding of €60 million is being used to provide the infrastructural supports for the above developments.

The management and delivery of health and personal social services are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. The executive has informed my Department that it has completed its examination of the proposals for new and enhanced services which it received from the various areas around the country and that the agreed developments will be put in place as quickly as possible.