Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a recent report on hospice services which revealed continued inconsistencies and inequities in accessing hospice services throughout the country; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that a world-class hospice palliative care service throughout the country could be provided at half the cost of running a large acute hospital for one year; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that only eight of the State's 38 acute general hospitals with more than 150 beds have approved a full palliative care team; the plans she has in place to meet this need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15446/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the budget day announcement last December on the provision of €150 million in a full year for older people and palliative care, a total of €13 million, €9 million this year, was committed to statutory and voluntary providers of palliative care. This is the largest incremental increase ever provided for this programme. The funding included resources for areas of the country where the services were not developed. Funding for the further implementation of the report of the national advisory committee on palliative care is a matter for consideration in the context of the annual Estimates.