Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Health Service Executive tendering a development for acutely ill respiratory patients called Hospital in the Home to a private health care company; her further views on the lack of funding for existing respiratory outreach programmes through public hospitals which had hoped to expand and which was effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12066/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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From a policy perspective I am supportive of initiatives which are designed to ensure the provision of outreach services for patients in an alternative setting, where such services need not be provided within an acute hospital.

Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the issues raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.